Jailene Michelle

Puerto Rican flutist and vocalist Jailene Michelle​

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Inspired by the sounds of bomba, rumba, the syncopations of plena and the virtuosity of musicians such as Dave Valentin and Tito Rodríguez flutist and singer Jailene Michelle was born in Bo Obrero, Santurce, Puerto Rico. Her deep sound gets to

the core of her listeners combined by her intimate voice like

Norah Jones’ and Gretchen Parlato’s.

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Her artistic soul is a combination of her formal classical

background with her Caribbean roots, which has lead her

from sharing stage along the legend Gilberto Santa Rosa, Grammy-winning Ledisi, as well as the Colombian star Andrés Cepeda. Jailene has also performed at New York’s prestigious Dizzy’s Club alongside members of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, bridging jazz and salsa with masterful ease.

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This chameleon artist merges her experiences performing classical music like her performances along the Puerto Rico Symphony Orchestra, the Coro de Niños de San Juan, to singing backing vocals for legend Jose Nogueras", salsa artist “Gerardo Rivas”, trovador “Julio César Sanabria”, ",   and recording as a session musician for Indie and Neo Soul productions, Jailene Michelle has a combination of  worlds that collide with one another. Her elegance, sense of rhythm and intuitive phrasing are her footprints in every scenery she comes up to.