Kendra Shank

Vocalist, composer, and bandleader Kendra Shank has really come into her own and found ever-broadening audiences, since she made the sensible decision to move to New York City about 1995. Since then, she has emerged as an original singer with her own identifiable sound, and her background as a folk singer who busked around Paris for a number of years sets her apart from the rest of the pack of contemporary female jazz singers. Born in California in 1958, Shank was raised by two very musically supportive parents. Bud Shank.] Her father was a playwright who taught at the Unive...