BRITTANY ANJOU
Genres: Post Bop, African Fusion • United States

Brittany Anjou is a NYC based composer, pianist, vibraphonist, multi-instrumentalist, jazz educator and improviser. Exploring everything from Duke Ellington to Bikini Kill in her solo repertoire, this creative, versatile, and virtuoso performer hails from Seattle. Starting from the age of twelve Brittany has performed in award winning jazz ensembles throughout the U.S.A., Europe and Middle East. She has performed with artists such as Wynton Marsalis, Ernestine Anderson, Clark Terry, Elysian Fields, and The Shaggs. In February of 2019, Anjou released a 1960's style jazz piano trio album of originals entitled Enamiĝo Reciprokataj (Esperanto for "Reciprocal Love") on the Origin Records label, which received wonderful reviews on Downbeat and All About Jazz, claiming her a “virtuoso”, and her album  “highly sophisticated” and “year’s strongest debut”. Graduating from New York University under the mentorship of Stefon Harris, Don Friedman, Ralph Alessi, and many others, Anjou has worked relentlessly in acoustic music. read more...