When her young peers were going wild over rock n’ roll, Alexis Gershwin was singing 40’s and 50’s styled love ballads at parties and proms. “Ever since I was a little girl, this is the only music I’ve ever wanted to sing,” she says. “It touches my heart like nothing else.”
The niece of composers Ira and George Gershwin, Alexis’ love for timeless classics is more than skin deep. She has indeed inherited the rich talents of her famous uncles, as a performer and vocalist.
From sultry show tunes to soaring ballads, Ms. Gershwin commands full range of her vocal talent. Critic Richard Blackwell referred to her as “an absolute beauty with a voice like a thousand angels.” And while at home in almost any genre the twinkle in her eye remains fixated on her first love- jazz and blues. Legendary music from the likes of Cole Porter, Duke Ellington, Count Basie and of course, the Gershwins have remained an integral part of her repertoire throughout her career.
