Ann Nesby
A consummated actress, entertainer, songwriter and vocalist are a few of the creative attributes that describe and are possessed by Ann Nesby. With a thespian career spanning over two decades, she has worked alongside a who’s who list of incomparable talents in the world of theater, film, and music.
Synonymous with creative artistic consistency, Nesby launched her professional career in the early 1980s working with the likes of Rev. James Cleveland and the Gospel Music Workshop of America (GMWA) to her first major off-Broadway production, Sing Hallelujah under the direction of the incomparable Grammy award winning artist/producer Donald Lawrence.
With a career total of two Grammy wins with the Sounds of Blackness, Nesby has amassed an impressive six Grammy nominations; the latest for Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group with Vocal for her duet with R&B crooner Calvin Richardson for the classic cover of Bobby Womack’s “Love Has Finally Come at Last” (from Richardson’s latest album ‘Facts Of Life – The Soul Of Bobby Womack’ and a nomination for Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance “Sow Love” from Nesby’s 2009 release ‘The Lula Lee Project.’
You might ask what’s next the unforgettable vocal powerhouse/thespian, Nesby is Fusing her church roots, passion for storytelling and emotive articulation of song Nesby has released her 6th studio album entitled “Living My Life” on Arrow Records a subsidiary of Pastor Creflo and Taffi Dollars World Changers Church International.