Imani Rousselle

Imani Rousselle is a Texas-born vocalist with a love for interpreting and delivering the message of lyric across genre lines. Whether covering jazz standards, classic pop or her own contemporary compositions, her voice invites you to follow along as she fills the air with carefully crafted sound. She currently makes her home in New York City, where she has allured audiences from stages including the world-famous Dizzy’s Jazz Club, Smalls, The Joyce Theater, Minton’s, The National Jazz Museum in Harlem, the Schomburg Center in Harlem, and more. Rousselle’s talents have taken her across the globe, most recently as the feature vocalist in the tour of SW!NG OUT spearheaded by tap dance phenom Caleb Teicher, and in LaTasha Barnes’ Bessie winning production of The Jazz Continuum. Before moving to NYC, Rousselle made her home in Chicago where she joined Jackson Shepard as a co-leader of the genre defying band Human Bloom, which has played numerous venues in Chicago and garnered millions of listeners across streaming platforms after the release of their sophomore album in 2023. While there she also performed under her own name at the legendary Jazz Showcase, The Green Mill, Buddy Guy’s, Sleeping Village, Subterranean and others, and received a fellowship from the Luminarts Cultural Foundation. Rousselle has established herself as a singer who can “Do it all, and do it well.” She has worked with the likes of Stefon Harris, Brian Newman, Sudan Archives, LaTasha Barnes, Casey Benjamin, Marc Carey, Sean Mason, Ekep Nkwelle, Jaleel Shaw, Domo Branch, Cory Henry, Roger Boykin and many more. Rousselle enjoys music in every style and art in every form and is grateful with each performance, to be able to share her craft and perspective for whomever is to be receiving.