Tiffany Austin (9PM)

Tiffany Austin is a vocalist, composer, and Berkeley Law JD who combines classic jazz tradition with a deep love for blues, spirituals and contemporary soul. Possessing a storyteller's knack for narrative, she has performed on bandstands internationally including at both Birdland and Dizzy's Den in NYC, Walt Disney Concert Hall in her native Los Angeles and the SFJAZZ Center in San Francisco.

Nothing But Soul, Austin's debut album from 2015, earned raves for its bold recasting of Hoagy Carmichael standards. Her sophomore album, Unbroken (2018), was hailed by All About Jazz as a "fully formed masterpiece."

Austin has shared the stage with titan tenor saxophonist Pharoah Sanders, celebrating his 80th birthday as part of an all-star concert at Zebulon Cafe in Los Angeles. She was organist/Black Jazz Records leader Doug Carn's special guest at the San José Jazz Summer Fest and also launched the Con Alma Music Creative Intellect Scholarship for BIPOC high school students. She currently is Musical Director of the Healdsburg Freedom Jazz Choir, and has taught at SF Conservatory and series hosted by SFJAZZ.

A graduate of UC Berkeley’s Boalt School of Law, Austin decided to forgo a career as a lawyer to focus on music, her true passion, and she’s been raising the bar ever since.