Graced with an “impeccable” voice (Winnipeg Free Press) and hailed as an artist who “may well turn out to be the next important jazz singer” by the LA Times, two-time GRAMMY Award® winning jazz vocalist Sara Gazarek has been one of the leading lights of an impressive generation of jazz vocalists since her brilliant emergence at age 20. While her subsequent career has been the picture of success – highlighted by five critically acclaimed albums, numerous world tours, an ardent fanbase, enthusiastic reviews, and collaborations with such luminaries as Kurt Elling, Fred Hersch, and Billy Childs, it is with her latest double-GRAMMY® nominated album, Thirsty Ghost, and most recent four-song EP, Vanity, that Gazarek brings her musical expression stunningly into phase with her emotional maturity. Gazarek currently works as an Associate Professor of Jazz Voice at the Eastman School of music (where she was hired to design the brand-new jazz voice degree), is a founding member of the all-female, GRAMMY® winning vocal ensemble, säje, and currently serves as a National Trustee of the Recording Academy. Learn more about Sara by visiting her website.