She grew up near Denver,Colorado, listening to recordings by John Coltrane, Sarah Vaughan and Charlie Parker.
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has drawn comparisons to jazz divas Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughan.
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Kyle says,"I met a lot of artists, greats like Dizzy Gillespie and Sarah Vaughan, and looking back on that, I can see how much the musicians I met there influenced my career."