Alyssa Allgood at Hey Nonny

Doors @ 6:30pm Showtime @ 7:30pm Chicago-based jazz vocalist Alyssa Allgood Music has been described as an artist who “impressively sings, scats and writes original lyrics” (DownBeat Magazine). Her debut album, Out of the Blue, was released in Fall 2016 to wide critical acclaim. It received a 4-star review from DownBeat Magazine and was named a “Best Release of 2016” by seven different publications, including The Huffington Post and All About Jazz and a “Best Debut Release of 2016” by The New York City Jazz Record. Allgood recently won the first Ella Fitzgerald Jazz Vocal Competition held in Washington D.C...

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Doors @ 6:30pm Showtime @ 7:30pm Chicago-based jazz vocalist Alyssa Allgood Music has been described as an artist who “impressively sings, scats and writes original lyrics” (DownBeat Magazine). Her debut album, Out of the Blue, was released in Fall 2016 to wide critical acclaim. It received a 4-star review from DownBeat Magazine and was named a “Best Release of 2016” by seven different publications, including The Huffington Post and All About Jazz and a “Best Debut Release of 2016” by The New York City Jazz Record. Allgood recently won the first Ella Fitzgerald Jazz Vocal Competition held in Washington D.C. in 2017. Other notable awards include being named a 2016 Jazz Fellow through the Luminarts Cultural Foundation in Chicago and a Top 10 Semifinalist in the 2015 Shure Montreux Jazz Voice Competition; where she competed live in Switzerland for a jury presided by jazz legend Al Jarreau.

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