SANDRA BOOKER

Singer/songwriter/actress/activist/playwright Sandra Booker is regarded as one of the best voices in the modern jazz scene.  She has performed with Lalo Schifrin and the WDR Big Band, Wynton Marsalis & The Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, Billy Higgins, Frank Collett, Dado Moroni, Phillippe Martel, and the Dennis Dreith Band, amongst others. Highly respected for her virtuosic scat ability, impeccable timing, crystalline tone, and irrepressible musicality, she continues to push the musical envelope to create a style and sound that is her own. Her deep Southern roots and razor-sharp musical intuition are ever-present in her interpretations of standards, contemporary, and original compositions. She combines aspects of different genres to blend old styles into new ones, such as urban country, French neo-soul, or contemporary gospel/hip-hop. By fusing styles ranging from blues and R&B to Brazilian and classical music into her compositions and performances, Booker is changing the sound of music as she read more...