Antonia Bennett (née Benedetto; born April 7, 1974) is an American singer of adult alternative music, standards, and jazz.
Antonia Bennett | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Antonia Benedetto |
| Born | April 7, 1974 Los Angeles, U.S. |
| Genres | Jazz, traditional pop, adult alternative |
| Occupation | Singer |
| Labels | Perseverance |
| Website | www |
She is the daughter of singer Tony Bennett and actress Sandra Grant.
Biography
editBennett trained as an actor at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in New York.[1] She then became an alumna of the Berklee College of Music in Boston.[2] Beginning in the mid-2000s, she began to appear as an opening act or guest at her father's shows.[2] In 2013 she was married to Ronen Helmann, an Israeli;[3] around the same time, she converted to Judaism.[4]
In 2002, The New York Times' Stephen Holden compared Bennett's voice to that of Billie Holiday, Rickie Lee Jones, and Betty Boop.[5] A JazzTimes profile from 2010 said that her voice does not resemble her father's and instead compared her to Jane Monheit and Nellie McKay.[1]
Bennett's debut album Embrace Me, a treatment of standards from the Great American Songbook, was released on Perseverance Records in 2014.[2][6] It followed the release of EP in 2010 called Natural[1] and a digital-only album in 2012.[2] All three records were produced by songwriter, Holly Knight.
Discography
edit- Natural (Mesa/Bluemoon, 2010)
- Embrace Me (Perseverance, 2014)
References
edit- ^ a b c Loudon, Christopher (August 30, 2010). "Antonia Bennett: Like Father, Like Daughter". JazzTimes.
- ^ a b c d Goodwin, Jeremy D. (August 25, 2014). "Antonia Bennett follows her famous father's example". The Boston Globe.
- ^ "Tony Bennett Gives Away Daughter Antonia at Her Wedding". People. April 29, 2013.
- ^ "Tony Bennett's daughter a natural for Jewish heritage gig". Jweekly. July 25, 2013.
- ^ Holden, Stephen (February 15, 2002). "Cabaret Guide". The New York Times.
- ^ "Antonia Bennett". Allmusic. Retrieved December 10, 2014.