Having an exquisite voice, a disarmingly wide range and a style that is deeply rooted in the tradition of the great jazz vocalists, Gillian Margot possesses a gift of storytelling and stunning lyrical delivery. A native of Toronto, Ontario, Margot studied under a generation of jazz legends including Oscar Peterson, Freddy Cole, Carol Welsman, and Norman Simmons. Equally at home in the musical worlds of jazz, R&B, chamber, and pop, she has been invited to perform in major venues worldwide with a long list of top-tier talent, including rock icon Sting, famed soprano Kathleen Battle (with the Nathaniel Dett Chorale), jazz stars Jeremy Pelt and Chris Botti, and pianists Robert Glasper and Geoffrey Keezer. Additionally, her voice can be heard in commercials, feature films, and television programs including Jane Goodall’s Wild Chimpanzees (IMAX 2002), New Year (Doublesee 2010), Lethal Weapon (FOX 2016), The Young and The Restless (2016-2019), and One Good Reason (Alone.Calm 2020).

Margot has released three albums as a band leader: a live album, A Pink-Filled Sky (Margot Media, 2010) in Canada; Black Butterfly (Hipnotic Records, 2016) produced by trumpeter Jeremy Pelt for her U.S. debut; and Power Flower (Ropeadope Records 2020) a self-produced work, an homage to her affinity for the Jazz, Pop, and Funk of the 70s and 80s. Her latest album of duets, simply titled Gillian Margot & Geoffrey Keezer (MarKeez Records, 2025) “marks a felicitous inflection point in the discographies of both musicians, each an erudite master of their instrument,” according to Ted Panken (Downbeat Magazine).

In addition to performing worldwide, Gillian Margot is one of two vocal faculty on OpenStudioJazz.com offering courses and masterclasses online, and has recently joined the faculty of Swing University presented by Jazz at Lincoln Center. She holds a Double Baccalaureate in Fine Arts with Honours (Music & Anthropology) from York University in Toronto, and a Master of Music (Jazz) from The Juilliard School in New York City.