Winner of the 2024 Sarah Vaughan Vocal Competition, April May Webb brings Sounds of April & Randall to The Side Door.

April May Webb: Vocals
Randall Haywood: Trumpet
Yayoi Ikawa: Piano
Tyler Sherman: Bass
Dr. Nathan Webb: Drums

Winner of the 2024 Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition, April May Webb brings her award-winning ensemble Sounds of April & Randall to The Side Door.

April May Webb is one of the most exciting voices in jazz today. A William Paterson University graduate who studied under the legendary Mulgrew Miller, she made history as the first Black woman to graduate from the school’s Jazz Education program. In 2024 she won the prestigious Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition — judged by Christian McBride, Bill Charlap, Terri Lyne Carrington, Lisa Fischer, and Madeleine Peyroux — out of more than 220 vocalists from 21 countries. She has been named a Woodshed Network Artist by NEA Jazz Master Dee Dee Bridgewater, and in 2023 she and her husband Randall Haywood were named U.S. Cultural Ambassadors by the State Department, touring Fiji and Tonga.

Randall Haywood is a Juilliard-trained trumpeter who at age 15 became the youngest member of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra. Together, Webb and Haywood co-lead Sounds of April & Randall, whose single “Horizon” hit #17 on the Billboard Contemporary Jazz Charts and whose album Questions Left Unanswered peaked at #12 on the National Jazz Week Charts.

The Side Door Jazz Club is a dedicated jazz listening room located inside the historic Old Lyme Inn, 85 Lyme Street, Old Lyme, CT. Tickets are reserved seating. Guests dining at the Old Lyme Inn prior to the show receive 10% off their dinner bill.