Jeanie Bryson was born on March 10,1958 and is an American singer who sings a combination of jazz, pop, and Latin music.
10 Facts About Jeanie Bryson
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Jeanie Bryson's repertoire is based on jazz and pop standards from the Great American Songbook, Peggy Lee and Dinah Washington.
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Jeanie Bryson's paternity was kept a secret until after Gillespie's death because he was married, but she occasionally saw him growing up.
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In 1998 Jeanie Bryson filed a lawsuit against his widow, Lorraine Willis Gillespie, after her lawyer found court records from 1965 in which Gillespie admitted he was her father.
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Jeanie Bryson began playing instruments at a young age, piano in first grade and then flute in fifth grade.
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Jeanie Bryson studied anthropology and ethnomusicology at Livingston College, Rutgers University, graduating in 1981.
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Jeanie Bryson released her debut album, I Love Being Here with You, on Telarc in 1993.
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Jeanie Bryson's mother contributed the lyrics to two songs on the album.
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Jeanie Bryson sang on an album by Terence Blanchard devoted to Billie Holiday songs.
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Jeanie Bryson has a son, Radji Birks Jeanie Bryson-Barrett, from the first of her three marriages.