Ida McBeth

About

Whether she's singing jazz standards, Broadway show tunes or bluesy ballads, Ida McBeth's music is always characterized by her greatest strength--her voice. Born and raised in Kansas City, she became interested in singing at just five years of age, obsessed by the Gladys Knight and Nat King Cole albums her mother would play for her growing up. A committed passion to her craft led her to study the wide breadth of pop music history over the years, which has helped establish her reputation as an eclectic vocalist who's never limited to just one or two styles of singing. McBeth's bold, versatile voice has served her well in a career that led to an entrance into the Kansas City-based International Jazz Hall of Fame in 1984.