Melanie Charles

Melanie Jean Baptiste Charles, known professionally as Melanie Charles, was born in 1988 in New York City. She is an American jazz musician, singer, flutist, composer, and songwriter. Raised in Brooklyn with Haitian roots, she began her musical journey at age five with piano lessons and later received vocal training from the organist of her local church. Charles studied jazz vocals at The New School University for Jazz and Contemporary Music, graduating in 2010. She began performing in the New York music scene in the 2000s, collaborating with various artists including Nicola Conte's Big Band, Lakecia Benjamin, Adison Evans, Reggie Quinerly, Kassa Overall, and Marcus Strickland. In 2015, she toured France with her trio. Charles released The Girl with the Green Shoes in 2017, followed by Y’All Don’t (Really) Care About Black Women under Verve Records in 2021.