Nancy Kelly

With a warm, buttery tone and smooth agility, Nancy Kelly's voice is perfectly suited to the vocalese and sophisticated takes on standards that dominate her repertoire. An all-around entertainer with training in classical piano, voice, drama, and dance, she sometimes plays multiple instruments at club dates and has worked with such legendary jazz artists as Benny Goodman, Nelson Riddle, and Peter Erskine. After debuting with the Billboard-charting concert recording Live Jazz in 1988, she followed up with such typically playful, uplifting releases as the aptly titled Singin' & ...