Jazz vocalist Leslie Lewis is one of those rare finds. She has a contralto voice, producing a dynamic and lovely sound. She just naturally struts on most of her songs as she sings them. She hails from East Orange, New Jersey and her vocal influences are the inimitable Nancy Wilson and Cleo Laine. She has performed throughout the country including tours as a featured vocalist with the Cleveland Jazz Orchestra, and with members of the Duke Ellington Orchestra on an Ellington Tribute concert as well as performances with Jazz Tap Ensemble. Leslie was featured along with Jack Sheldon on the Tom Kubis Big Band recording “At Last”.

