Once back New York City, she began merging, or rather morphing, musical theater, pop and jazz song. After being exposed to rising talents as well as established legends on the jazz scene and listening more and more to her favorites (Ella Fitzgerald, Jimmy Scott, Shirley Horn), she found herself focusing on her own interpretations of jazz standards. Profiting from the city’s wealth of musical treasures, in addition to vocal studies with Catherine Aks (Classical) and Amy London (Jazz), jazz piano with Tardo Hammer, and attending the renowned Barry Harris jazz workshops, she checks out numerous jam sessions held nightly. At Arturo’s, Cleopatra’s Needle, Lenox Lounge, Local 802 Musicians’ Union, Robin’s Nest and St. Nick’s Pub, she’s been thrilled to sit in with and experience musicians both known and new to the scene.

     In the recording studio, in addition to working with composers and DJs on various projects, DeeAnne’s own first demo of standards, which she arranged, co-edited, mixed and mastered, and her most recent recording of select favorites – given a special jazz/Latin/MidEast touch with her current rhythm section – have drawn attention and praise, as well as airplay on Israeli radio. Onstage, her live performances have varied from blending her own poetry with jazz song, cabaret productions she co-wrote and in which she starred, to more recently, regular jazz gigs as leader. Alongside piano, guitar, instrumental duos, trios and quartets she has sung venues in Europe and the U.S., including New York’s Jolly Hotel Madison Towers’ Whaler Bar, Nightingale Lounge, Orbit-East Harlem, Shutters, SWIG Bar & Grill, the former Chez Suzette, Danny’s, Kavehaz and Upstairs at Rose’s Turn.