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- Leni_Stern abstract "Leni Stern (born Magdalena Thora in Munich, Germany) is an electric guitarist, singer, and ngoni player. She was interested in music from an early age, beginning piano studies at the age of six and taking on the guitar age of eleven. Forming her own acting company at the age of seventeen, Stern attracted media attention and performed her radical productions in front of sold-out European crowds.In 1977, Stern chose music over acting, and left Germany for the United States to attend the Berklee College of Music in Boston, studying film scoring. She gave up film scoring in favor of the guitar and moved to New York City in 1981, playing in various rock and jazz bands. In 1983, she formed a band of her own with Paul Motian on drums and Bill Frisell on guitar. She has been awarded the Gibson Guitar Female Jazz Guitarist of the Year five consecutive times.She has released fifteen solo recordings, the latest being 2013's \"Jelell\" recorded in Dakar, Senegal. The 1985 Clairvoyant was the first. Her most recent releases juxtapose Stern's trademark inventive guitar and vocal explorations with the indigenous sounds of accomplished West African instrumentalists and singers. She has worked with Bassekou Kouyate and Ami Sacko, Salif Keita, Toumani Diabate, Baaba Maal and many other master musicians. She is featured in the full-length documentary \"Last Song Before the War\" about the Festival in the Desert in Timbuktu, Mali.Her cover of Laura Nyro's song \"Upstairs by a Chinese Lamp\" appeared on Time and Love: The Music of Laura Nyro, the Laura Nyro tribute album. Leni Stern Recordings (LSR) was established in 1997. The label has enabled Stern to keep complete control of her recordings and independent artistic voice. LSR's first release was Stern's first full-length vocal release, Black Guitar. Ted Drozdowski of the Boston Phoenix described Stern's voice sounding \"something like Marlene Dietrich borrowing Billie Holiday's phrasing.\"She is married to guitarist Mike Stern.".
- Leni_Stern background "solo_singer".
- Leni_Stern birthPlace Munich.
- Leni_Stern genre Jazz.
- Leni_Stern genre Rock_music.
- Leni_Stern genre World_music.
- Leni_Stern instrument Electric_guitar.
- Leni_Stern instrument Guitar.
- Leni_Stern instrument Ngoni_(instrument).
- Leni_Stern thumbnail Lenichoices_69.jpg?width=300.
- Leni_Stern wikiPageExternalLink lenistern.com.
- Leni_Stern wikiPageExternalLink www.lenistern.com.
- Leni_Stern wikiPageExternalLink africa-2007.
- Leni_Stern wikiPageExternalLink alu-maye-2007.
- Leni_Stern wikiPageExternalLink jelell.
- Leni_Stern wikiPageExternalLink sa-belle-belle-ba.
- Leni_Stern wikiPageExternalLink sabani-2011.
- Leni_Stern wikiPageExternalLink smoke-no-fire.
- Leni_Stern wikiPageExternalLink spirit-in-the-water-2009.
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- Leni_Stern wikiPageRevisionID "706360047".
- Leni_Stern wikiPageWikiLink Berklee_College_of_Music.
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- Leni_Stern wikiPageWikiLink Boston.
- Leni_Stern wikiPageWikiLink Category:1952_births.
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- Leni_Stern wikiPageWikiLink Category:Living_people.
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- Leni_Stern wikiPageWikiLink Drum_kit.
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- Leni_Stern wikiPageWikiLink Laura_Nyro.
- Leni_Stern wikiPageWikiLink Marlene_Dietrich.
- Leni_Stern wikiPageWikiLink Mike_Stern.
- Leni_Stern wikiPageWikiLink Munich.
- Leni_Stern wikiPageWikiLink New_York_City.
- Leni_Stern wikiPageWikiLink Ngoni_(instrument).
- Leni_Stern wikiPageWikiLink Paul_Motian.
- Leni_Stern wikiPageWikiLink Rock_music.
- Leni_Stern wikiPageWikiLink Singing.
- Leni_Stern wikiPageWikiLink The_Phoenix_(newspaper).
- Leni_Stern wikiPageWikiLink Time_and_Love:_The_Music_of_Laura_Nyro.
- Leni_Stern wikiPageWikiLink Wayne_Krantz.
- Leni_Stern wikiPageWikiLink World_music.
- Leni_Stern wikiPageWikiLinkText "Leni Stern Trio".
- Leni_Stern wikiPageWikiLinkText "Leni Stern".
- Leni_Stern background "solo_singer".
- Leni_Stern birthName "Magdalena Thora".
- Leni_Stern birthPlace Munich.
- Leni_Stern genre "jazz, rock, fusion, world music".
- Leni_Stern instrument "guitar, ngoni, piano".
- Leni_Stern notableInstruments Electric_guitar.
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- Leni_Stern subject Category:1952_births.
- Leni_Stern subject Category:Female_jazz_guitarists.
- Leni_Stern subject Category:German_female_guitarists.
- Leni_Stern subject Category:German_female_singers.
- Leni_Stern subject Category:German_jazz_guitarists.
- Leni_Stern subject Category:German_jazz_pianists.
- Leni_Stern subject Category:German_jazz_singers.
- Leni_Stern subject Category:Living_people.
- Leni_Stern subject Category:People_from_Munich.
- Leni_Stern subject Category:Sedgwick_family.
- Leni_Stern hypernym Guitarist.
- Leni_Stern type Agent.
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- Leni_Stern type MusicalArtist.
- Leni_Stern type Person.
- Leni_Stern type Singer.
- Leni_Stern type Person.
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- Leni_Stern type Pianist.
- Leni_Stern type Singer.
- Leni_Stern type MusicGroup.
- Leni_Stern type Agent.
- Leni_Stern type NaturalPerson.
- Leni_Stern type Thing.
- Leni_Stern type Q215627.
- Leni_Stern type Q483501.