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NEWS & APPEARANCES
Sat. June 2, 2018
@ 3:00 PM
All For Love Concert & Fundraiser
Please join us for an incredible and entertaining event! SUE'S PAST EVENTS & APPEARANCES
Wed. July 12, 2017
@ 6:00 PM
Sunset Jazz at Newport
Together with Pianist Tom Ranier, bassist Mike Gurrola and drummer Kevin Kanner, this Grand Opening Night will bring together selections from the Great American Songbook as a fitting introduction to the stellar 11 weekly concerts.
December 2016 CD release
Christmas Lady 
"I have always wanted to do a Christmas album, because it is my favorite time of year. I decided it should be a Traditional Christmas CD, filled with the songs that are familiar to us all, and that we only get to hear once a year.
I thank all of the superb musicians on this CD. Tom Ranier brought wonderful
fresh ideas to the arrangements,
and played piano beautifully, as he
always does. I especially liked
singing with the lovely harpist,
Gayle Levant, and her arrangement
of White Christmas. I was so
fortunate to have Larry Koonse, Trey
Henry and Dick Weller. They are outstanding, talented musicians, and added so much to this
project.
Nov. 9, 2015
New Jersey Performing Arts Center
July 1, 2015
American Jazz Institute 
Sat. June 13, 2015
@ 7:30 PM
The Broad Stage
Celebrating legendary composers conducting their arrangements! March 26, 2015
Catalina Jazz Club
Premiering the Release of her CD Late In Life November 20, 2014
Catalina Jazz Club
Vintage Masters of Swing April 4, 2014
CARMEL, CA March 29, 2014
"Hollywood Nights with the TJO", featuring Sue Raney March 28, 2014
Music Hall Jazz Café February 21-22, 2014
American Federation of Musicians Western Conference DECEMBER 30, 2013
Vitello's NOVEMBER 16, 2013
SPERDVAC Convention Music Panel OCTOBER 25, 2013 
Sue Raney - A Tribute to Doris Day: Hearts Desire JUNE 18, 2013 Sue Raney's long out-of-print single, 'Dodger Blue' b/w 'Van Lingle Mungo' is now available for download on all major sites, including iTunes and Amazon. The big band recording, arranged and conducted by Alan Broadbent, was originally for sale only at L.A.'s Dodger Stadium and was eventually inducted into the Cooperstown Museum. (Raney is married to former Chicago Cubs player Carmen Fanzone.) Both sides of the baseball-themed recording were written by Dave Frishberg. These are two of the most charming and hummable melodies he has ever penned. Very droll, funny, swinging material. JANUARY 17, 2013 Sue Raney is proud to be the recipient of the Bistro Award for Major Engagement of the Year in honor of her recent appearance at Feinstein's @ Loews Regency. Other winners can be found on the Bistro home page. Sue will traveling to Manhattan to accept the award at the Bistro ceremony to be held on March 4 at Gotham Comedy Club. With reviews like the the following that she just received from critic Don Heckman for her December 30th appearance at Vitello's in Studio City, CA, is it any wonder that she received this honor?:
"Sue Raney was at it again last night at Vitello's offering a pre-New Year’s Eve seminar in jazz singing. And, yes, I know the word “seminar” has an academic inference that doesn’t really capture the full quality of her performance. But there was no denying the effectiveness of Raney’s demonstrations of how to bring a far-ranging variety of songs fully to life. . ."
Feb 10, 3 pm, An Afternoon with Sue Raney
Feb. 14, Sue Raney (w/ The Singers' Songbook, i.e. Sue Raney, Kurt Reichenbach, Pinky Winters, Michael Dees and the Jim Cox Trio)
March 24, 3 pm, Sue Raney, Michael Dees, Cat Conner, Don Shelton: Frankie Laine 100th Birthday Celebration SUE RANEY DEC. APPEARANCES
Dec 30, 8 pm, w/ the Tom Ranier Trio SUE RANEY IN NY—NOVEMBER, 2012 by Stephen Holden, New York Times, November 13, 2012 “Part Tribute, Part Torch, A Voice Goes All Out” WHILE BEING SOOTHED and exhilarated by the voice of Sue Raney at Feinstein's Thursday evening, I was reminded that for certain singers there is no better description than the quaint euphemism “songbird.” Ms. Raney, who was playing her first New York engagement in 25 years, may be 72, but her voice is young, her singing infused with hope. [more]
COSMIC CHARM: AFTER A 30-YEAR DROUGHT, SUE RAINS DOWN FROM THE SKY by Red Reed, New York Observer, November 14, 2012“She was in better vocal control than ever, full of
intense feelings that were never sabotaged by craft.” DESPITE THE SPATE of inclement weather, New York lit up like a shooting star
last week in the presence of Sue Raney’s luminous cabaret show at
Feinstein’s at Loews Regency. A singing legend in the circles where
serious jazz aficionados gather, her radiance, taste and incredible
musical savvy have been missing from the New York scene for three
decades. She more than made up for the absence with vocal artistry that
can only be described as out of this world. [more]
CULTURAL CONVERSATION WITH SUE RANEY “Sunshine in New York”
“SO WHY IS IT that you haven't played New York in 25 years?”
the singer Sue Raney is asked, and though the person asking is
unabashedly a fan, the question is expressed in tones that are not
reverential. It's at least partly a reprimand, as if an artist as
sublimely talented as she is—and she is unquestionably one of the major
jazz vocalists of the past 50 years—has done the world of music a
disservice by remaining so firmly entrenched in her adopted home of Los
Angeles. When Ms. Raney does five shows this week at Feinstein's at the
Loews Regency, it will be the first time, apart from a guest appearance
at a 92nd Street Y concert last spring, that she's appeared on the East
Coast since the 1980s. [more]
JAZZWAX INTERVIEW WITH SUE RANEY SUE RANEY is a direct link to America's golden age of pop and jazz singers. Yet she remains one of the most underrated female vocalists on the scene today. Sue has recorded exquisitely with every major arranger—Nelson Riddle, Billy May, Ralph Carmichael, Bill Holman, Bob Florence, Jack Marshall, Billy Byers and others. She also has been teamed with Buddy DeFranco, Page Cavanaugh, Shelly Manne, the Four Freshmen, Supersax and her husband, trumpter and flugelhornist Carmen Fanzone. [more]
NOVEMBER, 2012 SUE RANEY will be making her premier performance at fabled Feinstein's at the Regency with an engagement beginning Wednesday, November 7 and running through the following Saturday (10th). Shows begin nightly at 8 pm, with two performances on Saturday evening at 8 pm & 10:30 pm. Raney will be accompanied by a trio led by her long time colleague, jazz pianist Alan Broadbent. Part of the evenings' repertoire will be drawn from their last two albums together: Heart's Desire: A Tribute to Doris Day and Listen Here. This represents Raney's first Manhattan club engagement since 1985. For further information and ticket purchase, visit Feinstein's web site.
FEINSTEIN'S AT LOEWS REGENCY
Friday, December 30
Friday, March 9, 2012
Saturday - Monday, June 2, 3, & 4, 2012
NOVEMBER, 2012 Thursday - Saturday, November 10, 11, 12, 2011
APRIL 8, 2011 SUE RANEY and Alan Broadbent will be making an appearance on Global Village on radio station KPFK-FM (90.7) at noon, Thursday April 21.They'll be interviewed by host John Schneider about their new CD Listen Here, their upcoming April 25 appearance at Vitello's in North Hollywood, CA, and the duo's participation in the forthcoming Japanese earthquake/tsunami relief jazz CD, From California With Love. You can listen over the air or streaming from the website www.kpfk.org.
MARCH 1, 2011 SUE RANEY and pianist Alan Broadbent's appearance at L.A.'s Vitello's has just been confirmed. Sue will perform her new CD with Broadbent, entitled Listen Here. One show only, Monday, April 25. The evening will also serve as a CD release party for the album. In addition to singing, Sue will also be signing and selling. The official release date for Listen Here is April 20. FEBRUARY 3, 2011
Coming in April 2011:
IT LOOKS LIKE it's going to be an exciting year for Sue Raney. She’ll have a new CD out, Listen Here, with pianist Alan Broadbent, to be released in April. There will be a high profile CD release party (and performance) in L.A. to celebrate that event. In addition, there are talks under way for Sue to travel to Italy for a series of TV network variety show appearances. Also in development are plans for her to resume her "pops" concert schedule, such as her highly suecessul past appearances with The Florida Orchestra, The Dallas Symphony, and other such organizations. To top it all off, she's booked in 2012 (!) for a tour of Japan. Details on these and other goings-on will be appearing soon on this site.
SUE RANEY will be appearing with the Nelson Riddle Orchestra, conducted by Chris Riddle, as part ofthe upcoming Los Angeles ]azz Institutes four-day (Oct. 21-24) A Jazz Tribute to Frank Sinata. Sue will be taking part in A Swingin' Session on Saturday, October 23 at 7:30 PM in the Marquis Ballroom at the L.A. Airport Marriott Hotel. Her very first recording for the Capitol record label was conducted and arranged by Nelson Riddle, who was also closely associated with the music and artistry of Sinatra. She also made many public appearances with the Riddle organization during its heyday.
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