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American singer-songwriter

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Jenni Alpert
Jenni Alpert at One2One bar during SXSW 2009
Background information
Birth nameCameron Morantz
BornLos Angeles, California, U.S.
GenresJazz, pop
OccupationSinger • songwriter • guitarist • pianist
Instrument(s)Guitar, piano
Years active2005-present
LabelsIndie
Musical artist

Jenni Alpert (née Cameron Morantz) is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and pianist.

Career

Alpert's early independent releases include:

2005: Pieces.

2007: 27 Minutes in Bologna - a live vocal and piano set recorded in Italy.

2008: No Second Guesses, which received radio play in the Netherlands and led to an invitation to do a series of live radio shows.

2010: Underneath the Surface, an album that features musicians including Jimmy Paxson (drummer for Stevie Nicks and Ben Harper), Lenny Castro (percussion for John Mayer), Chris Chaney, Zac Rae, and Stevie Blacke.

2012: Her album Take It All was released.

2013: Shining Light was Alpert's first vinyl record, another live performance recorded in Italy.

2015: Until Then, her most recent work, released by S-Curve Records.

Her music has been featured on US TV shows like ABC's Castle, CBS's CSI Miami, and MTV's The Real World, Teen Mom and 16 and Pregnant.

After releasing her first independent albums on iTunes, Alpert was selected to record her song "Untied" by the Sun Studio Sessions for PBS at Sun Studios in Memphis, Tennessee. She later recorded a collection of acoustic performances live in Italy. While touring independently, Alpert collaborated with guitarist Guthrie Trapp in Nashville, Tennessee, to record new songs. These recordings attracted the attention of S-Curve Records, who she later signed a licensing deal with. She then released the album Until Then under the record label.

Early life and family

Alpert was born in Los Angeles and adopted when she was four. While spending time in various foster homes, she began to sing and play the piano.

She received a scholarship to attend UCLA in the Ethnomusicology Department, where she took part in Kenny Burrell's four-year jazz program.

Birth father

Alpert hired a private investigator to help her find her father. She and her father went on to collaborate on a number of musical and artistic projects, which led to her writing a memoir about her experiences, titled Home is Where the Heart is, An Adoption and Biological Reunion Story: A Memoir.

Homeless: The Soundtrack

A short documentary about Alpert's relationship with her father, called Homeless: the Soundtrack, was filmed and edited by director Irene Taylor Brodsky. It received a Jury Award at Tribeca Film Festival, won best short film at Nantucket Film Festival, was screened at the Laemmle Royal Theater in West Los Angeles, and was shortlisted for an IDA award in the short documentary category.

Other activities

Alpert founded the nonprofit Fine Arts Revolution Inc. Fine Arts Revolution Inc. offers wellness programs using the creative arts, services to unhoused communities, and to those in transition. She also started a traveling audiovisual festival called Art of Expression to bring together musicians who support music programs in early childhood education. She supports nonprofits, the Hope of the Valley Rescue Mission and the Celia Center, both which respectively assist homeless people and people who have been either fostered or adopted. Alpert has also performed for America's Blood Centers.

Discography

  • Biological Reunion (2018)
  • Nothing Less (2016)
  • Until Then (2015, S-Curve Records)
  • Shining Light Vinyl (2014)
  • Take it All (2012)
  • Underneath the Surface (2010)
  • No Second Guesses (2008)
  • 27 Minutes in Bologna (2007)
  • Pieces (2005)
  • Honest Smile (1999)

References

  1. ^ "Jenni Alpert - Biological Reunion Story". jennialpert.com. Retrieved October 11, 2022.
  2. "Take It All – Jenni Alpert – Songs, Reviews, Credits – AllMusic". AllMusic.
  3. S-Curve Records (July 13, 2015). "Need new tunes for your week? Jenni Alpert's latest record, #UntilThen was featured on SiriusXM Coffee House channel..." (Tweet) – via Twitter./
  4. https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/home-is-where-the-heart-is-an-adoption-and-biological-reunion-story-jenni-alpert/1139848841
  5. Fine Arts Revolution Inc.
  6. "America's Blood Centers". www.americasblood.org.

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