Elizabeth Soychak
Writing in Cadence about her debut CD, BEHAVE YOURSELF, Jerome Wilson described Elizabeth's voice as "vibrant and haunting", "full of youthful energy and worldly regret at the same time". Soychak began singing in public at age eleven in her middle school's production of The King & I & continued her musical theatre career through college. Afterwards in Boston, the blues called and she sang lead for the band Epstein's Mother. A move to the New York area brought endless choices, and with some prodding from a friend, she met the marvelous singer and teacher Nancy Marano and joined her jazz workshop. Soychak has been singing standards ever since and counts among her influences Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Judy Garland, Keely Smith, Shirley Horn and Nancy Wilson.