Ann Hampton Callaway is one of the most widely acclaimed singer/songwriters working in pop/jazz today. The award winning artist has received national attention from television audiences for her song "The Nanny Named Fran" which she wrote and performs for the CBS television comedy hit "THE NANNY". Another of Ann's compositions, "AT THE SAME TIME" was recently performed by Barbara Streisand for President Clinton in Los Angeles and was recorded for Streisand's CD, "Higher Ground" which debuted nationally at #1.

Ann's CD, "AFTER OUR" On Denon Records features jazz pianist Kenny Barron and legendary bass artist Jay Leonhart. Another recent /CD Entitled To Ella with Love on Touchwood Records, was recorded with jazz greats Wynton Marsalis, Cyrus Chestnut, Christian McBride and Lewis Nash as a tribute to jazz legend ELLA FITGERALD and features some of her best loved standards. Ann performed selections from the CD at the recent Carnegie Hall Tribute to Ella Fitzgerald.

Ann's other recent CD recordings are BRING BACK ROMANCE (DRG) and ANN HAMPTON CALLAWAY (DRG), sibling Beverly with her sister, Broadway musical star Liz Callaway and numerous recordings for Ben Bagley including the Cole Porter Revisited Series. The Cole Porter Foundation officially recognizes Ann Hampton Callaway as the only composer to have collaborated with Cole Porter having set her music to his recently discovered lyric, "I GAZE IN YOUR EYES".

Ann has performed internationally and nationally in all major venues, concert halls and jazz festivals. She has also performed at Moscow's Estrada Theatre and was invited to sing for former President Gorbachev for the Youth Peace Summit. Most recently, Ann performed in Washington D.C. for President Clinton. She has also appeared on numerous national televisions shows such as The Today Show, CNN, The Charlie Rose Show, The Oprah Winfrey Show, Charles Grodin, ABC News, PBS and BBC.

She returned form a critically-acclaimed two week engagement at London's Piaza on the Park and performed her This Christmas show at Maxim's in New York last December. In 1998 her national tour includes: Washington, Miami, Dallas, Houston, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Boston, Denver, Seattle, Chicago and Paris.

Ann most recently recorded a special Christmas album for Angel Records entitled, This Christmas which was released nationally as of October 20th. She also recorded a second CD for Touchwood Records this spring accompanied by legendary musicians George Shearing and Tommy Flanagan for a late summer 1998 release. Ann appeared in New York last fall at Carnegie Hall with Skitch Henderson and the New York Pops and performed with the Boston Pops this January.

Ann was born a raised in Chicago. Her father is John Callaway, a former CBS News correspondent and current host of the PBS show Chicago Tonight. Her mother Shirley Callaway, is a prominent Broadway vocal coach. Ann resides in New York.

Celebrating the release of her latest CD “Slow” (October 2004)
“Luxuriously sensual and unabashedly romantic… her most contemporary and pop inspired CD to date…if there was ever a vocalist to follow in the steps of Ella Fitzgerald by recording composer songbooks, it’s got to be Ann Hampton Callaway. She’s utterly divine and Slow is heavenly!”
- -SHOW BUSINESS