Anaïs Reno Quartet at Birdland

Anas Reno is a New York City-based jazz singer and composer who has studied jazz performance at SUNY Purchase. Having been a YoungArts winner for four years, she has received several accolades including the jazz award in the American Traditions Competition, the Mabel Mercer competition and Julie Wilson award. Anas has performed in venues such as Birdland, Carnegie Hall, Dizzys Club Madison Square Garden, the Caramoor Jazz Festival, PizzaExpress as part of the London Jazz Festival, the Edinburgh Jazz Festival, and others.In 2021, her debut album Lovesome Thing, celebrating Ellington and Strayhorn featuring Emmet Cohen, rose to number 6 on the jazz chart; in the same year, she took part in a video with NYCNext celebrating the reopening of New York after Covid-19 singing Billy Joels New York State of Mind alongside a variety of stars including Idina Menzel and Stephen Colbert, and sang America the Beautiful for the Mets/Yankees 9/11 game on national television...

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Anas Reno is a New York City-based jazz singer and composer who has studied jazz performance at SUNY Purchase. Having been a YoungArts winner for four years, she has received several accolades including the jazz award in the American Traditions Competition, the Mabel Mercer competition and Julie Wilson award. Anas has performed in venues such as Birdland, Carnegie Hall, Dizzys Club Madison Square Garden, the Caramoor Jazz Festival, PizzaExpress as part of the London Jazz Festival, the Edinburgh Jazz Festival, and others.In 2021, her debut album Lovesome Thing, celebrating Ellington and Strayhorn featuring Emmet Cohen, rose to number 6 on the jazz chart; in the same year, she took part in a video with NYCNext celebrating the reopening of New York after Covid-19 singing Billy Joels New York State of Mind alongside a variety of stars including Idina Menzel and Stephen Colbert, and sang America the Beautiful for the Mets/Yankees 9/11 game on national television. Anas released a live record with Londons PizzaExpress in February of 2024 and is celebrating the release of her sophomore studio album titled Lady of the Lavender Mist under Club44.

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