Eden Atwood

All Music Guide:

A fine interpreter of lyrics, Eden Atwood started off her jazz career with a series of excellent recordings for Concord. Raised in Montana, Atwood studied drama and musical theater at college but became interested in jazz, and at 19 she began singing locally. Although she worked as a model and an actress, Atwood has focused her attentions on singing; she made her debut in New York in 1992 and sings in a style somewhere between jazz and cabaret. She produced a high volume of material through the first half of the 90's, but stopped delivering regular material until she signed with Groove Note in the early 2000s.

Wikipedia:

Eden Atwood (born January 1969) is an American jazz singer. She was born in Memphis, Tennessee but moved to Montana at the age of five. She is the granddaughter of A. B. Guthrie, Jr..

Career

Eden was the youngest jazz artist signed to Concord Records and made her debut with Marian McPartland on "There Again" (1994), a recording now out of print. Her rendition of The Nearness of You on this early record is an example of her ballad style. Eden has continued to record and perform internationally. Two recent releases on the Groove Note label include a bossa album entitled "Waves" (2002), and a ballad album including Tom Harrell entitled "This is Always" (2004).

Discography

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Personal life

Eden was born with a genetic condition called Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome, She is genetically XY like a man, but with a disfunction that makes her insensitive to Androgen hormons. Eden lives in Missoula, Montana and has an adopted son with former husband Bruce Anderson. Eden frequently lectures on having AIS.