Alexis Cole

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Review:

This is the twenty eighth in a series of special Jazz on the Tube reviews of live stream performances.

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A jazz singer from an early age (both of her parents were singers-pianists), Alexis Cole became a professional while a teenager, singing regularly at a hotel.

She began recording in 1999, became an educator at several colleges, spent two years singing in Japan, and sang with an Army band during 2009-15.

Alexis Cole has released at least nine albums as a leader and grown into a major jazz vocalist.

For this Livestream from May 9, 2020, she sings and plays piano in a swinging performance that is fun and lively, sometimes featuring her singing in unison with her keyboard.

Among the songs performed by Alexis Cole during this enjoyable set are “Bye Bye Blackbird,” “All The Things You Are” (with the rarely heard verse), “My Funny Valentine,” “Get Out Of Town,” her original “Blues For All Us,” and “All Of Me.”

– Scott Yanow