Alexis Cole is an internationally acclaimed jazz vocalist, pianist, educator, and producer. A Top Winner of the Jazzmobile Vocal Competition, third-place winner in the Montreux Jazz Vocal Competition, and finalist in the Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition, she has released fourteen albums on Motéma, Chesky, Venus, and Zoho Records, and has been featured as a vocalist on recordings by Harold Mabern, David Finck, and others.

Her discography spans an impressive range of settings and styles—from big band recordings with the Taipei Jazz Orchestra (including orchestral strings), to the hard bop of One for All, to an intimate collection of Disney love songs with pianist Fred Hersch, Pepper Adams originals with Eric Alexander, collaborations with guitarist Bucky Pizzarelli, a Christmas recording featuring choir and more than fifty musicians, and her latest release, Taking My Seat: A Musical Inheritance, with her longtime trio, marking her debut as a pianist. She served for six years in the U.S. Army as the featured vocalist with the West Point Band's Jazz Knights Big Band. Cole has appeared as a featured soloist with the Boston Pops and the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and has headlined clubs, concert halls, and festivals throughout the world.

An internationally respected educator, Cole teaches graduate jazz voice at Manhattan School of Music. She previously directed the vocal jazz programs at SUNY Purchase and William Paterson University, where she mentored numerous emerging artists, including Grammy Award winner Samara Joy and acclaimed vocalist Anaïs Reno. She is the founder and director of JazzVoice.com, an international online community for jazz singers, and co-founder and co-director of the Virginia Beach Vocal Jazz Summit, the premier annual in person gathering of jazz vocalists. 

Cole attended New World School of the Arts High School and the University of Miami before earning a Bachelor of Music degree from William Paterson University and a Master of Music degree from Queens College.  She also studied Indian classical vocal music through the Jazz India Vocal Institute, an experience that continues to inform her artistic approach to improvisation and vocal expression.