Gina Saputo (born April 22, 1981) is an American jazz singer and educator from Portland, Oregon.
She was influenced by father, Joe Saputo who introduced her to musicians such at Sarah Vaughan, Carmen McCrae, and Billie Holiday.
[2] While there, she was mentored by Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Terri Lyne Carrington and Tierney Sutton.
Saptuo has performed all over the world, including for the State Department in Washington, D.C., toured Vietnam with Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter and Nnenna Freelon, and multiple tours in Japan, her last with Grammy nominated pianist Bill Cunliffe.
[3][4][5] Saputo performs regularly on tour with actor and pianist Jeff Goldblum and the Mildred Snitzer Orchestra,[6] George Kahn Jazz and Blues Revue, Paul Young Quintet, Slide Fx Trombone Tentet, Rusty Stiers Band, Tenth and California, and her own groups.