Antonia Bennett

Antonia Bennett
Birth nameAntonia Benedetto
Born (1974-04-07) April 7, 1974 (age 50)
Los Angeles, U.S.
GenresJazz, traditional pop, adult alternative
OccupationSinger
LabelsPerseverance
Websiteantoniabennett.com

Antonia Bennett (née Benedetto; born April 7, 1974) is an American singer of adult alternative music, standards and jazz. She is the daughter of singer Tony Bennett and actress Sandra Grant.

Biography

Bennett 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

  • Natural (Mesa/Bluemoon, 2010)
  • Embrace Me (Perseverance, 2014)

References

  1. ^ a b c Loudon, Christopher (August 30, 2010). "Antonia Bennett: Like Father, Like Daughter". JazzTimes.
  2. ^ a b c d Goodwin, Jeremy D. (August 25, 2014). "Antonia Bennett follows her famous father's example". The Boston Globe.
  3. ^ "Tony Bennett Gives Away Daughter Antonia at Her Wedding". People. April 29, 2013. Archived from the original on May 1, 2013.
  4. ^ "Tony Bennett's daughter a natural for Jewish heritage gig". Jweekly. July 25, 2013.
  5. ^ Holden, Stephen (February 15, 2002). "Cabaret Guide". The New York Times.
  6. ^ "Antonia Bennett". Allmusic. Retrieved December 10, 2014.