Judy Rafat is a jazz vocalist and was born in Toronto, Canada. She studied at the University of Western Ontario in Canada with a B. A. in Music, voice and flute. She has been a lecturer at the Gerhard Mercator University in Duisburg and the University of Essen for vocal jazz. She has toured all over in the world. She was on tour with Dizzy Gillespie in Eastern Europe in 1989 -90. She recorded a CD 'Con Alma' a Tribute to Dizzy Gillespie in N. Y. with Kenny Barron, Rufus Reid, Claudio Roditi, Paquito d'Rivera, John Lee, Ignacio Berroa, Frank Wess and Mike Longo. She sings jazz standards at a high level of performance and also entertaining jazz--blues, swing, ballads, soul, bossa nova and soul. www. judyrafat. de