Ebony Jo-Ann is an accomplished performer from New York to South Africa.  Being an independent artist, Ms Jo-Ann has retained the purity and earnest nature of high quality artistry, avoiding the pitfalls of popular music styles that are rapidly produced and affected by the mandates of current, yet passing trends in music today.  Her singing style reflects the merging of spirituality and entertainment.  

Extracting the music portion of her extensive career in theatre, film and television also represents 360 degrees of diversity.  Ebony Jo-Ann 'blackgold' is the toast of New York's nightclub scene, drawing capacity crowds wherever she appears.  Her local following was established during her late night performances at the legendary Sweetwaters. As a Broadway actress it made sense for the community to step out to the clubs to see Ebony after their curtain came down.   She also packed them in at Mikells, Ashford & Simpson's Twenty/Twenty, The Village Gate, Joe's Pub, B.B. Kings, Greene Street,Lenox Lounge, Small's Paradise, Minton's, The Cotton Club, The Sugar Bar and The Baron, to name a few.

She has graced stages such as Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Symphony Space, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Kennedy Center, Copa Cabana NYC...   

Concert venues with Horace Silver, Nat Adderley Sr., Big Joe Turner, Danny Mixon, Miles Jaye, Onaje Allan Gumbs, Kenny Neal, Rudy Stevenson Quartet, among many others.

Ms. Jo-Ann's international gigs include solo artist on TELECOVE - Ghana Broadcasting Corp. in Accra, Ghana,  SHEILA'S DAY at the Grahamstown National Arts Festival - South Africa and solo artist at the Copa Cabana in Port Harcourt, Nigeria.

Musical Director/Vocal Arranger for James DeJongh's DO LORD REMEMBER ME.  

Vocal Arranger/Chorus Leader for Regina Taylor's DROWNING CROW at the Goodman Theatre - Chicago and the Manhattan Theatre Club's Broadway run.

Co-Author/vocal arranger of the Crossroad Theatre Company's production of SHEILA'S DAY.

Recordings:

Colored People from the soundtrack of ARTHUR! A CELEBRATION OF LIFE by Joseph James

Then I'll Be Free To Travel Home - Title track of a two part documentary that chronicles the recent discovery and early American history of how Africans established the African Burial Ground in New York City.

Ordinary People - duet with Stephanie Mills - NATIVITY- A LIFE STORY from the soundtrack for Black Nativity.

Operas:

Ebony sang the role of AR in Noa Ain's THE OUTCAST at the Majestic Theater with Opera Ebony and The New Jersey State Opera as well as the role of LINDA in LOST IN THE STARS at The Long Wharf Theatre, New Haven, CT.