Charismatic crooner Veronica Swift proved herself a jazz vocal prodigy as a teenager, when she was selected through a nationwide audition as the first singer to be part of the Telluride Jazz All-Star Band for a performance at the legendary Colorado music festival. Now the wizened old age of 21, she recently became the first runner-up in vocals at the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition. Catch this burgeoning star as she fronts her four-piece band at Tribeca Performing Arts Center for a swinging set backed by talented young bass, trumpet, piano and drums players.