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SUMMARY:Jennifer Porter
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 \n\nJennifer Porter is an award-winning singer\, actor and screenwriter.
  A musician’s musician blessed with a beautiful voice\, Jennifer has p
 erformed a repertoire that spans from Jazz and Blues to Country and Oper
 a. She has sung with Classical and Jazz Orchestras\, including the world
 -famous Glenn Miller Orchestra. Though trained as an opera singer and cl
 assical pianist\, she considers herself a Roots Musician at heart\, as s
 he began playing piano at age five after sneaking out of bed to watch a 
 boogie-woogie piano-player named Maxine perform at one of her grand-pare
 nts notorious cocktail parties. Jennifer is still most at home sitting a
 t the piano and singing while banging out an old Blues tune in a red-hot
  88 style.\n\nJennifer has recorded eight albums to date\, releasing her
  newest\, Sun Come And Shine\, recorded with legendary drummer and music
  director Bernard Purdie in 2021. Jennifer was joined on this sensationa
 l project by Grammy winners Christian McBride and Cindy Cashdollar and G
 rammy nominees Rob Paparozzi and C.J. Chenier. Also contributing to the 
 project were bassist Wilbur Bascombe\, guitarist George Naha and Steve J
 ankowski and Tom Timko on horns. The title track from Sun Come And Shine
  received a 2021 We Are The Music Makers award for Best Roots/Americana/
 Blues song. In this same competition\, Jennifer was also nominated for b
 est Soul Song\, Best Adult Contemporary Song\, and Best Female Artist. S
 un Come And Shine hit #1 on The Roots Music Reports Jazzy Blues Album Ch
 arts with seven songs from the album reaching the top ten on their Jazzy
  Blues Song Charts. Four songs from the album also reached the top 10 on
  Portugal’s Blues Radio Charts\, with Portugal’s Smooth FM naming it
  Album Of The Week.\n\nJennifer’s previous album\, These Years\, which
  received international critical-acclaim\, was recorded with Grammy-winn
 ing producer Jay Newland and included special guests C.J. Chenier and Co
 untry Music Hall Of Famer\, Charlie McCoy. These Years earned Jennifer a
  2020 We Are The Music Makers award for Best Roots/Americana/Blues Album
  and a 2019 Independent Music Network award for Best Female Crossover Ar
 tist. She was also nominated for four other Independent Music Network aw
 ards including Favorite Country Female Artist\, and Favorite Female Main
 stream Artist. Her song from These Years\, “Road To Redemption”\, hi
 t #1 on National Indie Radio and the Independent Music Network’s\, New
  Music Weekly’s\, and National Radio Hits’ Country Charts. The title
  track from These Years hit #2 On the Independent Music Network’s Main
 stream Charts.\n\nJennifer’s jazz album Easy Living (2014)\, with Gram
 my-winning producer\, Lawrence Manchester\, was nominated for a 2015 Ind
 ependent Music Award in the Jazz With Vocals category\, and was heard on
  radio stations around the country\, including KJAZZ in Los Angeles\, WW
 OZ in New Orleans\, and Public Radio International’s Jazz After Hours.
 \n\nJennifer is also an esteemed actor\, with more than 85 professional 
 stage credits\, including Patsy Cline in Always…Patsy Cline. She starr
 ed in\, and composed and performed the film score for BALLAD OF IDA AND 
 DOOB (1999) and wrote\, starred in\, and composed and performed the film
  scores for the critically acclaimed MR. BARRINGTON (2003)\, and the mul
 tiple award-winning 40 WEST (2011) for which Jennifer received awards fo
 r acting\, original score\, original song\, and original screenplay.\n\n
 Jennifer holds a second-degree black belt in Tai Jujitsu\, and has advan
 ced training in Kali and Jeet Kun Do. In 1989 Jennifer was the first voc
 alist in Maine inducted into the prestigious musical honor society\, Pi 
 Kappa Lambda\, which recognizes excellence in both musical performance a
 nd academics. In her spare time she enjoys gardening\, and learning new 
 languages.\n\nJennifer is also a proud member of the National Academy Of
  Recording Arts And Sciences\, SAG/AFTRA\, and Actor’s Equity Associat
 ion.
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LOCATION:181 State St.\, Portland\,  Maine  04101\,  US
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