Toured with Sheila E, was in Let's Go Crazy: GRAMMY Salute to Prince, sang backup for Elton John, played U.S. and international jazz fests.
BRANFORD, CT — As an accomplished singer/songwriter, Rebecca Jade has been able to turn her love for music into a career for close to two decades. Growing up in a musical home, she has been exposed to a broad range of artists, genres, and styles from her mother, who is also a vocalist.
With such influences, it seems a natural progression that Rebecca has followed her example. Jazz enthusiasts will have the opportunity to track her jazz presence as Jade will be the highlight of the 2025 Branford Jazz series on Thursday, July 10 backstage at the Branford Town Hall starting at6:30 p.m.
Rebecca has performed with some of the most sought-after musicians and artists all over the world. Her versatility has allowed her many unique opportunities to perform.
Rebecca performed at the Berks Jazz Festival and Earl Klugh’s Weekend of Jazz in 2025, the Java Jazz Festival in Indonesia, the Algarve Smooth Jazz Festival in Portugal and Mindi Abair’s Wine & Jazz New Year’s Eve in 2024, Brian Culbertson’s New Orleans Jazz Getaway in both 2024 and 2025, and Rick Braun’s New Year’s Eve in 2022 and 2023.
The talented artist has appeared as a guest on the Dave Koz & Friends at Sea Cruises consecutively since 2016, and has been a featured artist on the Dave Koz & Friends Christmas tour for four successive years, from 2021-2024. Rebecca has toured with the Queen of Percussion, Sheila E. since 2017 and appeared in the Emmy-nominated show, “Let’s Go Crazy: The GRAMMY Salute to Prince” that aired on CBS. She also sang background vocals for Sir Elton John at the Academy Awards. Rebecca has opened for Will Downing, Boney James, Jeffrey Osborne and El Debarge, and has opened for Musiq Soulchild on two separate occasions. She has done multiple concerts at Spaghettini in Seal Beach and Humphreys in San Diego.
As an Artist, Rebecca Jade has two new singles coming out in 2025: “Feelin’ Free” with Andréa Lisa and “Not Me, No Way” with Chris Standring, and released a full-length record, A Shade of Jade in 2022, with three Billboard-charting singles from the album in 2023 and 2024;
Rebecca has earned multiple San Diego Music Awards from 2014 to 2022, including "Song of the Year" & “Artist of the Year”. She also released a jazz album of Cole Porter classics titled, Planet Cole Porter, with Peter Sprague, which earned them a 2018 SDMA. She is the frontwoman for the soul/funk band, Rebecca Jade & the Cold Fact, and they collectively earned SDMAs in 2014, 2015 and 2017. The group released two full-length albums, the first one self-titled and the second one called, Running Out of Time. Prior to the Cold Fact, Rebecca released her debut album collaboration in 2011, The Jade Element.
Rebecca has over 30 years of recording studio experience. She has sung vocals on projects for Luis Miguel (Kiko Cibrian) and has been featured in a variety of notable works, including being featured on saxophonist Eric Darius’ album, Unleashed, as well as being featured and co-writing two songs on DW3’s self-titled album that went #1 on the UK Soul Charts.
Rebecca is an actor, having done a variety of work for products and companies, like the MLB 2023 video game, SDG&E, Pechanga Casino, Qualcomm and UCSD. She had a principal role in the musical “R-E-S-P-E-C-T” that ran at Lambs Players Theatre in 2023.
Rebecca graduated from UC Berkeley on a full basketball scholarship with a degree in Theatre & Performance Studies, and has earned her MBA in Marketing from the University of Phoenix. She hasalso advanced her musical education by studying Jazz Theory and Classical Voice at Grossmont College.
Rebecca is an avid motorcycle rider and has an affinity for classic cars. She still plays basketballrecreationally.
"I'm so excited to be part of this year's Branford Jazz on the Green Series! It's an honor to be included in the musical tradition that has been part of the city of Branford for many years. Let's continue tomake some wonderful memories together through music," she said.