Jessie Baylin Biography:

“It's a collection of a bunch of moments in my life,” Jessie Baylin says of her Verve Forecast debut Firesight. Firesight makes good on the critical praise and grass-roots fan support that's already been heaped upon the 24-year-old Jessie Baylin. The album offers a vibrant, soulful showcase for her talents as both an uncommonly insightful songwriter and a deeply expressive, effortlessly charismatic vocalist.

"A truly gifted young artist whose sultry jazz-flavored vocals and contemporary lyrical edge make her sublimely unique and musically intoxicating. "

Born in Gillette , New Jersey , Baylin has always been surrounded by music. Her father played in a few bands in her youth and exposed her to a wide range of music, including Steely Dan and Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. The desire to progress in music continued to cultivate when she attended New York 's Professional Children's School. The school is known for being fundamental to kids who aspire to be in the performing and visual art realms.

It is there that Jessie really built on her craft and propelled her to move to Los Angeles , not knowing a single soul. "I felt I had to go out on my own in a new place, and see what life had in store for me," she remarks. She met a lot of interesting characters (it wouldn't be Los Angeles any other way), that could've easily discouraged her from finding her niche in this melting pot of the L.A. music scene, but thankfully has found a close-knit group of friends that continue to inspire and encourage her.

New Jersey-born, Los Angeles-based singer/songwriter Jessie Baylin began singing informally as a child (she and her mother would sing along with pop songs), but it was at age 13 that she began exploring the work of Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Barbra Streisand, and other female vocalists. After high school, Baylin moved to California and began writing songs that drew from jazz and pop/rock influences. After generating label interest through her demo tapes and a residency at the Los Angeles club the Mint, Baylin released Firesight on Verve Forecast in 2008.