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Ledesna
Member Since: 2006 | Location: New York City | Page Views: 2,375About Me
Have Voice, Will Travel. Polyglot. Stage Mage. Quintuple Threat. Sonic Curator.
JENNIFER JADE LEDESNA Grammy-nominated stage mage & Bronxite polyglot, is an alumna of New School Jazz & LaGuardia Arts. A Montreux Jazz Voice Competition Finalist, Equity actress, & “Betty Carter Jazz Ahead” composer, Ms. Jade often performs at “Aux Trois Mailletz” in Paris, “Jazz Na Avenida” in Brazil, & the she was also the former & first Afro-Latina Artistic Director of the legendary “Minton’s Playhouse” in Harlem, NYC. She's sung at Carnegie Hall in Bobby McFerrin’s “INSTANT OPERA!”, in the World Premiere Tour of “CHAPEL/CHAPTER” w the Bill T. Jones / Arnie Zane Dance Co. JJ’s also graced the international stages of Switzerland’s CHORUS Jazz Club, Norway's “Silda Jazz Fest” w her group ”RAJAFRO”, Jazz at Lincoln Center, Saint Croix's “Take Five Fest”, Santiago de Chile's “Teatro Municipal de Las Condes”, the Ritz in Paris, & Austria's PORGY & BESS, to name a few. Jenn has performed with David Amram, Elew, Dave Valentin, Roy Hargrove, Wycliffe Gordon, Joatan Nascimento, Junior Mance, James Carter, Benny Powell, Candido Camero, Janis Siegel, Wynton Marsalis, Brenda Braxton, & David Antonio Cruz, among others. She recently starred as Tempest in the feature film SINCE I LEFT YOU, JJ in the film MEADOWLARK, “Tinima” in the opera-musical HATUEY: MEMORY OF FIRE!, & “The Angel / Jazz Singer” in the world premiere of the “SUGAR HILL NUTCRACKER” by Ellington & Strayhorn! Check out “ARSENIO & BEYOND” (just released) & “VOX HUMANA” the Grammy nominated album of Bobby Sanabria's Multiverse Big Band featuring Jenn Jade!
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