Heather Rigdon

Heather Rigdon is a traditional and contemporary jazz singer who by all accounts was a late bloomer. Born May 17, 1974, in Florissant, MO, she was one of four girls. Rigdon's parents worked as touring religious singers, her father being an ordained Pentecostal preacher. Raised in Texas, she traveled with her family listening to their vocal renditions of hymns, gospel music, and sacred songs. As a youngster, Rigdon did enjoy a limited selection of recordings and black-and-white films of musical stage shows, but was generally not permitted to experience secular music. She discov...