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Release Date: January 24, 2025
Jewel City Jazz / A-Train Entertainment

Judy Wexler is a Billboard and JazzWeek charting jazz vocalist who, over the course of her 20-year career, has headlined at jazz festivals, performing arts centers and leading jazz clubs both nationally and internationally. JazzTimes Magazine called her “one of the most compelling jazz vocalists on the West Coast.”

On NO WONDER, her 7th and newest recording, she lends her sumptuous voice and highly personal interpretations to some of hippest standards from the Great American Songbook.

A portrait in vocal jazz artistry.
– All About Jazz

“Judy Wexler has never sung in the UK, despite appearances all over the States and in various exotic overseas locations. Well, on the strength of her excellent new album, No Wonder, her absence has been our loss. Perhaps the key to her appeal lies in her ability to phrase a lyric expertly, with perfect control of lyrics and rhythmic complexities.” –Ron Simpson, The Jazz Rag (UK)

“A feast of vocal music delight… for those who prize excellent vocals, executed by a seasoned singer who knows her way around a standard, No Wonder offers listening that can be enjoyed over and over.” — Marilyn Lester, NYC Jazz Record

“With No Wonder, jazz singer Judy Wexler impresses and enthralls. Her nuanced performances create an immediate and profound emotional resonance. An extraordinary vocalist, Wexler approaches each song with both intelligence and a sense of adventure. She finds colors and shadings the songwriters may not even have imagined. She is indeed a wonderment.” — Paul Freeman, Pop Culture Classics

Judy Wexler imbues every song she touches with a sense of realism, wonder and depth that’s ever so rare. An inimitable artist, this celebrated singer adds volumes to each story she encounters.
~Dan Bilawsky, All About Jazz

L.A. jazz treasure and vocal interpreter extraordinaire weaves her way through a collection that’s all at once joyous, slyly soulful and utterly infectious and charming.
~ Jonathan Widran, JW Vibe

Judy Wexler exudes a happy exuberance when she sings: the easy confidence of someone who knows well what she is doing and is having fun doing it. Have I mentioned her agile, unaffected voice? Whatever risks she has in mind, her supple vocal instrument follows or leads, as the context requires.
~ Michael Steinman, Jazz Lives

Judy Wexler adds her own great touches on the material. Sometimes it is just the way a key line or phrase is delivered that makes the song feel new. She is adept at choosing those moments, of picking just the right phrases to highlight to make the songs hers, and giving us the opportunity to hear them with fresh ears.
~ Michael Doherty’s Music Log

With No Wonder, Judy Wexler continues to prove that she is more than just a jazz vocalist. She is a master interpreter, a storyteller, and a true artist who can imbue classic songs with fresh life. This album offers a sophisticated blend of vocal artistry, innovative arrangements, and top-notch musicianship, making it an essential listen for both jazz aficionados and fans of beautiful, soulful music.
~ Jazz Chill

No Wonder presents the divinely talented vocalist, Judy Wexler, and a cadre of L.A. A-listers in an overall bravura performance… an expansive musical buffet, superbly performed and produced. It is intelligent, honest, and artistically fulfilling. Given the artist and musicians involved, it lives up to its moniker.
~ Nick Mondello, Bebop Spoken Here

Downbeat

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

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