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Cynthia Rafaella

Born: August 14

Emerging from the vibrant 1990s New York jazz scene, vocalist Cynthia Rafaella returns to the spotlight with a fluid, resonant voice that reimagines tradition with modern finesse. Having performed alongside luminaries such as Bill Lee, Juini Booth, Gil Coggins, Winard Harper, Arturo O’Farrill, and Roy Hargrove, she brings a seasoned artistry to the stage infusing classics with an intimate, contemporary perspective. 

Mharlyn Merritt

Born: March 30, 1950

Mharlyn Merritt is a vocalist with roots in Jazz, R&B and Classic Soul who has lived in London and New York and now creates music, novels and poems in her hometown of Philadelphia, PA.

Daughter of world-renowned Jazz bassist/composer, Jymie Merritt (Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers, Max Roach, Dizzy Gillespie), Mharlyn Merritt is the recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Fellowship in Jazz Performance and an Interdisciplinary Arts Fellowship from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts. With the band Messenger, led by guitarist/composer Richard Lee Steacker (Grover Washington Band), Mharlyn opened for Hugh Masakela, Eddie Palmieri, and Richard Beltzer among others. During the disco-era her voice graced the background of numerous sessions at Philly’s legendary Sigma Sound Studios.

Jazz Singers

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