Tatiana “LadyMay” Mayfield is an award-winning jazz/soul vocalist, musician, composer, and educator from Fort Worth, Texas. In 2023, LadyMay was named as an awardee for the “Next Jazz Legacy” grant program created by NEA Jazz Master, Terri Lyne Carrington in partnership with the Berklee Institute of Jazz and Gender Justice and New Music USA with funding from the Mellon Foundation. Through this program, she has been mentored by pianist/vocalist/composer Patrice Rushen and jazz/soul harpist Brandee Younger. Additional highlights of her career include performing on NPR’s “Tiny Desk” concert series with Brandee Younger, with the Cincinnati POPS Orchestra and other orchestras around the country, and performing in the UK, China, and Japan. LadyMay has recorded three albums as a leader and has provided vocals in various styles for several artists’ albums, television shows, and films. As an educator, she is the Assistant Professor of Contemporary Popular Music at the Lamont School of Music at the University of Denver.
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