Leni Stern
Leni Stern, who has received more recognition for her composing than her guitar playing, has managed to carve out her own musical personality despite being married to fellow guitarist Mike Stern (a potentially dominant influence). She began classical piano lessons when she was six, but was much more inspired a few years later when she discovered a guitar in the attic and taught herself to play jazz. Stern's early years were actually spent as an actress in her native Germany, featured on a national television show. However, she took a summer off in 1977 to enroll at Berklee, and she never returned to acting. Stern lived in Boston until 1980, moved to New York, and has worked steadily in clubs ever since, recording for Passport (now defunct), Enja, and Lipstick. Primarily an instrumentalist in the past, with 1997's Black Guitar she revealed her prowess as a vocalist, and began releasing a series of albums that mixed jazz, pop, and rock on her own LSR imprint, including Kindness of Strangers (2000), Finally the Rain Has Come (2002), When Evening Falls (2004), and Love Comes Quietly (2006).
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Secrets
Jazz - Released by ENJA RECORDS Matthias Winckelmann on 30 Dec 1998
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The Next Day
Contemporary Jazz - Released by Leni Stern Recordings on 5 Sep 2018
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Habib (feat. Mike Stern, Leo Genovese, Mamadou Ba & Alioune Faye)
Jazz - Released by Leni Stern Recordiings on 10 May 2020
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Love Comes Quietly
Pop - Released by Leni Stern Recordings on 1 Jan 2006
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10,000 Butterflies
Rock - Released by Leni Stern Recordings on 1 Jan 2005
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Clairvoyant
Pop - Released by Leni Stern Recordings on 1 Jan 2004
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When Evening Falls
Pop - Released by Leni Stern Recordings on 1 Jan 2004
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Sa Belle Belle Ba
World - Released by Leni Stern Recordings on 15 Jun 2010
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Dakar Suite
World - Released by Leni Stern Recordings on 26 Apr 2016
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Zamba 264 (feat. Leo Genovese, Mamadou Ba & Alioune Faye)
Jazz - Released by Leni Stern Recordiings on 20 May 2020
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Kindness of Strangers
Jazz - Released by Leni Stern Recordings on 1 Jan 2000
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Smoke, No Fire
World - Released by Leni Stern Recordings on 20 Nov 2012
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