Joy Eden Harrison

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Joy Eden Harrison is an American singer, songwriter, and musician. She has released three critically acclaimed CDs, the late 1990s Angel Town, the 2002 Unspoken, and most recently, 2006's Blue Venus.

Harrison's voice is a unique instrument, classically trained with jazz, folk, and torch song chanteuse influences. Her lyrics are dense, arty, and yet remain moving even when obscure. She won the 2002 IMA Best Jazz Artist Award, selected by judges Tom Waits, Arturo Sandoval and Don Byron.

Harrison has two original songs in Hollywood films. The Love Beneath Your Lies is in the film Curtain Call. Marlene is in the film Suicide Kings.

Harrison likes to say that some of her lyrical complexity reflects her link to her great aunt, novelist Anzia Yezierska, while her musical gifts and connection to the jazz era come from her great uncle, Milton Ager, the composer of Happy Days Are Here Again.