Deanna Bogart at Bethesda Blues & Jazz Supper Club

Deanna Bogart is an award-winning multi-instrumentalist and multifaceted musician whose fans value the diversity of her genre-free zone. As a bandleader/singer/songwriter/producer/pianist and sax player, Deanna combines the best of boogie-woogie, contemporary blues, country and jazz into a splendid blend she calls blusion.

Deanna's fusion of blusion -- spontaneous, sophisticated, fearless and fun -- has garnered her three consecutive Blues Music Awards' Horn Instrumentalist of the Year for 2008, 2009 and 2010 and an endorsement contract with Rico Reeds. She has won, at last count, 22 Wammies, the music awards for the hotly contested Washington, D.C. region....

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Deanna Bogart is an award-winning multi-instrumentalist and multifaceted musician whose fans value the diversity of her genre-free zone. As a bandleader/singer/songwriter/producer/pianist and sax player, Deanna combines the best of boogie-woogie, contemporary blues, country and jazz into a splendid blend she calls blusion.

Deanna's fusion of blusion -- spontaneous, sophisticated, fearless and fun -- has garnered her three consecutive Blues Music Awards' Horn Instrumentalist of the Year for 2008, 2009 and 2010 and an endorsement contract with Rico Reeds. She has won, at last count, 22 Wammies, the music awards for the hotly contested Washington, D.C. region.
"...possesses a gift for approaching blues, soul and R&B material with warmth and firmness. Her originals here, in particular the beautifully sung, intelligent ballads, "Blue By Night" and "Tender Days," sound as fresh as if she'd magically plucked them out of the air. "
– Downbeat
"... Bogart reveals the intersections between genres that have fed off one another for decades."
– Blues Revue

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