Rondi charleston jazz orchestra

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    • Rondi Charleston

    Rondi Charleston

    BornChicago, Illinois, U.S.
    GenresJazz
    Occupation(s)Musician, songwriter, journalist
    InstrumentVocals
    Years active2001–present
    LabelsMotéma, LML, Emmamuse
    Websiterondicharleston.com

    Musical artist

    Rondi Charleston is a jazz vocalist and songwriter (in collaboration with Lynne Arriale). She is also an Emmy and Peabody Award-winning television journalist and investigative reporter for Primetime.[1]

    Early life

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    Charleston was born in Chicago,[2] and grew up in the Hyde Park neighborhood, the only daughter of an English professor father and voice teacher/singer mother. Her father, a jazz enthusiast, played jazz piano, and took her to a performance by Duke Ellington, where she met the man. After performing as a guest artist with the University of Chicago's theatre program, she enrolled at Juilliard as a theatre major, but soon transferred to music. She also studied journalis