Aged 15, she first heard Ella Fitzgerald, and discovered vocal jazz: ‘I felt like I was discovering a new dimension, the voice as an instrument… Jazz opened up doors in my mind.’
Alipofikia umri wa miaka 15 tu, alimsikia kwamara ya kwanza Ella Fitzgeral na kugundua sauti ya jazz: ‘nilijisikia kama nimegundua mwelekeo mpya, sauti kama chombo…Jazz ilifungua milango katika akili yangu’.