Anne Cochran and Abe
LaMarca’s Smooth Jazz Radio Hit, “Who’s Gonna
Baby You?” is the culmination of many years of
exciting their concert audiences with a warm,
energetic and soulful live show. With a style that calls to mind
Bonnie and Delaney meets Marvin Gaye and Tammy Terrell, this
entertaining vocal pair has been consistently
selling out shows since reuniting in 2012. It
was at that time, Anne approached Abe with the idea to
collaborate on a song called “Rise and Shine”;
their first single to make Smooth Jazz and AC
Radio stop and take notice. With the creative
and artistic juices again flowing, along with
the encouragement of his longtime friend,
LaMarca produced his solo CD,
“Stand and Deliver’’ as well as Anne’s 10th
highly acclaimed CD, “Deeper”, which garnered
another top 40 AC hit, “The Moment You Were
Mine.” Since then, they’ve been playing to
standing room only audiences that can’t seem
to get enough.
Anne
Cochran
Anne has established herself as a beloved and
respected live performer as well as a “First
Call” and in demand, studio vocalist. Through
her partnership with the chart - topping,
romantic piano man, Jim Brickman, she has
garnered national acclaim as his featured lead
vocalist on tours from Carnegie Hall to
Severance Hall. She has accompanied Jim on
several successful records as well as being
featured on four PBS Specials and has co-hosted
his syndicated radio show. Together, Brickman
and Cochran celebrate a top 5 Adult Contemporary
hit single “After All These Years”. Anne
can also be heard over the national airwaves
every Christmas season, singing holiday
standards, as well as her own popular songs,
"Someone Is Missing At Christmas," her
self-penned, "Christmas Wish", and a co-written
Brickman duet, "I Wish It Was Christmas All
Year."
Anne has performed
for Stars On Ice at Madison Square Garden and
Quicken Loans Arena, NBC’s A Golden Moment, and
has sung with numerous symphonies and pop
orchestras of Pittsburgh, Atlanta, Minneapolis,
Phoenix, Louisville, Kansas City,
Colorado, Cincinnati, Nashville and
Columbus.Throughout her career, Anne has shared
many memorable duets with renowned artists such
as Donny Osmond, Michael Bolton, Wayne Brady,
Collin Raye, Dave Koz, Richie McDonald, Mark
Masri, Ben Utecht and Abe LaMarca, whom she
affectionately refers to as her favorite duet
partner. Anne and Abe have enjoyed top 10 Smooth
Jazz Radio success with their popular duets,
“Rise and Shine” and “Who’s Gonna Baby You”, off
her newest CD, “Deeper”, which was also produced
by LaMarca.
Abe
LaMarca Northern
soul music has been the driving and motivating
musical force behind this powerful vocalist
since he was a teenager growing up in Cleveland
Ohio in the late 60’s. He has recently returned
back home after living and performing in Las
Vegas.
Abe LaMarca is also a proud member of the highly
respected stable of singers and musicians often
referred to as the “Crown Jewel” of Las Vegas,
Santa Fe and The Fat City Horns.
Being the youngest of
five siblings, Abe grew up on a steady diet of
sophisticated soul and jazz music well beyond
his years. He was influenced by Dinah
Washington, Jackie Wilson, Dave Brubeck and
Little Richard to name a few. The height
of his young career as a local singer was to
land a huge gig with one of Cleveland's most
memorable horn bands, Rastus. It was at this
time he was schooled by these older and hipper
cats, most of all, tenor sax player, Vic
Walkuski. "Whenever you started to feel cool and
cocky about how good you were, Vic would pull
out some obscure soul record with these amazing
singers to knock you back down to earth. Most
notable was an album by "The Blind Boys of
Alabama". I decided then and there that if I was
gonna be respected I would have to strive to
that level of vocal passion and soul".
After leaving the
band he spent time in LA singing demos and
working for songwriters Gerry Goffin and Michael
Masser. In the 80's Scottie Bros/CBS Records
released "LaMarca", a solo endeavor that found
this soul lover singing some catchy pop songs, a
few of which made it to the big screen, most
notably, "Hold on Blue Eyes" from the movie "The
Wraith" starring Charlie Sheen. He devoted the
90's to raising his kids in Cleveland and
singing radio jingles and T.V. commercials. In
2005, Abe decided to make the move to Las Vegas
where he worked at just about every hotel on and
off The Strip with various bands and show
projects.
His current CD, “Stand and Deliver” is receiving
much praise at Smooth Jazz Radio.
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