Since moving to New York City from California in 2003, Molly Ryan has become one of the most sought-after vocalists on the New York jazz scene. She has performed at such prestigious Manhattan venues as the Café Carlyle, The Town Hall, The Waldorf Astoria, Rainbow Room and Birdland. She brings her attractive, elegant vocal style to songs originally recorded by singers such as Peggy Lee, Helen Ward, Martha Tilton, and Helen Forrest. 

The Wall Street Journal music critic Will Friedwald said of her, “Molly swings the melody – as well as the words – without affectation of any kind. She brings a straight-ahead innocence and total believability to the music that refuses to admit that sixty or seventy years of distractions have ever happened. She sounds worldly wise beyond her years, wonderfully gentle and lyrical.” Indeed, Molly’s silvery voice and lush, elegant vocal style evoke the big band singers of the 1930s and breathe new life into familiar old standards.

Molly has appeared at jazz festivals and events throughout the U.S. and abroad including North Carolina Jazz Festival, New York Hot Jazz Festival, and has headlined in Paris at jazz clubs such as the famed Le Petit Journal and Autour de Midi.

The Molly Ryan Swingtet performs again at 7:00 p.m. in Sidney Friedman Park.