Born and raised in Southern California, Mary Ann Douglas is a product of West Coast Jazz influence. She composes the music and writes the lyrics for all her songs. Trained as a vocalist in the beginning, she didn't return to music until after finishing graduate school, getting married, and beginning a family. In 1997, she produced her first vocal jazz CD, "True Stories". This was followed by "Sensory" in 1999, "Does Thinking Just Make It That Way?" in 2001, and "Unfinished Business" in 2007. On all her recordings she has been surrounded by the talents of great local Southern California musicians including Mundell Lowe, Mike Wofford, Peter Sprague, John Rekevics, Bob Magnusson, Jim Plank, Rephael Harp, Kevin Esposito, Gary Pack, Dan Papaila, and Dave Hoffman. Her CDs have received good critical reviews and airplay both in the United States and France. Music lovers who like original material with introspective, real-life lyrics set to a variety of blues, bossa nova, pop, and smooth jazz stylings will want to acquire the entire collection. Not much performing for this lady - she does what she wants to do - writes and produces. You may catch her at the microphone occasionally in the San Diego area where she lives. REVIEWS 'Douglas is an original. What she has in abundance is style, with assurance, humor, subtle authority and a sense of light irony. She has what jazz musicians refer to as time, a necessity for all top-flight singers. Moreover, she writes all of her own songs. . . She sings very well. You should hear her.' Don Freeman - San Diego Union-Tribune 'Songwriter Mary Ann Douglas creates some of the most interesting tales of love and romance available to today's jazz market. Her clear understanding of the human condition, coupled with her feel for sympathetic melodies, drives each message deep into your heart. With a natural, down-to-earth style that let's the pit