Ann Mack was born into a family with a historic jazz lineage and sang with trios around her native Cleveland for most of her life. But it wasn’t until she moved to the West Coast less then 10 years ago that Mack fulfilled a long time coming, lifelong dream to sing the standards backed by a big band led by Jimmy McConnell. Most recently Mack has been singing her way through the Great American Songbook and Bay Area clubs like Geoffrey’s Inner Circle and Savanna Jazz, a welcome addition to very alive jazz circuit here that includes Yoshi’s, SFJazz, Mr. Tipples, The Black Cat, Bird and Beckett Books & Records, Keys, Sheba Piano Lounge and the Church of St. John Coltrane, among others. Read more about “The Macknificent” Ann Mack, her contribution to Bay Area jazz, and her family’s extraordinary history at Bay City City News.
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Denise Sullivan 