Gabrielle Goodman (born 1964 in Baltimore, Maryland) is an American jazz singer, composer, author, and associate professor of voice at Berklee College of Music. She began working as a backup vocalist for Roberta Flack while at the Peabody Institute and later sang with Michael Bublé and Chaka Khan. Early life She was raised in Baltimore in a musical family. Her mother was a classical singer and her father was a jazz trombonist. She attended Peabody preparatory school and briefly Oberlin College. She transferred to the Peabody Institute conservatory, where she studied under the direction of Alice Gerstl Duschak and Gordon Hawkins and graduated in 1990. Career Goodman, a protege of Roberta Flack began her international performance career as a backing singer for Flack in the mid-1980s and continued to tour and record with the legend for several years opening for Miles Davis, Ray Charles, the Crusaders and other legends in Japan, Switzerland, Brazil and other prestigious venues all over the world. Goodman's breakthrough as a solo recording artist happened when she appeared on producer Norman Connors 1988 album Passion on Capitol Records. She was the lead female singer on five songs, including a remake of Minnie Riperton's "Loving You" and "You're My One And Only Love". She later recorded two jazz albums Travelin' Light and Until We Love on the JMT/Verve label with German producer Stefan Winter that feature her with Kevin Eubanks, Christian Mcbride, Gary Bartz, Gary Thomas, and Terri Lyne Carrington.Goodman's gospel influence is apparent in her jazz recordings as she blends genres starting "On A Clear Day" with a rousing gospel introduction that gives way to full swing interpretation as the song continues. Her early years of singing in church in Baltimore allowed the singer to blend jazz and gospel. "Amazing Grace" is another testament to her versatile artistry and connection to gospel music. Goodman stated that she and the band: Christian Mcbride, Mulgrew Miller and Terri Lyne Carrington began to play the song between takes of another song and the performance was so strong that the producer Stefan Winter decided to record the song and add it to the "Until We Love"CD. Since then Goodman has recorded and produced three soul jazz CDs respectively entitled "Angel Eyes", "Songs From The Book" and "Spiritual Tapestry" for the Goodness label. She appears with Walter Beasley, Terri Lyne Carrington, David Bunn, Tony Bunn, Jeff Ramsey, Armsted Christian and Patrice