Stella Cole @ Jazz Alley – 1/27/2026
Photos by Kirk Stauffer

Jazz Alley was the perfect setting for returning singer Stella Cole during a two-night stop on her It’s Magic tour.  Drawing from the Great American Songbook, the audience was transported back to the previous century with her beautiful voice and stage presence.  On one of the song intros, the twenty-something commented that the decades-old tunes were two, three and even four times older than she was.  Michael Kanan (piano), Michael Migliore (bass), and Hank Allen-Barfield (drums) complemented her style flawlessly.  Sounding exactly like Judy Garland, Cole finished her set with, “Somewhere Over the Rainbow”, which was quickly followed by a well-deserved standing ovation.

Stella Cole – Photos by Kirk Stauffer