In a music world overwhelmed and over-run by digital music and questionable artistry, there are few performers who have the whole package: talent, musicianship, intelligence and stage appeal. But Chanda Leigh is not your ordinary artist. This ambitious pianist and vocalist grew her passion and foundation for music while playing for her father’s church choir when she was only 12 years old. It was this foundation that gave her the ear for every other kind of music. An accomplished jazz pianist, the former Spelman student studied creative writing and jazz piano. The Chanda Bailey Trio, which she formed in 1995, performed live jazz all over Atlanta, delighting audiences at the Atlanta Jazz Festival, Montreaux Music Festival, National Black Arts Festival and several local venues. In 1997, the budding artist moved to Los Angeles to begin her television career playing keyboards in the house band of the Keenen Ivory Wayans Show. After the show was...