Ada Bird Wolfe is a jazz singer, lyricist and composer living in Los Angeles, California. After many years in other professions, Ms. Wolfe returned to singing, her first love, in 2010. She has performed at venues throughout Southern California including Bar Fedora at Au Lac, Hollywood Studio Bar & Grill, Gardenia Supper Club, Upstairs at Vitello’s and Catalina Jazz Club.
Critics have called her: a “potent jazz singer,” “brilliant” and “magical,” with “stories to tell.”
In addition to sets in clubs and restaurants, she has created a number of major shows: The French Show: Vol 1, Jazzography, Chanteuse, Soliloquy and Blues-A-Licious.
In 2015 she created Giant Shoulders, a multi-show series exploring jazz musicians and composers, which so far has included: Monk-O-Sphere, And the Word Was Mingus, and The Saint and the Sinner Man: Miles Davis and John Coltrane.
Her debut CD Birdie, won critical praise including “Best Releases of 2018” from C. Michael Bailey at All About Jazz. Her followup album He and Me was released October 2020 and was also named “Best Releases of 2020” by C. Michael Bailey at All About Jazz. Her third album, Odd Bird, (2022) showcased all original material written by Wolfe and her frequent writing partner Jamieson Trotter. Her new album Murmuration released on June 5, 2026. As with all original songs composed by Wolfe and Trotter, in "Murmuration," Wolfe set the melodic and lyrical architecture while Trotter constructed the harmonic interior — building upward from her foundations.