GILLIAN MARGOT

VOICE

Having an exquisite voice, a disarmingly wide
range and a style that is deeply rooted in the
tradition of the great jazz vocalists, Gillian Margot
possesses a gift of storytelling and stunning lyrical
delivery. A native of Toronto, Canada, Margot
studied under a generation of jazz legends
including Oscar Peterson, Freddy Cole, Carol
Welsman, and Norman Simmons. Equally at home
in the musical worlds of jazz, R&B, chamber, and
pop, she has been invited to perform in major
venues worldwide with a long list of top-tier talent, including rock icon Sting, famed
soprano Kathleen Battle (with the Nathaniel Dett Chorale), trumpet stars Jeremy Pelt
and Chris Botti, and pianists Robert Glasper and Geoffrey Keezer. Additionally, her
voice can be heard in commercials, feature films, and television programs including
Jane Goodall’s Wild Chimpanzees (IMAX 2002), New Year (Doublesee 2010), Lethal
Weapon (FOX 2016), The Young and The Restless (2016-2019), and One Good
Reason (Alone.Calm 2020).
Margot has released four albums as a band leader: a live album, A Pink-Filled Sky
(Margot Media, 2010) in Canada; Black Butterfly (Hipnotic Records, 2016) produced
by trumpeter Jeremy Pelt for her U.S. debut; and Power Flower (Ropeadope Records
2020) a self-produced work, is an homage to her affinity for the Jazz, Pop, and Funk of
the 70s and 80s. Her latest album of duets, simply titled Gillian Margot & Geoffrey
Keezer (MarKeez Records, 2025) “marks a felicitous inflection point in the
discographies of both musicians, each an erudite master of their instrument,”
according to Ted Panken (Downbeat Magazine).
In addition to performing worldwide, Gillian Margot is one of two vocal faculty on
OpenStudioJazz.com offering courses and masterclasses online, and has recently
joined the faculty of Swing University presented by Jazz at Lincoln Center. She holds a
Double Baccalaureate in Fine Arts with Honours (Music & Anthropology) from York
University in Toronto, and a Master of Music (Jazz) from The Juilliard School in New
York City.