Judi Jackson

Judi Jackson is a multi-talented actor and jazz vocalist from Roanoke, Virginia USA born in 1993. At the age of 14, Judi was fortunate enough to meet Wynton Marsalis at the Jefferson Center performance hall after a show. He sent her a box of music the following Christmas that became the seed of inspiration for her development as a jazz vocalist. She began listening to and studying the sounds of Blossom Dearie, Billie Holliday, Sarah Vaughan, Miles Davis, Ella Fitzgerald and Mahalia Jackson, amongst many other greats.