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Alyssa Allgood is a 2X DownBeat Magazine Critics Poll “Rising Star Female Vocalist” and 2X Chicago Reader Poll “Best Individual Jazz Musician” who has captured attention for her dynamic vocal command, sophisticated songwriting, and captivating performances. Her music showcases modern sensibilities, blending soulful storytelling and rich improvisational language through original compositions, captivating arrangements and a lyrical focus of self-love and human connection. DownBeat Magazine has praised her “boldness, swagger, and surefooted musicianship” while the New York City Jazz Record has recognized her “force, clarity and jazz integrity.”

International: Jazz at Lincoln Center Shanghai, Shadboldt Centre for the Arts (British Columbia), Frankie’s (British Columbia), Yardbird Suite (Alberta)
East Coast: Dizzy’s, Birdland, Mezzrow, Blues Alley
Chicago: Chicago Jazz Festival, Green Mill, Jazz Showcase, Winter’s, Chicago Jazz Festival, Hyde Park Jazz Festival, SPACE
Midwest: Blue Llama, Noce, Hoyt Sherman Place, Ginger Rabbit, Bop Stop
South/West: Tucson Room, Jazz, TX, Parker Jazz Club, Ravenscroft
- 2025 Chicago Reader Poll “Best Individual Jazz Musician”
- 2025 Chamber Music America Performance Plus Grant
- 2025 DownBeat Magazine Critics Poll “Rising Star Female Vocalist”
- 2025 Jazz Education Network Commissions Program
- 2024 DownBeat Magazine Critics Poll “Rising Star Female Vocalist"
- 2024 Chicago Reader Poll “Best Individual Jazz Musician”
- 2023 Finalist John Lennon Songwriting Contest
- 2023 Finalist International Songwriting Competition
- 2022 Jazz Education Network David Baker Memorial Scholarship
- 2019 Chicago Music Award “Best Jazz Entertainer”
- 2017 Ella Fitzgerald Competition Inaugural Winner
- 2016 Luminarts Cultural Foundation Jazz Improvisation Fellow
- 2015 Montreux Jazz Voice Competition Semifinalist