Victoria, BC-based Angela Verbrugge caught listeners’ ears with her 2019 debut album recorded in New York City and she won the 2020 JazzTimes Readers’ Poll in the female jazz vocalist category. The magazine’s review of her album describes that Angela, who takes inspiration from vintage musicals, the swing era, blues, and bebop, has “conspicuously good taste”.

 

She has been played on CBC, and was at the top of the National Earshot jazz charts for multiple weeks. Her songwriting collaborations have been featured in notable international publications.

 

Angela made the top 30 recordings of the year list by Downbeat/LA Jazz Journal writer Scott Yanow for both albums. JazzWeekly describes the former actress as “fun and quirky, hip and a hoot, wispy and romantic; she slithers and oozes, and cleverly swings.