Tatiana LadyMay Mayfield is a jazz/soul vocalist, musician, composer and educator from Fort Worth, Texas. LadyMay has performed in various venues and festivals throughout the U.S. and abroad, which have earned her rave reviews from listeners and musicians in addition to numerous awards. In 2023, LadyMay was named as an awardee for the “Next Jazz Legacy” grant program created by NEA Jazz Master, Terri Lyne Carrington in partnership with the Berklee Institute of Jazz and Gender Justice and New Music USA with funding from the Mellon Foundation. Through this program, she has been mentored by pianist/vocalist/composer Patrice Rushen and jazz/soul harpist/composer Brandee Younger. Other highlights of her career include performing on NPR’s Tiny Desk series with Brandee Younger, performing with the Cincinnati Pops and other orchestras around the country, having a number one song on the UK Soul Chart, performing and teaching in Zhuhai, China, and being the first woman and African American person to receive a M.M. in Jazz Composition from the University of Texas in Arlington. LadyMay has recorded three albums, From All Directions (2009), A Portrait Of LadyMay (2012), The Next Chapter (2018) and her fourth album is in production. In 2024, her original song “Freedum”, a collaboration with Grammy award winning producer JeMarcus Bridges and rapper YelloPain was featured in the Peacock original movie Bosco. Tatiana has also provided vocals in various styles for several artists’ albums, television shows, and films. As an educator, she is the Assistant Professor of Contemporary Popular Music in the Lamont School of Music at the University of Denver.