BOBBI WILSYN

Jazz, Soul | Chicago

Chicago jazz vocalist and Professor Emerita of Columbia College Chicago, where she led vocal studies for nearly four decades and received the Black Excellence Award for Outstanding Achievement in Jazz Music. An international performer on nightclub and concert stages and at jazz festivals from Las Vegas to Verona, she leads Bobbi Wilsyn and Company, a flexible ensemble from duo to full combo of voice, piano, vibes, bass, and drums, in a bimonthly Winter's Jazz Club residency featuring sold-out tribute programs honoring Sarah Vaughan, Lena Horne, Burt Bacharach and Hal David, the Beatles, and George and Ira Gershwin. Her recordings include Just One of Those Things and It's About Time.<br/><br/>For booking inquiries, contact Lynn Colbert-Jones at CENIC Global, www.cenicglobal.com or 630-703-9723.