wesla whitfield, a famous jazz singer, has a unique style and life story, so i decided to see one of her performances and interview her for my newspaper.
i went to a nightclub in new york and watched the stage lights go up. after the band played an introduction, wesla whitfield wheeled herself onstage in a wheelchair. as she sang, whitfield's voice was so powerful and soulful that everyone in the room forgot the wheelchair was even there. at 57, whitfield is small and pretty, humorous and modest. raised in california, whitfield began performing in public at age 18, when she took a job as a singing waitress at a pizza shop. after studying classical music in college, she moved
