Sonya Hensley

Having regaled audiences in over 50 countries as featured headliner, principal performer or co-lead singer - including a 14 country tour of "Sophisticated Ladies" - Sonya Hensley is equally at ease singing jazz, R&B, Broadway, pop, Latin and blues - and has long been driven by her desire to keep expanding her horizons and bring a fresh twist to the world's most beloved songs.
The Essential Sonya Hensley, the multi-talented performer's long awaited, highly anticipated debut, finds the singer at a unique crossroads of past, present and future. In one sense, she pays homage to the Bessies, Billies and Ellas, who paved the way for her own success story, and all the legendary artists and musicians she has worked with over the years, including Les Paul, Lena Horne, Harry Belafonte, Gladys Knight, Jimmy Buffett and Ricky Martin. But the collection is more than a high-spirited, joyfully eclectic culmination of the many facets of her career. Featuring 11 dynamic new arrangements of the works of great composers Sonya admires and the fiery Latin barnburner "C'est La Baby," penned by the singer and keyboardist Marc Gumberg, The Essential Sonya Hensley opens an exciting new frontier for her as a recording artist.