One of Chicago’s favorite duos, Anne Burnell (formerly Anne Pringle) and Mark
Burnell have been performing together for the past 14 years to national and
international acclaim. From Les Trois Maillets and Le St. Nicholas in Paris and
Café Katz and Media Café B&W in Amsterdam to New York’s Judys* Chelsea and
Don’t Tell Mama, they have delighted audiences the world over with their unique
jazz/pop and a cappella stylings. A staple on the Chicago scene, they have
performed at some of the Windy City’s top spots including Davenport’s, Andy’s
Jazz Club, and Park West and Drury Lane Water Tower Theatre with Chicago Cabaret
Professionals. They have made several appearances at festivals throughout the
Midwest, the Taste of Chicago, the Chicago Humanities Festival with Andrea
Marcovicci, and the national anthem for both the Chicago Cubs & White Sox.
Anne & Mark were fellows at the Cabaret Symposium and named in“Chicago’s Top
Ten” for 2002 & 2003 by New York’s Cabaret Hotline. Their acclaimed CD of
duets “Little Things We Do Together” has been featured on Chicago radio stations
WGN, WXRT, WDCB and nationally on Radio One Network. The CD featured the single
“Heaven Down Here” which was co-written by comedian/actor Jim Carrey. Anne
Burnell’s release “Blues in the Night", features arrangements by Count Basie
Band veteran Bob Ojeda, Mark Burnell, as music director and pianist, and
Chicago’s legendary violinist Johnny Frigo. “Blues in the Night” which
celebrates the Harold Arlen songbook garnered airplay nationwide on numerous NPR
and jazz radio stations across the country , and internationally on Jazz &
Blues Tour Radio, Amsterdam, and Canada, and charted top ten status on CMJ
charts.
