Syndee Winters Pays Tribute to Lena Horne with New Jazz Album

Syndee Winters, a 2024 Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition 1st Runner-Up, honors the legacy of Lena Horne with a new jazz tribute album. The project, executive produced by Eulis Cathey and associate produced by Carl Griffin, reimagines Horne's classic songs like 'Stormy Weather' and 'If You Believe' with grace and soul. It also includes 'Alive', an original composition by Andromeda Turre, exploring resilience as a spiritual companion to Horne's defiant artistry.

Winters, known for her roles in 'Hamilton', 'Motown', and 'The Lion King' on Broadway, brings her vocal control and interpretive nuance to jazz, supported by renowned musicians such as Michael Eckroth and Freddie Hendrix. Her performances at LACMA's Jazz Fridays Series and the NEA Jazz Master Donald Harrison's Second Annual Quantum Leap Music Festival highlight her as a vital new voice in the lineage of great vocalists.

The album, 'Syndee Winters Sings Lena Horne', released on what would be Horne's 108th birthday, is distributed worldwide by The Orchard/Sony Music. It marks a personal and historic project for Winters, who credits Horne with helping her believe in her own voice.