Alexis Cole
Voice
48 age
January 28, 1976 Birthday
New York, New York, U.S. Birthplace
www.alexiscole.com Website
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Alexis Cole is a New York based jazz vocalist, pianist, and educator who has been compared to classic jazz singers such as Sarah Vaughan and Anita O'Day. Since 1999 she has released a dozen albums and has performed around the world from Tokyo jazz clubs to Carnegie Hall. In 2009 Cole joined the US Army and served for 6 years as the jazz singer in the West Point Band. During her service she continued to release albums and after leaving the army became the Jazz Voice Professor at the State University of New York at Purchase. She later began teaching at William Paterson University as well. In 2021 Cole founded the website jazzvoice.com which provides educational resources and classes. In 2023 she became the director of musicauditions.com, a website that helps musicians find and apply for jobs. Cole continues to record and perform in addition to her other ventures.
Trivia
Alexis Cole studied Indian Classical singing at the Jazz India Vocal Institute in Mumbai. Alexis Cole's students include Grammy winner Samara Joy and winner of the prestigious Ella Fitzgerald competition, Lucy Wijnands. Alexis Cole spent a semester teaching in Quito, Ecuador for a Berklee College of Music program.
Early Life
Alexis Cole, born in 1976 in New York, was raised in a musical household in South Florida. Her father and grandmother both sang and played piano and it was clear from an early age that Cole would follow in their footsteps. She attended the New World School of the Arts, sang in various choirs and had her first professional singing gig singing at a local hotel while still in high school. Cole went on to study jazz at the University of Miami before transferring to New Jersey's William Paterson University where she graduated with a degree in music in 1996. Later, in 2006, she also earned a Masters of Music degree from Queens College in New York.
Alexis Cole Solos
2021
Voice solo - Joy Spring - 2021
4/4 swing in C major at 196 BPM
Voice solo - All Blues - 2021
6/8 swing in C major at 141 BPM