Jazz vocalist. Winner of the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album in 2016. Winner of the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition Prize 2010. Grammy Award nomination for Best Jazz Vocal Album 2014. Winner of 4 categories in the 2014 Down Beat Critics Poll: Jazz Album of the Year, Female Vocalist, Rising Star–Jazz Artist, and Rising Star–Female Vocalist. Critically acclaimed from the New York Times, The Guardian, and Los Angeles Times. Album released: For one to Love 2015; Cécile; WomanChild on Mack Avenue Records 2013.
