HHM Digital invites you to join us for a live streaming session of Conversations about Jazz & Other Distractions hosted by former jazz radio host and founder of Notorious Jazz, Carl Anthony. On Thursday, December 9 at 7:30 pm (EST), Carl’s special guest will be vocalist, actress, author, and educator Ranee Lee. This virtual event via Zoom is free for Hammonds House Museum members and $5 for non-members. Register today at hammondshouse.org.

Ranee Lee is celebrating over 50 years in Montreal, Quebec, where she enjoys a successful, multi-faceted career as one of Canada’s most popular jazz vocalists, an award-winning actress including a role as Billie Holiday in Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill, a songwriter, and author of the children’s book Nana What Do You Say?, inspired by the song of the same name from 1994’s “I Thought About You.”

Ranee has recorded twelve acclaimed albums on the Justin Time label featuring some of the finest jazz musicians of our time. Her discography is filled with masterworks including “The Musical, Jazz on Broadway,” a successful marriage of jazz standards and the music of Broadway. In 1994 and 1995, Ranee received the Top Canadian Female Jazz Vocalist Award presented by Jazz Report Magazine. In 2010 she won the Juno Award for Vocal Jazz Album of the Year for "Ranee Lee Lives UPSTAIRS." She followed that with the critically acclaimed "What's Going On” in 2014, a collection of originals and standards. Currently she’s putting the final touches on her next recording slated for release in Spring 2022.

Throughout her career Ranee has performed with many jazz notables including Clark Terry, Bill Mayes, Herb Ellis, Red Mitchell, Milt Hinton, Oliver Jones, and Terry Clarke. She has performed throughout the US, and at prestigious jazz festivals in Canada, Spain, France, England, and Haiti.

For outstanding service to jazz education, Ranee received the International Association of Jazz Educators Award in 2004 and in 2008. She has been on the faculty of the University of Laval in Quebec City and The Schulich School of Music at McGill University for over twenty years. In 2006 she was appointed Member Of The Order Of Canada, and in 2007 she was given an award for her contribution to the development of the McGill Jazz Program by the McGill Schulich School of Music.

Hammonds House Museum is generously supported by the Fulton County Board of Commissioners, Fulton County Arts and Culture, the City of Atlanta Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs, The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta, The National Performance Network, AT&T and WarnerMedia.

Hammonds House Museum’s mission is to celebrate and share the cultural diversity and important legacy of artists of African descent. The museum is the former residence of the late Dr. Otis Thrash Hammonds, a prominent Atlanta physician and passionate arts patron. Located in a beautiful Victorian home in West End Atlanta, Hammonds House Museum is a cultural treasure and a unique venue. The museum’s current show, Exhibiting Culture: Highlights from the Hammonds House Museum Collection, features artwork from some of the world’s premiere African American artists including Romare Bearden, Benny Andrews, Elizabeth Catlett, Sam Gilliam, Lynn Marshall Linnemeier, Richard Hunt, Nellie Mae Rowe, Hale Woodruff, Radcliffe Bailey, Mildred Thompson, Jacob Lawrence, and many more. The exhibition will be on view through January 30, 2022.

A 501(c)3 organization, Hammonds House Museum offers rotating exhibitions, artist talks, exhibition tours, arts education programs, family days, virtual programs, and other cultural events throughout the year. For more information, and to learn how you can support their mission and programming, become a member, or reserve tickets for an upcoming visit, go to their website: hammondshouse.org.