You don’t have to look far to hear a true jazz singer. That would be Judy Wexler and she’s someone who’s got the smarts to understand a lyrical phrase and knows how to tell a story. Golden-voiced with spot-on enunciation and a natural loveliness…

~ Nick Bewsey, Icon Magazine

Judy Wexler has carved out a jewel-like niche as a gracefully swinging singer who brings penetrating insight to American Songbook-adjacent material often overlooked by her colleagues…Wexler sounds utterly relaxed while delivering some intricately constructed material. While clearly inspired by less-is-more vocalists like Shirley Horn and Irene Kral, she doesn’t sound anything like either of them. With space for countless joys and woes, Wexler’s heart (and book) can continue to contain multitudes.

–Andrew Gilbert, JazzTimes Magazine

A gorgeous album that says everything about Judy Wexler’s enormous talent. wonderful song choices, smart arrangements, and, most of all, her enveloping voice.”

~ Marc Myers, JazzWax

News & Events

SAVE THE DATE
CD Release Party for my 7th album, NO WONDER, out January 17, 2025 on Jewel City Jazz

Thursday, February 13, 2025
CATALINA JAZZ CLUB
6725 Sunset Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90028

TICKETS

New CD

Release Date: January 24, 2025

Over her 20+year career, Judy has earned the reputation as one of the most compelling West Coast jazz vocalists. Known for her warm voice and affective interpretation of lyrics, her repertoire has been replete with songs that are off-the-beaten path.

Now on NO WONDER, her 7th and newest recording, for the first time, she lends her sumptuous voice and highly personal interpretations to some of finest songs from the Great American Songbook.

No Wonder presents the divinely talented vocalist Judy Wexler and a cadre of L.A. A-listers in an overall bravura performance.” — Bebop Spoken Here

Featured in The Absolute Sound’s “13 Female Jazz Vocalists You Need to Hear” (March 2022)

There’s a marvelous clarity about Judy Wexler, both in terms of her immaculate phrasing and intonation and in her ability to strip a song, any song, to its bare essence, fully capturing its spirit and soul without an ounce of pretense or affectation.

~ Christopher Loudon, JazzTimes

“West Coast jazz vocalist Judy Wexler not only knows her way around a bop tune, fluidly negotiating angular intervals and racing tempos, she knows how to personalize a pop tune, no matter how familiar or faded.

~ Mike Joyce, Washington Post

Judy Wexler is more than a mere singer of songs.  She’s an actress, mood painter, song archaeologist, and vocalist par excellence.

~ Dan Bilawsky, All About Jazz

Indie jazz sensation, versatile and sensual vocalist Judy Wexler weaves magic, charm and emotionally resonant grace through an array of exquisitely arranged contemporary songs she dubs “New Jazz Standards.”

~ Jonathan Widran, Music Connection Magazine

Past Performances

Montreal Jazz Festival  •  Dubai Jazz Festival  •  Tel Aviv Jazz Festival  •  San Jose Jazz Festival  •  Temecula Valley Int’l Jazz Festival (opened for Mose Allison)  •  The Blue Note, NYC  •  Birdland, NYC  •  Jazz at Kitano, NYC  •  Pangea, NYC  •  Scullers, Boston  •  Jazz Alley, Seattle  •  Tula’s, Seattle  •  Bake’s Place, Issaquah, WA  •  Blues Alley, Washington, DC  •  The Side Door, Old Lyme, CT  •  Los Angeles County Museum of Art Friday Night Jazz Series (broadcast on KJAZZ-FM)  •  Catalina Bar & Grill, Los Angeles  •  Yoshi’s, SF  •  Bach Dynamite & Dancing, Half Moon Bay  •  Zoellner Performing Arts Center, Bethlehem, PA  •  Nardis Jazz Club, Istanbul  •  Upstairs Jazz Club, Montreal  •  The Cellar, Vancouver  •  Largo, Quebec  •  Anthology, San Diego  •  Dizzy’s, San Diego  •  Jazz Live at the Saville Theater, San Diego (broadcast live on KSDS)  •  Virginia Arts Festival  •  North Coast Brewing Co., Ft. Bragg  •  Maureen’s Jazz Cellar, Nyack  • The Firefly, Ann Arbor  •  The Sound Room, Oakland  •  SOhO, Santa Barbara  •  The Baked Potato, Studio City  •  Jazzville, Palm Springs  •  Herb Alpert’s Vibrato Jazz Club, Bel Air  •  The Grape, Ventura  •  Libretto, Paso Robles  •  Campus Jax, Newport Beach  •  Tio Leo’s, San Diego