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Anne & Mark Burnell

Vocal harmonies, piano, jazz, blues, American songbook, a cappella.

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NOTABLE PERFORMANCES       

CHICAGO 
Andy’s Jazz Club, Park West Theatre, Tortoise Supper Club, Park West, Chestnut Bar & Grill, Auditorium Theatre, Victory Gardens Theater, 95th Signature Room, Green Dolphin St., Pop’s for Champagne, Skokie Theatre, Epiphany Center for the Arts, Davenport’s Piano Bar & Cabaret

 NEW YORK 

Judys* Supper Club, Don’t Tell Mama,

55 Grove Street

PARIS 

Tour Montparnasse, Les Trois Maillets, Forum Leo Ferre, Lapin Agile, Studio Raspail, Le St. Nicholas

 AMSTERDAM

Boom Chicago, B&W Media Cafe, Palladio, Cafe Katz 

PANAMA

Las Olas Food & Music Festival, Las Olas Beach Resort

PITTSBURGH

Lincoln Performing Arts Center, Zanafest, Pittsburgh Jazz Fest, Benedum Center 

IOWA

Bart Howard Foundation/Arts Center of Burlington

 

UPCOMING EVENTS

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Mark Burnell Trio, Tortoise Supper Club

Mark Burnell Trio, Tortoise Supper Club

Saturday, May 14 @ 8:00PMSat, May 14 @ 8:00PM

Tortoise Supper Club, 350 N State, Chicago

Mark plays jazz standards from the American Songbook, with bass and drums. Elegant lounge, with Steinway grand piano. No cover, song requests are welcome

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May13

Anne & Mark Burnell

Friday, May 13 @ 1:00PMFri, May 13 @ 1:00PM

Niles Seniors Center

Event for residents and staff of Niles Senior Center

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Mark Burnell Trio, Tortoise Supper Club

Mark Burnell Trio, Tortoise Supper Club

Saturday, May 7 @ 8:00PMSat, May 7 @ 8:00PM

Tortoise Supper Club, 350 N State, Chicago

Mark plays jazz standards from the American Songbook, with bass and drums. Elegant lounge, with Steinway grand piano. No cover, song requests are welcome

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Chicago Cabaret Week Kick OFF

Chicago Cabaret Week Kick OFF

Friday, May 6 @ 7:30PMFri, May 6 @ 7:30PM

Epiphany Center for the Arts, 201 S Ashland, Chicago

Date: May 6, 2022

Doors: 5PM for Golden Hour discounted drinks and appetizers

Showtime: 7:30PM

Tickets: $30 – General Admission plus processing fee LIVE Streaming - $10+ processing fee

About: Chicago Cabaret Week 2022 is a city-wide festival of concerts May 6-15. The Cabaret Week Kick Off on Friday, May 6 at 7:30pm features: Acts Of Kindness Cabaret, Anne & Mark Burnell, Claudia Hommel, the Feathered Beaus and more. Cabaret has been at the heartbeat of Chicago’s nightclub scene for more than a century. Come hear blues, jazz, American songbook, burlesque, French music, pop, comedy and Broadway. Get carried away by Chicago Cabaret!

$30+ ticket fee

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Anne & Mark Burnell

Anne & Mark Burnell

Sunday, May 1 @ 10:30AM — 2:00PMSun, May 1 @ 10:30AM — 2:00PM

Hey Nonny, 10 S. Vail Ave, Arlington Heights

Live music for Sunday brunch, great food and atmosphere!

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Mark Burnell Trio, Tortoise Supper Club

Mark Burnell Trio, Tortoise Supper Club

Saturday, April 30 @ 8:00PMSat, Apr 30 @ 8:00PM

Tortoise Supper Club, 350 N State, Chicago

Mark plays jazz standards from the American Songbook, with bass and drums. Elegant lounge, with Steinway grand piano. No cover, song requests are welcome

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Apr24

Anne & Mark Burnell

Sunday, April 24 @ 7:30PM — 9:30PMSun, Apr 24 @ 7:30PM — 9:30PM

Drew's on Halsted, 3201 N. Halsted, Chicago

Anne & Mark sing "Swing Into Spring" - songs about spring

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Anne Burnell & Dean Rolando

Anne Burnell & Dean Rolando

Saturday, April 23 @ 9:00PM — Sunday, April 24 @ 12:00AMSat, Apr 23 @ 9:00PM — Sun, Apr 24 @ 12:00AM

Vincent Chicago, 1475 W. Balmoral, Chicago, IL

Andersonville cabaret, with great food, cocktails & music. No cover

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Mark Burnell Trio, Tortoise Supper Club

Mark Burnell Trio, Tortoise Supper Club

Saturday, April 23 @ 8:00PMSat, Apr 23 @ 8:00PM

Tortoise Supper Club, 350 N State, Chicago

Mark plays jazz standards from the American Songbook, with bass and drums. Elegant lounge, with Steinway grand piano. No cover, song requests are welcome

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Mark Burnell Trio, Tortoise Supper Club

Mark Burnell Trio, Tortoise Supper Club

Saturday, April 16 @ 8:00PMSat, Apr 16 @ 8:00PM

Tortoise Supper Club, 350 N State, Chicago

Mark plays jazz standards from the American Songbook, with bass and drums. Elegant lounge, with Steinway grand piano. No cover, song requests are welcome

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Anne Burnell & Dean Rolando

Anne Burnell & Dean Rolando

Sunday, April 10 @ 7:00PM — 9:00PMSun, Apr 10 @ 7:00PM — 9:00PM

Vincent Chicago, 1475 W. Balmoral, Chicago, IL

Cabaret in Andersonville with great cocktails, food & music. No cover

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Mark Burnell Trio, Tortoise Supper Club

Mark Burnell Trio, Tortoise Supper Club

Saturday, April 9 @ 8:00PMSat, Apr 9 @ 8:00PM

Tortoise Supper Club, 350 N State, Chicago

Mark plays jazz standards from the American Songbook, with bass and drums. Elegant lounge, with Steinway grand piano. No cover, song requests are welcome

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Chicago Cabaret Professionals Musical Mondays

Chicago Cabaret Professionals Musical Mondays

Monday, April 4 @ 7:30PMMon, Apr 4 @ 7:30PM

Old Town School of Folk Music, Szold Hall, 4545 N. Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL

"Passing the Torch - Generations of Cabaret" A torch song shares the deepest feelings of something longed for. Passing the Torch will pair popular cabaret veterans as they share the stage and decades of wisdom with Chicago's brightest new talents. Director: Carla Gordon Music Director: Mark Burnell

$30 ($28 for OTS Members)

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Mark Burnell Trio, Tortoise Supper Club

Mark Burnell Trio, Tortoise Supper Club

Saturday, April 2 @ 8:00PMSat, Apr 2 @ 8:00PM

Tortoise Supper Club, 350 N State, Chicago

Mark plays jazz standards from the American Songbook, with bass and drums. Elegant lounge, with Steinway grand piano. No cover, song requests are welcome

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Anne Burnell & Dean Rolando

Anne Burnell & Dean Rolando

Saturday, March 26 @ 9:00PM — Sunday, March 27 @ 12:00AMSat, Mar 26 @ 9:00PM — Sun, Mar 27 @ 12:00AM

Vincent Chicago, 1475 W. Balmoral, Chicago, IL

Cabaret in Andersonville features cocktails, great food, and music in a fun neighborhood setting. No cover

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Mark Burnell Trio, Tortoise Supper Club

Mark Burnell Trio, Tortoise Supper Club

Saturday, March 26 @ 8:00PMSat, Mar 26 @ 8:00PM

Tortoise Supper Club, 350 N State, Chicago

Mark plays jazz standards from the American Songbook, with bass and drums. Elegant lounge, with Steinway grand piano. No cover, song requests are welcome

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Anne & Mark Burnell

Anne & Mark Burnell

Sunday, March 20 @ 10:30AM — 2:00PMSun, Mar 20 @ 10:30AM — 2:00PM

Hey Nonny, 10 S. Vail Ave, Arlington Heights

Live music for Sunday brunch, great food and atmosphere!

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Mark Burnell Trio, Tortoise Supper Club

Mark Burnell Trio, Tortoise Supper Club

Saturday, March 19 @ 8:00PMSat, Mar 19 @ 8:00PM

Tortoise Supper Club, 350 N State, Chicago

Mark plays jazz standards from the American Songbook, with bass and drums. Elegant lounge, with Steinway grand piano. No cover, song requests are welcome

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Mark Burnell Trio, Tortoise Supper Club

Mark Burnell Trio, Tortoise Supper Club

Saturday, March 12 @ 8:00PMSat, Mar 12 @ 8:00PM

Tortoise Supper Club, 350 N State, Chicago

Mark plays jazz standards from the American Songbook, with bass and drums. Elegant lounge, with Steinway grand piano. No cover, song requests are welcome

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Mark Burnell Trio, Tortoise Supper Club

Mark Burnell Trio, Tortoise Supper Club

Saturday, March 5 @ 8:00PMSat, Mar 5 @ 8:00PM

Tortoise Supper Club, 350 N State, Chicago

Mark plays jazz standards from the American Songbook, with bass and drums. Elegant lounge, with Steinway grand piano. No cover, song requests are welcome

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“Anne and Mark Burnell proved you don’t need a piano when you sing a cappella this well.” - Howard Reich

— Chicago Tribune

BIOS

Mark Burnell - Pianist/Vocalist

Mark Burnell - Pianist/Vocalist Mark trained vocalists for 10 years at Carnegie Mellon University, where he received his MFA.  He’s worked with Dave Frishberg, Connie Francis, Howie Mandel, Laura San Giocomo, Richie Cole, Rob Marshall, Blair Underwood, and Seth Myers.  Mark’s overseas tours have taken him to Bern, Zurich, Paris, Rieburg, Geneva, Panama, and Amsterdam. The Chicago Sun-Times hailed his work as “silky smooth and highly polished”, and Cabaret Hotline praised him as “one of the most talented pianists and arrangers I’ve seen”. In 2009 and 2010 Mark was a Master Instructor at the International Cabaret Conference at Yale University, and he’s taught at Northwestern and Roosevelt Universities. Locally he can be heard at the Tortoise Supper Club, Davenport’s, Le Piano, and the Signature Room. Mark and his wife Anne were named in “Chicago’s Top Ten” for 2002 & 2003 by New York’s Cabaret Hotline. From Paris, Amsterdam to New York, they have delighted audiences the world over with their unique jazz/pop and a cappella stylings. They have performed at some of the Windy City’s top spots including Davenport’s, Skokie Theater, Park West, and Drury Lane Water Tower Theatre.  Anne and Mark sang the national anthem for the Chicago Cubs, White Sox, Chicago Fire, Arlington Park, and Special Olympics. Their recordings, “Little Things We Do Together”, “Blues In The Night”, and “Summer Days & Dreamy Nights”, have been featured on Chicago radio stations WGN, WXRT, WDCB and nationally on Radio One Network.

Anne Burnell - Vocalist

Before she recorded her album “Blues In The Night: Songs by Harold Arlen”, Anne Burnell, one of Chicago’s most versatile live performers, followed a classic roadmap paying lush tribute to a legend. The collection was an NPR and jazz radio sensation across the U.S., and was played internationally on Jazz & Blues Tour Radio, Amsterdam and Canada and – testament to its “cool” factor with young tastemakers hit the Top Ten on the CMJ charts.  Anne’s latest, the gloriously diverse and whimsically titled Summer Days & Dreamy Nights, celebrates not a single composer but a singular friendship between the singer/songwriter and renowned Windy City based jazz guitarist Henry Johnson, who produced, arranged and plays electric and acoustic throughout the 13 track set.  She met Johnson three years ago at Andy’s Jazz Club during one of the many gigs she played there with her husband and frequent musical partner, pianist and vocalist Mark Burnell. They struck up an immediate friendship and had a feeling they would soon be collaborating on a project. Excited about the liberation of Anne’s vocal palette and newfound emotional dynamics, she and Johnson sought the perfect blend of material to showcase her evolving artistry. The resulting collection is cleverly divided three ways.  One third of Summer Days & Dreamy Nights is her beautiful and heartfelt original material, highlighted by the balmy, percussive and brass-fired romance “San Juan” and “Right By You,” a soulful, easy strutting gem penned by Anne and Mark, who plays piano on seven tracks.  The second third is a mix of crafty re-imaginings of well-known songs, including an elegantly jazzy, slowly simmering “Close To You,” a lighthearted, a coolly wistful turn on Gershwin’s “They Can’t Take That Away From Me” and the lively jazz-soul twist on “Goin’ Out Of My Head” that closes the set.  Johnson’s vast knowledge of music helped drive the selections of the final third of the project, covers of songs that are so obscure the listener might think they’re brand new. These include two beautiful Henry Mancini pieces, the lush and caressing “Dreamsville” (from the “Peter Gunn” TV series) and a lively samba flavored take on “Moment To Moment,” featuring lyrics by Johnny Mercer. The soulful purity of Anne’s voice also shines through on Irving Berlin’s “I Got Lost In His Arms” from the musical “Annie Get Your Gun.” Anne also swings brilliantly through “The Best Things in Life Are Free,” a tune from 1927; Johnson’s deft arrangement includes explosive solos by tenor saxophonist Eric Schneider and trumpeter Corey Wilkes.  Also helping bring Anne and Henry’s distinctive and beautiful vision of Summer Days & Dreamy Nights to life is the alternately powerful and subtle rhythm section of bassist Joshua Ramos and drummer Charles Heath III, both of whom tour regularly with Johnson as part of Ramsey Lewis’ band.

-Jonathan Widran, Jazziz Magazine  

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