Lezlie Harrison – vocalist, WBGO announcer, and co-founder of The Jazz Gallery – has lived a life steeped in music from the beginning. Her grandfather was a minister in a Methodist church, where music was woven into worship and daily life. Her mother played piano and organ, and sang; her uncle joined in. Her father, a music lover himself, filled their home with the sounds of Motown and more. “There was music in the house all the time,” she recalls. “I loved the radio.”

"Harrison’s voice can be bold and earthy or subtle and delicate, but it’s always powerful, especially when rising and falling with the lyrics."

"I love a vocalist that doesn't overplay her hand, and Lezlie Harrison sings with the wisdom of a card shark who knows when to hold 'em and fold 'em."

Lezlie Harrison: Jazz ambassador, radio host and vocalist on her new album ‘Let Them Talk’

"Lezlie Harrison's a great singer, and she sounds especially wonderful here next to the Hammond B3 of Ben Paterson – a player who really seems to click with Lezlie's great approach! There's a slight current of soul in Harrison's music, but the music is definitely jazz – as she's got a richness of expression, and way of using her voice that we'd rank right up there with vocalists like Carmen Lundy or Dee Alexander"