Jazz Vocalist Leah Woodard at First St. Cafe

Come join us upstairs for appetizers and beverages. Come listen to our new performer Leah Woodard who has been singing since before she could talk. While growing up in Benicia, Ca. she sang and traveled with a world music children's choir, giving her a chance to perform for a broad spectrum of audiences and a love of world music. In her teens she discovered jazz and blues and was immediately hooked. Some of her influences include Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughn, Anita O'day, Billie Holiday, Etta James...the list goes on. Leah moved to Sonoma County in 2006 to attend Sonoma State University and graduated with a bachelors degree in Music with an emphasis in Jazz...

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Come join us upstairs for appetizers and beverages. Come listen to our new performer Leah Woodard who has been singing since before she could talk. While growing up in Benicia, Ca. she sang and traveled with a world music children's choir, giving her a chance to perform for a broad spectrum of audiences and a love of world music. In her teens she discovered jazz and blues and was immediately hooked. Some of her influences include Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughn, Anita O'day, Billie Holiday, Etta James...the list goes on. Leah moved to Sonoma County in 2006 to attend Sonoma State University and graduated with a bachelors degree in Music with an emphasis in Jazz. She currently performs in the Bay Area in a variety of settings. She will be performing with guitarist Jonah Udall.

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