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/adv/alumni-news-media/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/shes-got-clazz-banner-600x315-1.jpg600315Janinah Burnett ’02E (MM) was two when her Uncle Henry, a bass player, sat her down in a chair onstage during a show. A year or two later, she climbed into the lap of her father, legendary jazz drummer Carl Burnett, while he performed. The music and vocal performance major at the Eastman School of Music now is an accomplished performer in her own right. Burnett, who studied classical and vocal jazz music at Spelman College, a historically Black liberal arts college for women in Atlanta, made her debut at the Metropolitan Opera and has sung for Margaret Thatcher and with Ray Charles. She has performed at the Tony Awards and at a private birthday celebration for Oprah Winfrey at the home of Maya Angelou. In more than 25 cities around the world, Burnett has starred in operas that include Porgy and Bess, Don Pasquale, La Traviata, and Carmen. And she has earned glowing reviews.