Sylvia Brooks

Sylvia Brooks is a Los Angeles-based jazz vocalist and songwriter, born in Miami Beach and the daughter of jazz pianist Don Ippolito. She trained in theatre at the American Conservatory Theater before turning to jazz. Her albums run from "Dangerous Liaisons" (2009) and the jazz noir of "Restless" (2012) to "Signature" (2022) and "Soliloquy" (2026), and she often works with pianist and arranger Christian Jacob.