Global Grooves with Jenn Jade & Friends

JENNIFER JADE LEDESNA is a Grammy-nominated artist from the Bronx, an alumna of New School Jazz and LaGuardia Arts. She is a Montreux Jazz Voice Competition finalist and a composer with “Betty Carter Jazz Ahead.” Jennifer performs at venues like “Aux Trois Mailletz” in Paris and “Minton’s Playhouse” in Harlem.

She has sung at Carnegie Hall and participated in the World Premiere Tour of “CHAPEL/CHAPTER” with the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Co. Her international performances include Switzerland’s CHORUS Jazz Club, Norway’s “Silda Jazz Fest,” and Austria’s PORGY & BESS.

Jennifer has collaborated with renowned artists such as David Amram and Wynton Marsalis. Recently, she starred as Tempest in the film “SINCE I LEFT YOU” and “Tinima” in the opera-musical “HATUEY: MEMORY OF FIRE!” After touring France, Brazil, Argentina, and the Dominican Republic, she released “VOX HUMANA” with Bobby Sanabria’s Multiverse Big Band.