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Ledisi Anibade Young (; born March 28, 1972) is an American R&B and jazz recording artist, songwriter and actress. Her first name means "to bring forth" or "to come here" in Yoruba.〔(Ledisi ) at Allmusic.com〕 Ledisi is known for her jazz influenced vocals. In 1995, Ledisi formed the group known as Anibade. After unsuccessfully trying to get the group signed to a major label, she formed LeSun Records with Sundra Manning. Along with her group, Anibade, Ledisi released an album titled ''Take Time''. The album gained major airplay from local radio stations. She is a nine-time Grammy Award nominee. In 2000, Ledisi released her first album, titled ''Soulsinger: The Revival''. Ledisi and her group toured in 2001, performing various shows.〔 In 2002, Ledisi released her second album, ''Feeling Orange but Sometimes Blue''. The album won her an award for "Outstanding Jazz Album" at the California Music Awards. In 2007, Ledisi signed a major record deal with Verve Forecast and released her third album in August of that year, titled ''Lost & Found'', which sold almost 217,000 copies and earned her two Grammy nominations, including one for Best New Artist.〔(Billboard 200: 1/24/09: Taylor Swift #1 72k ). Pulse Music Proboards. Retrieved: June 18, 2009〕 In 2008, Ledisi released her Christmas album, ''It's Christmas''. In 2009, Ledisi released her fourth album ''Turn Me Loose'', which earned her two Grammy nominations, followed by her fifth album ''Pieces of Me'' (2011) which debuted in the top ten of the US ''Billboard'' 200 album chart at number eight, becoming her first top-ten album of her career and her highest-charting album to date. It also garnered three Grammy nominations at the 54th Grammy Awards including for Best R&B Album. In 2013, she received a nomination for Best R&B Performance at the 55th Grammy Awards for her collaboration with fellow R&B and jazz musician Robert Glasper for the album cut "Gonna Be Alright" off of his Grammy Award-winning fifth album ''Black Radio'' (2012). In 2014, she released her sixth album ''The Truth'' to critical acclaim and moderate sales. She portrayed legendary gospel singer Mahalia Jackson in the Martin Luther King, Jr. 2014 biopic, ''Selma''.〔()〕 ==Early life== Ledisi was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. She grew up in a musical family; her mother, Nyra Dynese, sang in a Louisiana R&B band and her stepfather, Joseph Pierce III, (deceased) was a drummer in the New Orleans area. Her biological father is soul singer (Larry Sanders ), the son of blues singer Johnny Ace.〔 He left the family when she was a baby and they did not meet again for nearly three decades.〔http://www.bvnewswire.com/2009/06/19/ledisi-free-after-finding-father-and-forgiving-him/〕 Ledisi first began performing publicly at age eight with the New Orleans Symphony Orchestra.〔 Ledisi moved to Oakland, California, where she attended McChesney Junior High School, now Edna Brewer Middle School, where she was shy about her singing abilities. She would sing only upon request when students in her gym class would implore her to sing Deniece Williams' version of Black Butterfly, bringing the entire locker room audience under the spell of her very mature, melodious voice. As she sang more publicly her music career blossomed. She was nominated for a Shellie award in 1990 for her performance in a production of ''The Wiz'' and performed in an extended run with the San Francisco cabaret troupe, Beach Blanket Babylon.〔 She studied opera and piano for five years at University of California Berkeley in their Young Musicians Program. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ledisi」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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