Kim Rene Nalley (born 1969)[1] is an American jazz and blues singer with a 3½ octave range.
[2] Raised in New Haven, Connecticut,[1][3] Nalley is from a musical family that includes jazz drummer and photographer Reggie Jackson, she received piano lessons from her great-grandmother.
[5] "She studied classical music and theatre and, while attending college, she gained important experience singing in local clubs and jam sessions.
"[6] While performing weekly at the Alta Plaza, director Michael Tilson Thomas discovered Nalley, recorded her in concert, and hired her to sing a program of Gershwin tunes with the San Francisco Symphony.
[5] After spending a couple of years living in Switzerland, she returned to San Francisco to own and run the Jazz at Pearl's North Beach night club during 2003–2008.