Alexis Cole
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Alexis Cole is a New York City
New York City
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-based jazz vocalist with five albums to her credit. She has performed at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola (Jazz at Lincoln Center
Jazz at Lincoln Center
Jazz at Lincoln Center is part of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. JALC's performing arts complex, Frederick P. Rose Hall, is located at West 60th Street and Broadway in New York City, slightly south of the main Lincoln Center campus and directly adjacent to Columbus Circle. Frederick P....

), Smoke, The Oak Room, and The Kitano, among others. She is daughter of singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...

 Mark Finkin, with whom she performed on her Christmas
Christmas
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-themed album, The Greatest Gift.

Discography

  • Very Early [single] (1999)
  • Nearer the Sun (2004)
  • Zingaro (2007)
  • The Greatest Gift - Songs of the Season (Motéma Music
    Motéma Music
    Motéma Music is an American record label focused on jazz and world music, as well as other creative projects by virtuosic musicians who also compose. It was founded by Jana Herzen in 2003, and is now based in Harlem, New York City...

    , 2009)
  • Someday My Prince Will Come (Venus, 2009) with Fred Hersch
    Fred Hersch
    Fred Hersch is a contemporary American jazz pianist who has become a consistent and highly demanded performer on the international jazz scene....

  • You'd Be So Nice to Come Home to (2010)

External links

  • Official site
  • Alexis Cole at Motéma Music
    Motéma Music
    Motéma Music is an American record label focused on jazz and world music, as well as other creative projects by virtuosic musicians who also compose. It was founded by Jana Herzen in 2003, and is now based in Harlem, New York City...

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