monika ryan is a new york based jazz vocalist, new school for jazz graduate. she performed at the montreal jazz festival alongside jon faddis and david hazeltine. delightfully is a 14 song album releasing one track per week throughout the summer.

i'm not a classic jazz fan and i won't pretend otherwise. but that's exactly why i'm sharing this. five musicians, no samples, no algorithms, no ai. piano, bass, drums, saxophone and a vocal that knows exactly what it's doing. if you've never heard traditional jazz played live, this is a good moment to open your ears. you don't have to love it. but it's worth knowing where the music you love comes from. delightfully is that kind of introduction. clean, human, executed with real class. in 2026 that's not a small thing.