Amy London

Amy London is a jazz singer and teacher who has performed on Broadway and with the vocal group The Royal Bopsters. She grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio, moved to Manhattan in 1980, and began teaching jazz singing in 1984.

When I Look in Your Eyes (Motéma Music, 2007) is her first album as a leader, recorded at Bennett Studios in Englewood, New Jersey. Her second album for Motema, Let's Fly (2010), was recorded with pianist Tardo Hammer, bassist Santi Debriano and drummer Steve Williams. Bridges, her retrospective album, was released in 2017. London also sings with the New York Voices on Robert Lepley's “Visions Within”, narrated by Meryl Streep.

London sang in the musical City of Angels from 1989 to 1992. She helped establish the jazz vocal undergraduate program at the New School in 1992, and Jazz House Kids in 2013, and is an associate professor at the New School, Hofstra University, City College and Jazz House Kids.

In 2015, London produced The Royal Bopsters Project (Motéma), an album bringing together musicians paying tribute to vocalese singing. It received four and a half stars from DownBeat magazine. In 2019, The Royal Bopsters performed with Sheila Jordan at Ronnie Scott's in London, at the Half Note in Athens, and at the 2019 Newport Jazz Festival.

In 2020, the group's second recording, Party of Four, was released on the Motema label, featuring Sheila Jordan, Bob Dorough and Christian McBride as guests. The album received 4 stars from DownBeat, and The Royal Bopsters were voted best jazz vocal group in the 2020 JazzTimes Critics' Poll.