Lady Jess is a Grammy Award-winning violinist and contractor based in New York City and Los Angeles. As a studio musician and performer, Lady Jess has worked with Beyonce, Stevie Wonder, Max Richter, Solange, Diana Ross, Smokey Robinson, The Roots, Alicia Keys, Carrie Mae Weems, John Legend, Jay-Z, Pharrell, Chloe X Halle, Lauryn Hill, and more. Classical credits include orchestral performances with the Charlotte Symphony, Soulful Symphony (CM), Chicago Chamber Orchestra, Sphinx Symphony Orchestra and Spoleto Festival Orchestra (CM). Chamber and solo performances include with Beyoncé, Urban Playground Chamber Orchestra (CM), The Harlem Chamber Players. Dance collaborations include engagements with Alonzo King LINES, Nantucket Dance Festival and Camille A. Brown Dance (CABD). Jess is a principal player with Rootstock Republic, NYC, and concertmaster of the Urban Playground Chamber Orchestra, with whom she premiered the New York performance of Joseph Bologne’s G Major Violin Concerto. Jess is excited to record her cadenza as a multimedia work in the spring.

In 2016, Jess became a member of Beyoncé Knowles Carter’s band; in the spring of 2018 she was honored to be a part of Beyoncé’s historic Coachella performance as the festival’s first headlining female artist of color. Jessica then joined Beyoncé and her husband Jay-Z on the On The Run II World Tour. While in Europe, Jess arranged and recorded strings for Everything Is Love, the Grammy Award-winning joint album from the Carters. In addition to performance, this was Jess’s first arranger credit. Learn more about Lady Jess at www.ladyjessmusic.com.