Jazztodon artist of the week: Wesla Whitfield! A former opera singer, Whitfield has "a clear, strong voice that could be languid or sprightly, playful or demure," according to the NYT. Whitfield’s career took hold at West Coast clubs like the Cinegrill in Los Angeles and the Rrazz Room and the Empire Plush Room in San Francisco. In New York, she became a regular performer at the Oak Room of the Algonquin Hotel.
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