Annemarie Nelson “If You Could See Me Now” Album Launch

Anne Marie Nelson “If You Could See Me Now” Album Launch

Annemarie Nelson, a gifted jazz and pop vocalist, performs tunes from her debut album “If You Could See Me Now” at the Dish with some of Dunedin’s finest jazz musicians. Originally recorded in Melbourne in 2008 and arranged by pianist Mark Fitzgibbons, the album showcases Anne Marie’s sultry and breathy vocal style, which is explored through a variety of jazz standards from the Great American Songbook. Influenced by singers such as Diana Krall, Dianne Reeves, Betty Carter, listeners can hear Anne Marie developing her own style on this album and she has hand picked a band of local musicians to realise it on the stage for the first time since being released digitally in 2022.

Anne Marie began her vocal career in Dunedin, performing with well known groups such as the Oxo Cubans, but went to study jazz performance…