Tyreek McDole Quintet

Winner of the 2023 Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition, Florida-reared vocalist Tyreek McDole returns to the Joe Henderson Lab with his quintet following his masterful San Francisco Jazz Festival performance. With his rich baritone and a mastery of the Great American Songbook, McDole has earned his reputation as “a standout in the next generation of great jazz singers” (WBGO).

A prodigiously gifted artist from an early age, McDole won the Outstanding Vocalist Award from the 2018 Essentially Ellington Competition at Lincoln Center and 1st place in the Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition in 2023, ranking him among the competition's previous winners including the standout artists Samara Joy (2019) and Jazzmeia Horn (2013).

The Florida native has shared the stage with the likes of Rodney Whitaker, Theo Croker, and Gary Bartz. 

His 2025 debut release for Artworks Records, Open Up Your Senses, features bold interpretations over its thirteen tracks ranging from a romantic approach to the 1933 Jerry Levinson standard “Under a Blanket of Blue” to an adventurous take on Pharoah Sanders’ “The Creator Has a Master Plan,” signaling McDole’s commitment to both jazz tradition and innovation. With his new release and growing international acclaim, Tyreek McDole is poised to shape the future of vocal jazz.