Aubrey Logan

Aubrey Logan, recognized for her trombone playing and vocals steeped in jazz and soul traditions, first drew widespread attention as part of Scott Bradlee's Postmodern Jukebox, the covers ensemble. Her initial solo outing arrived with the 2017 album Impossible, which spawned the streaming favorite “Pistol.” The following year brought The Prequel Years, a collection of her earlier recordings. In 2019 she issued her second studio album, Where the Sunshine Is Expensive, consisting mainly of original material, while 2021 saw the appearance of Standard, a dozen-track set of reinterpretations that broadened the Great American Songbook to encompass selected 1960s and 1970s successes.

Born in Bellevue, Washington, in 1988 to a pair of music educators, Logan spent her childhood in Snohomish. Early performance experience came through church choirs and school musicals; she later took up the trombone during adolescence. After graduation she enrolled at Boston’s Berklee College of Music on a full scholarship, where she developed both her instrumental and vocal skills. Several years in Boston preceded her 2012 relocation to Los Angeles, the city where she encountered pianist Scott Bradlee and joined his Postmodern Jukebox project, which recast current pop material in jazz arrangements. The resulting videos quickly circulated online and elevated her visibility. Her debut solo album, Impossible, appeared in 2017 and featured the single “Pistol,” after which she released the digital compilation The Prequel Years.

January 2019 brought the covers EP Your Mom’s Favorite Songs, containing her renditions of works by Jimi Hendrix, the Doobie Brothers, Carole King, and the Carpenters. March of that year marked the arrival of Where the Sunshine Is Expensive, whose twelve selections included nine originals. One of these, the funk-oriented “Laundry,” showcased saxophonist Dave Koz, who also contributed to her treatment of the 1970s standard “Put It Where You Want It,” written by Joe Sample and Alan Gorrie.

Logan returned in 2021 with Standard, an album that extended the temporal scope of the Great American Songbook. Alongside buoyant versions of frequently performed pieces such as “Sunny Side of the Street” and “Fascinating Rhythm,” she placed 1960s and 1970s hits including “The Way We Were,” “The Beat Goes On,” and “MacArthur Park.”