Lesley Mitchell Clarke and The Fabulous Melo-Tonins, Classic and Contemporary Vocal Jazz

About jazz vocalist and entertainer

Lesley Mitchell-Clarke….

Jazz vocalist, entertainer and native New Yorker, Lesley Mitchell-Clarke was born into a show business family. Her father is the late veteran jazz bassist and Emmy Award winning comedy writer and producer, Gordon “Whitey” Mitchell and her late Uncle was the jazz bass legend, Red Mitchell. Since the age of sixteen, Lesley has worked as a busy singer/dancer/actor, and traveled internationally with musical theatre productions, as well as with a number of name acts. She also toured the Orient extensively with her own L.A.-based musical group, “Main Squeeze”, often appearing at famed venue “The Latin Quarter” , Lesley returned to the boards, and has been bringing her entertaining mix of humour, show-biz tales and tasty vocal jazz to the city’s finest jazz venues, including “The 120 Diner”, “The Rex Hotel Jazz & Blues Bar”, “Jazz Bistro”, “Hirut”, “The Homesmith Bar”, Kensington Sound’s “Jazz Salon” Series and noted College St. eatery and jazz boite, “The Emmet Ray”! Lesley is a graduate of the famed “Second City’s” Improv Programme, and with her love of spontaneity, she often serves as Mistress of Ceremonies at prominent jazz events and festivals, including jazz concerts at Oliver Vadas’ “West End Jazz Series”, The TD Niagara Jazz Festival and The Kensington Market Jazz Festival.

Lesley will be joined at “The Emmet Ray” by “The Fabulous Mello-Tonins”: Musical Director, Tom Szczesniak on piano and accordion, Jordan O’Connor on bass, Frank Botos on drums and Tim Hamel on trumpet.