Jazz Articles about Lena Seikaly

About Lena Seikaly

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Lena Seikaly and the Jimmy Masters' Trio at The Sandler Center for the Arts

by Mark Robbins
June 11, 2025

Washington D.C. vocalist Lena Seikaly made a return visit to the Tidewater area to perform with the Jimmy Masters' Trio (Masters on bass, John Toomey on piano and drummer Frank Russo. Singing to a nearly sold out room it was evident from the audience reaction she would be welcomed back as often as she liked. Seikaly began piano lessons at just 4 years old. By her teen age years she had developed a strong foundation in classical voice ...

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Lena Seikaly at the Attucks Theater

by Mark Robbins
April 24, 2020

Lena Seikaly is not a household name... yet! The Washington D.C. native has been called one of the “brightest voices in jazz" and her new fans at the sold out Attucks Theatre performance could not agree more. Classically trained as an operatic mezzo-soprano her phrasing, intonation, and full bodied tone is reminiscent of Ella Fitzgerald. She is a natural storyteller so when she sings “You Don't Know What Love Is" you believe she knows the “meaning of the blues" or ...