Jessica Schultz is a jazz singer who is committed to reconciling the tradition of the jazz vocalist with the eclectic interests of the contemporary jazz musician. With influences ranging from Sarah Vaughan to Brazilian popular music to Joni Mitchell, Jessica uses her signature mezzo-soprano to communicate the heart of a lyric.

Jessica has been called a “A lovely, engaging vocalist with a voice to match” by Pam Jones of the Oregon Jazz Society's Clubscene. Downbeat magazine named her “Outstanding Jazz Soloist” for 2000 in the college category. Jessica has performed throughout the United States. She has been a featured vocalist with the Downbeat award-winning ensemble Gold Company. In Portland she has been featured at the Heathman Hotel as well as Darrell Grant’s LV’s Uptown Jazz Club.

Jessica holds a Master’s Degree in music from Portland State University, where she directed the PSU Vocal Jazz Ensemble, studied vocal pedagogy and performed the song cycle “I Could Breathe a Mountain” by American composer William Bolcolm. As a jazz singer Jessica has studied or participated in master classes with such artists as Sunny Wilkinson, Fred Hersch, Mark Murphy, Kevyn Lettau, Madeline Eastman, and Kurt Elling.

Her first self released CD, “Quiet Nights,” is an expressive combination of jazz standards and interesting arrangements (by pianist-composer husband Marcus Reynolds). Highlights include an odd-meter treatment of the Police’s “Tea In The Sahara”, a dreamy interpretation of Johnny Mandels’ “Emily” (as a piano-voice duet) and a swinging version of the Henderson-Dixon classic “Bye Blackbird”.