Laila Biali

Multi award-winning Canadian singer-songwriter, pianist and CBC Music national radio host Laila Biali has headlined festivals and venues spanning five continents from New York Citys Carnegie Hall to Beijings National Centre for the Performing Arts, and supported international icon Sting. Her JUNO-nominated 2023 album, Your Requests, featured a stellar cast of guests and received a 4.5 star rave review in All About Jazz. Her previous release, Out of Dust, was also JUNO nominated (in 2021) and won Laila spots on Best Album lists around the globe. In 2020, Laila was honoured by SOCAN Music with the Hagood Hardy Award for Excellence in Songwriting. The previous year, Lailas eponymous release won her a JUNO for Vocal Jazz Album of the Year and top prize at the Canadian Songwriting Competition in the Jazz category. Laila was the youngest-ever double winner at Canadas National Jazz Awards when she was named SOCAN Composer of the Year and Keyboardist of the Year, and she received her first JUNO nomination for Tracing Light in 2011. When Laila isnt on stage or in the studio, shes busy hosting CBC Musics national radio show, Saturday Night Jazz a weekly program broadcast to millions of listeners across Canada. And while she continues to earn high honours in the jazz world, Lailas signature sound transcends genre masterfully mixes jazz and pop, bringing virtuosity and unpredictability to songs that are concise and catchy (Washington Post). Her highly anticipated seasonal album, Wintersongs, released Nov 1, 2024 and Laila is bringing the live presentation of Wintersongs & Holiday Classics to stages around the world with a virtuosic ensemble that includes Jane Bunnett, members of the Venuti String Quartet and other special guests.