Nora Jean Bruso (born June 21, 1956)[1] is an American Chicago and electric blues singer and songwriter.

[4] Fellow blues singer, Koko Taylor once commented, "Nora Jean sounds just like I did when I was her age.

[2] In 1976, she relocated to Chicago, Illinois when she was 19 years old,[4] and began singing with a group called Scottie and the Oasis.

[2][5] In 1982, Scottie died but she continued performing with other ensembles and three years later joined Jimmy Dawkins' band.

[2] In 1985, she contributed vocals on one track of Dawkin's Feel the Blues release, billed as Nora Jean Wallace.

[3] Bruso also participated on Kant Sheck Dees Bluze (1991), another Dawkins release, this time on Earwig Records.

[2] Bruso performed again at the 2003 Chicago Blues Festival, this time under her own name, and toured in Europe.