[2] She has performed and recorded with musicians such as Adam Blackstone, Christian McBride, Robert Glasper, Gregory Porter, and Patti Labelle.
At 14, Talese received a scholarship to study classical voice at the Cleveland Institute of Music under the instruction of A.
She left her native Cleveland for the University of the Arts, in Philadelphia, where she majored in vocal performance and graduated in 2004.
[9] In 2020, Talese was awarded the New Jazz Works grant funded by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.
[10] In a 2019 interview, Talese cited singers Sarah Vaughan and Nancy Wilson as musical influences.