Aneesa Strings

City Winery Philadelphia presents Aneesa Strings live on June 23rd at 7:30pm

Aneesa Strings is a bassist, vocalist and composer from Oakland, California. She began

playing professionally and recorded her first jazz album at just 13 years old. Aneesa

received her Bachelors of Music in Jazz Studies at the University of Southern California in

2014, where she released her first solo album A Shift In Paradigm featuring her single

“Simpin”, produced by Patrice Rushen in collaboration with SFJAZZ.

In 2016, Ms. Strings earned her Masters of Music in Jazz Studies at Michigan State

University where she toured as the lead singer of the Bebop Spartans Big Band under

the direction of Rodney Whitaker. Ms. Strings is fresh off the release of her 2019 critically

acclaimed sophomore album “WAYS”, and has continued to tour world-wide with the

likes of Duckworth, Jose James, Kandace Springs and many others.