Amy London is a New York jazz vocalist, lyricist, arranger and educator whose career spans solo recording, Broadway and vocal-group performance. After moving to New York in 1980, she spent much of the decade with the female vocal trio the Jazz Babies and later appeared in the original Broadway production of Cy Coleman and David Zippel’s City of Angels as a member of its featured jazz vocal quartet. The production won six Tony Awards, and its cast album received a Grammy nomination. London also appeared in the New York City Center production of Promises, Promises starring Martin Short. A pianist since childhood, she arrived in New York able to read music, transpose and write charts — practical musicianship that later became central to her teaching.

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Her solo discography began with Two for the Road and continued with the Motéma albums When I Look in Your Eyes and Let’s Fly. Her 2018 FiveCat release Bridges collected previously unreleased recordings made decades earlier, featuring musicians including Fred Hersch, Bob Mintzer, Lonnie Smith and Darmon Meader. The New York Times described When I Look in Your Eyes as “swinging and sophisticated,” while JazzTimes hailed London as “an immense talent deserving of national attention” and “a worthy bearer of Ross’ vocalese torch.” Pianist Fred Hersch has called her “a world-class singer.”

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London also leads, produces and sings soprano with The Royal Bopsters, the vocal quartet she co-founded. Its 2015 debut, The Royal Bopsters Project, united London, Holli Ross, Dylan Pramuk and Darmon Meader with Jon Hendricks, Annie Ross, Mark Murphy, Sheila Jordan and Bob Dorough and earned four and a half stars in DownBeat. Its follow-up, Party of Four, received four stars, while the ensemble placed first in the Vocal Group category of JazzTimes’ 2020 Expanded Critics’ Poll. London has taught jazz voice in New York since 1984 and joined The New School in 1992, where she helped Dr. Richard Harper build its vocal jazz program. She has also taught at City College of New York, Hofstra University and Jazz House Kids, led workshops and jazz camps internationally and recorded the vocal edition of Jim Snidero’s Jazz Conception, singing 21 bebop etudes.