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Lia Booth

Southern California jazz vocalist whose supple phrasing, rhythmic imagination and conversational delivery bring a personal point of view to the American songbook. A MetaJAX recording artist, Lia Booth moves between intimate duos, swinging ensembles and three-part vocal harmony.

A familiar song becomes interesting again when a singer finds something new inside it. Lia’s appeal lives in that exchange: respect for the melody, freedom in the phrasing, and room for the band to answer.

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Lia Booth · Campus JAX · September 20, 2026 · MetaJAX

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WHY YOU SHOULD KNOW THEM

A songbook. A voice of her own.

01

THE CLOSE-UP

A whole conversation in a duo.

Her 2018 album with guitarist Will Brahm places voice and guitar at the center—a revealing starting point for hearing how she shapes a song.

02

THE METAJAX CONNECTION

Life Can Be Beautiful.

Her 2022 MetaJAX release ties the artist you hear at Campus JAX to a recording catalog built to carry the music beyond the room.

03

THREE VOICES, ONE MUSICAL IDEA

Lia in Lady Parts.

Alongside Crystal Lewis and Adryon de León, she explores the interplay of three vocalists in a tribute to influential girl groups and musical matriarchs.

THE STORY

The standard is a starting point.

Lia Booth singing at Campus JAX on September 20, 2026, in the original MetaJAX broadcast capture

Lia’s path runs through vocal-jazz ensembles, Southern California listening rooms and a growing recorded catalog. The thread is musical conversation. In a duo, each breath and harmonic turn has space around it. In an ensemble, a phrase can become an invitation to the next player. With Lady Parts, the conversation becomes three-part harmony. Campus JAX has heard these different sides of her work over years of performances, from her own groups and a Peggy Lee tribute to collaborations with Bill Cantos and Tony Guerrero. The photograph here comes from September 20, 2026, at Tony’s birthday celebration—the earlier performance preserved in her No. 016-A Momento. Her October 25, 2026 headlining show is another chapter in that continuing JAX story.

CAREER & COLLABORATIONS

Different company. The same musical curiosity.

Her work spans leading her own groups and making space inside other artists’ musical worlds.

A CONTINUING COLLABORATION

Tony Guerrero

The Tony Guerrero Quintet and The Swingliners are part of Lia’s ensemble history. Her JAX appearances with Tony Guerrero connect the bandstand to the wider MetaJAX musical community.

Read the venue biography →

VOCAL HARMONY

Lady Parts

With Crystal Lewis and Adryon de León, Lia helps build a show around three voices and the music that shaped them.

Watch Lady Parts at JAX →

BEYOND ONE ENSEMBLE

Arturo Sandoval · Jeff Goldblum

Her official biography lists work with Sandoval and Goldblum’s Mildred Snitzer Orchestra, alongside Guerrero and Lewis. These credits add context to an already substantial working life on Southern California stages.

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THE JAX ARCHIVE

Bill Cantos & Lia Booth

Their July 11, 2024 shared bill offers another setting for her voice within the Campus JAX community.

Watch the collaboration →

RECORDINGS & MEDIA

Three records. Three ways into the voice.

Begin with a small setting, then follow her into fuller arrangements and the live room.

2018 · SWINGFEST RECORDS

Lia Booth & Will Brahm

Ten tracks in a voice-and-guitar duo setting. The partnership offers a close view of melody, phrasing and musical response.

Listen to the duo album →

2022 · METAJAX ENTERTAINMENT

Life Can Be Beautiful

A fifteen-song release in the MetaJAX catalog, connecting Lia’s recorded work with the music community around Campus JAX.

Listen to Life Can Be Beautiful →

2022 · WITH JASON “SPICY G” GOLDMAN

There’s Only One

Goldman’s production and arrangements place Lia in a broader ensemble palette, moving through swing, Latin rhythms and pop colors.

Listen to There’s Only One →

BEHIND THE RECORD

The arrangements around the singer.

Edward Blanco’s All About Jazz review explores the musical settings and repertoire of There’s Only One.

Read the album review →

MORE MUSIC

Lia’s official listening room.

Continue through the recordings and videos linked from her own website.

Explore Lia’s music →

EDUCATION & TEACHING

Learning to hear the whole ensemble.

Her early development took place in collegiate vocal jazz, where individual expression and ensemble listening meet.

CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, LONG BEACH

Pacific Standard Time

She continued in Christine Guter’s ensemble. Her official biography links these experiences to recording projects and Monterey Jazz Festival appearances.

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AWARDS & RECOGNITION

Recognition for the voice.

2017 · DOWNBEAT STUDENT MUSIC AWARDS

Vocal Jazz Soloist · Outstanding Performance

DownBeat’s published results list Lia in the Undergraduate College Outstanding Performances category at CSU Long Beach’s Bob Cole Conservatory.

See the original results · page 109 →

FROM HER OFFICIAL BIOGRAPHY

Two DownBeat soloist recognitions.

Her biography reports two Outstanding Soloist awards across her collegiate vocal-jazz years.

Read Lia’s biography →

JAX MOMENTOS

Performances you can keep.

Lia Booth JAX Momento No. 016-B
COLLECTIBLE · No. 016-B

Lia Booth

October 25, 2026 · JAX Hideaway

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Lia Booth JAX Momento No. 016-A
COLLECTIBLE · No. 016-A

Lia Booth

September 20, 2026 · JAX Hideaway

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LIVE AT JAX

The Room Comes Alive.

START HERE · LIVE PERFORMANCE · FEATURED ARTIST · Sep 25, 2025

Lia Booth — Live at Campus JAX

Lia Booth leads her September 25, 2025 Campus JAX performance, part of Steamers Jazz at JAX. An earlier concert in her JAX history.

JAX HISTORY

Lia Booth at Campus JAX

A selective history of live performances and appearances, preserved across visits to the room.

BE IN THE ROOM

Next at Campus JAX

Dec 31, 7:30 PM

A New York New Year's Eve The Tony Guerrero Quintet ft. Lia Booth

FROM THE ARCHIVE

Previous JAX moments

REPLAY · Oct 25, 6:00 PM

Lia Booth

Vocal jazz, swing & standards · JAX Hideaway