Debra Stewart with the Tim Lekan Trio

Since 1987, vocalist Debra Stewart has performed at numerous jazz venues in Alabama and Northeast Ohio. Her influences include Ella Fitzgerald, Nina Simone, Betty Carter, Nat King Cole and Ernestine Anderson. Debra has also performed with The Cleveland Jazz Orchestra, The Greg Bandy New York Trio, and was a featured vocalist along with Evelyn Wright and Reggie Kelly, at the East Cleveland Performing Arts Center. More recently, she has also been a special guest vocalist with Chris Burge and CB4, Jackie Warren, and Todd Isler and International Orange. The Tim Lekan Trio featuring Nehemiah Baker, Jonathan Hooper & Bill McRae