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Ledesna
Have Voice, Will Travel. Polyglot. Stage Mage. Quintuple Threat. Sonic Curator.
About Me
Stage mage JENNIFER JADE LEDESNA, Bronxite
polyglot, is an alumna of the New School Jazz
Conservatory & 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 Salvador da Bahia, & 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 @ Lincoln Center with Bobby
Sanabria’s “Multiverse Orchestra!”, Saint Croix's
“Take Five Fest”, Santiago de Chile's Teatro
Municipal de Las Condes, & Austria's PORGY &
BESS, to name a few.
Grammy board member, Ms. Jade, 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, among others.
She recently starred as Tempest in the feature
film SINCE I LEFT YOU, “Tinima” in the opera-
musical HATUEY: MEMORY OF FIRE!, & just
returned from her summer tours in Brazil &
Argentina!