April Varner Sextet at Ro Cham Beau

NYC-based jazz vocalist April Varner has built an impressive résumé as one of the notable rising voices in contemporary vocal jazz. Originally from Toledo, Ohio, she earned her Master’s degree in Jazz Voice Performance from the Manhattan School of Music and went on to win the 2023 International Ella Fitzgerald Jazz Vocal Competition. She was also recognized as a 2025 Rising Star Female Vocalist in DownBeat Magazine’s 73rd Annual Critics Poll, received a 2024 honorable mention in the ASCAP Herb Alpert Young Jazz Composer Awards, and saw her 2024 Cellar Music debut album, April, included among DownBeat’s Best Albums of 2024 in the Debuts category...

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NYC-based jazz vocalist April Varner has built an impressive résumé as one of the notable rising voices in contemporary vocal jazz. Originally from Toledo, Ohio, she earned her Master’s degree in Jazz Voice Performance from the Manhattan School of Music and went on to win the 2023 International Ella Fitzgerald Jazz Vocal Competition. She was also recognized as a 2025 Rising Star Female Vocalist in DownBeat Magazine’s 73rd Annual Critics Poll, received a 2024 honorable mention in the ASCAP Herb Alpert Young Jazz Composer Awards, and saw her 2024 Cellar Music debut album, April, included among DownBeat’s Best Albums of 2024 in the Debuts category. Her latest release, Ella, is out now on Cellar Music Records.

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