Spectrum News NY1
Tyreek is a featured story on Spectrum News NY1's 'Around the Boroughs' series. Ron Lee covers his recent win at the Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition, aired in November 2023.
Downbeat Magazine
“Singer Tyreek McDole on Nov. 19 became the second man to win the annual Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition. He also may have been the first competition winner to have been inspired by an animated trumpet-playing alligator named Louis.”
- Michael Barris, Downbeat Magazine
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“There's often the idea that we all just listen to music…but to listen intently and to listen to understand and to listen not just to respond, but to enhance the conversation, those are things and points that not only relate to the music that I do, but also to life.”
— Tyreek McDole
New York Times
“When I was a freshman, it was the beginning of the pandemic and everything was shut down. The last thing anyone needed was a jazz singer at their local restaurant. There's this stereotype about the starving artist. But I refuse that believe that.”
— Tyreek McDole