Award-winning jazz vocalist Alexis Cole may be the most talented singer to ever hold a top-secret military clearance. A dozen albums into her critically acclaimed career, she may also be the best-kept secret in jazz, a status that’s certain to change as more people are discovering her for themselves. Though Alexis transformed into an insightful interpreter of jazz during her army years, her personal advancements had to take a back seat to her military responsibilities. Since leaving the service in 2016, her career has taken on exciting momentum, including gigs at Carnegie Hall, Birdland, Jazz at Lincoln Center, and the Blue Note, and performances as a soloist with prominent orchestras such as the Boston Pops and the Detroit Symphony.