Join IBA for an enchanting jazz concert featuring the talented Puerto Rican Boston-based flutist and vocalist Jailene Michelle! Soak up an evening of soulful melodies enfused with the sounds of rumba on April 4, 2024 at IBA's headquarters in the Historic South End. Doors open at 6:30 p.m., with the performance ending at 8 p.m. This event is open to the public and tickets are free for IBA residents. There is a 50% discount for students with a valid student ID (use code: STUDENT).

Inspired by the sounds of rumba, the syncopations of plena, and the virtuosity of musicians such as Dave Valentin and Tito Rodríguez, flutist and singer Jailene Michelle was born in Bo Obrero, Santurce, Puerto Rico. Her deep sound gets to the core of her listeners combined by her intimate voice like Norah Jones’s and Gretchen Parlato’s.

Her artistic soul is combination of her formal classical background with her Caribbean roots, which has lead her from playing for the Puerto Rico Symphony Orchestra, the Coro de Niños de San Juan, to singing backing vocals for salsa artist “Gerardo Rivas”, “Julio César Sanabria” and recording as a session musician for Indie and Neo Soul productions, Jailene Michelle has a combination of two worlds that collide with one another. Her elegance, sense of rhythm and intuitive phrasing are her footprints in every scenery she comes up to.