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African American singer and musician
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Biography
Imani Uzuri is an American vocalist and composer.
Uzuri has collaborated with a cross section of artists across various disciplines including Herbie Hancock, John Legend, Vijay Iyer, Sanford Biggers, Carrie Mae Weems, Wangechi Mutu and Robert Ashley. In 2012 Uzuri released her critically acclaimed second album, The Gypsy Diaries, which was funded with a successful Kickstarter campaign. Uzuri was a 2015 Park Avenue Armory artist-in-residence. March 2016 will mark Uzuri's Lincoln Center's American Songbook series debut.