Greetings, music sloots, and welcome to another edition of Manor Music Monday, today with heavy dollops of sass, class and brass from a pioneering jazz songbird who overcame several jaw-dropping life challenges and obstacles, yet remained as upbeat as the day she was born. Tonight you can revel in her tunes with DJ Li'l Scratch at the Manor's exclusive "Find 'n Grind!" after-hours saloon. You'll want to stop by, I swear.  Also, dear lord, we're in the midst of September, nearing October and Halloween, then there's Thanksgiving, which means it's almost time for a gaggle of December holidays, and then New Year's and then - what? January bloat? A zombie apocalypse? One of those "Eat! Drink! Paint!" events at Applebee's? Kill me now. Or rather, don't. Let's hope our music will get us through the rough spots. Lucky us, since classy-lassy Lee Wiley can always be trusted to whisk away the blues no matter the time of year. Conside...

Greetings, music sloots, and welcome to another edition of Music Manor Monday! Tonight at the Manor's exclusive Kweef Korner Lounge, DJ Li'l Scratch will introduce a forgotten artist who'll remind you of people nowadays that give their children names like Kathron or Mellowdee or Creeklyn or Amaziyah and other such fuckery. Back in the day, all you had do was an an extra letter to be dIfFeReNt. Like an extra "n." As in Annita. No, really. I'm not sure why this was done. It's like meeting someone named "Johnn" or Suue" or "Maaggy" (and how do even you pronounce Annita?) (do you stutter?). Regardless, the one and only Annita Ray had a unique career. In the 1960s, she and singer Diane Hall were known as "girl bookends" for bandleader Ray Anthony - or singing window-dressing for the more "important" Ray and his musicians. By that time, Annita was likely used to being undervalued. But she kept on keeping on, even reco...