Sylvia Brooks
Sylvia Brooks is an American jazz singer.
Brooks was born as Sylvia Victoria Ippolito in Miami Beach, Florida. Her father, Don Ippolito, was a jazz pianist who has played with various other icons such as Ira Sullivan, Buddy Rich, Peggy Lee, and Dizzie Gillespie, and her mother, Johanna Dordick, was an opera singer who founded the Los Angeles Opera Theatre.
Brooks began her professional life as an actress, studying classical theatre at the American Conservatory Theatre under the direction of Allen Fletcher and Bill Ball. In 2009, she began singing jazz and collaborated with Thomas Garvin, who wrote the arrangements for her debut album Dangerous Liaisons.
In 2012, Brooks released her second album, Restless, which introduced what she called "jazz noir". In 2017, Brooks released her third album, The Arrangement. She collaborated with Kim Richmond, Jeff Colella, Christian Jacob, Quinn Johnson, and Otmaro Ruiz.
