Laila Biali

Laila Biali is an award-winning Canadian jazz singer, songwriter, pianist and, since 2017, CBC Radio 2, as radio host of Saturday Night Jazz. Her sound and style melds bright, contemporary jazz with modern and Great American songbook-era pop. 2011's Tracing Light was nominated for a Juno Award. She was the first ever double winner at SOCAN as keyboardist and singer of the year. Biali released three albums for Germany's ACT label: Laila Biali (2018), Out of Dust (2020), and Your Requests (2023). In 2024, Biali self-produced and released Wintersongs, an album of original seasonal songs, accompanied by Jane Bunnett, and the Venuti String Quartet.