Mary Stallings feat. David Udolf (piano), Akira Tana (drums) & Ron Belcher (bass)

Greatly influenced by Carmen McRae, San Francisco native Mary Stallings is a passionate, robust singer who isn't nearly as well known as she should be. The niece of saxman Orlando Stallings, she started singing as a child and sang jazz in Bay Area clubs during her teenage years, when she performed with Louis Jordan & His Tympani 5 and shared the stage with such greats as Wes Montgomery and Ben Webster. To read more, visit: http://www.allmusic.com/artist/mary-stallings-p11749/biography