Date Night Friday: Anne Weerapass Trio

Anne Weerapass brings her pop-singing perfected vocal into the foray of jazz. She possesses that jazzy quality we prize from the eras of Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughan, with a stimulating sensitivity that is firmly cultivated in the present era.  Utterly inspiring and momentarily playful, her Latin inspired jazz standards will put one’s mind at ease, making for a relaxing night that might even get your feet tapping.

Anne performs regularly at various jazz venues in Singapore and Southeast Asia. She presents songs that illustrate the ebbs and flows of love that also showcases her dynamic and versatile vocals, covering genres of jazz, blues, pop and evergreens.

With an impressive performance resume and several music festivals under her belt, Mei has emerged as the keyboardist of choice for many well-known global, regional and Singaporean artists. She has performed with artists such as Sarah Brightman, Laura Fygi, Dave Samuels, Stephen Bishop, Terumasa Hino, Keiko Lee, A-Mei, David Tao, Wang Lee Hom, JJ Lin, Sally Yeh, Francis Yip, Chen Chusheng, William So, Anita Sarawak, Corinne May, Singapore Symphony Orchestra, and Singapore Chinese Orchestra. Her work has taken her round the globe, performing in stadiums and concert halls in New York, Las Vegas, Chicago, Boston, Paris, Edinburgh, Sydney, Melbourne, Taipei, Hong Kong, Beijing, Shanghai, Nanjing, Hangzhou, Tsingtao, Wuhan, Xi’an, Chengdu, Tokyo, Osaka, Sendai, Rikuzentakata, Bangkok, Jakarta and Malaysia.

Mei has served as Musical Director in several concerts, including Derrick Ho’s Here As I Am, Tama Goh’s Moments In Time, Jacintha Is Her Name, Sachiyo’s Beyond the Borders and SJ50 concerts. In the theatrical scene. Mei was the Musical Director in I Do! I Do!, and performed in musicals such as Chang and Eng, The Haunted and Judah Benhur. She has also performed in major festivals, including the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, JakJazz Festival, Thailand Jazz Festival, Singapore Jazz Festival, KL Arts Festival, Esplanade’s Mosaic Music Festival, Chijazz, Esplanade concert series, Jazz by The Beach and Heineken Green Room Sessions. She was awarded the Top 10 Songs Award on Radio FM 100.3 in their 1998 songwriting competition.

As a leader, Mei has released three albums—I Remember You, Come With Me and Morning. She can also be heard on Wang Lee Hom’s Heroes of Earth Live Concert DVD, JJ Lin’s Just JJ World Tour 2006, David Tao’s Soul Power Live @Hong Kong 2003, A*Mei’s A-Class Entertainment Live DVD 2002, Sally Yeh’s Now’s My Prime DVD, Joanna Dong’s Lullaby Nomad, Claressa Monteiro’s I Hear Music, Tanya Chua's Jupiter, Greg Chako’s Integration 1 and Integration 2, Greg Lyons’ Island To Island, Camerton’s Remixed, Sachiyo’s My Life My Songs, Skye Sirena’s Never Say Goodbye, Dili Ki’s Ki and Aisyah Aziz’s Pearls.

Eddie Jensen has been a full-time musician for more than 50 years and is well known in the jazz community. Self-taught, he started his musical career at the age of 15 with his brother’s band at the Ritz Bar in Tanjong Pagar. Over the years, he has performed all genres of music in Singapore, Asia and across Europe. From pop and R&B to jazz and blues, Eddie has performed at iconic establishments such as Jockey Pub, Saxophone Bar, Crazy Elephant, Jazz @ Southbridge, Blujaz and Sultan Jazz as well as in major hotels such as Hilton, Hyatt, St Regis and Mandarin Oriental. Eddie has worked and collaborated with Singaporean and international artists including  Ernie Watts, Ernest Ranglin, Iskandar Ismail, Louis Soliana, Jeremy Monteiro, Stephen Rufus & Tony Zee, Jeramzee and O’Donel Levy.

He is much sought after to play gigs for private and corporate events and has also performed at Esplanade with various Singaporean and international artists.