Get Acquainted with a Promising Singer and Pianist, Alina Engibaryan, on The Checkout

Summary: Alina Engibaryan is a contemplative singer, keyboardist and composer whose musical roots go back to her childhood in Russia. Her grandfather, Nikolay Goncharov, was a master jazz drummer in an era when jazz was perceived as “the devil’s music.” Now this #RhodesGirl — as one Engibaryan fan put it on Instagram, in praise of her Fender Rhodes piano playing — is preparing to make her statement at the 2019 Winter Jazzfest. She’ll appear on WBGO’s 40th anniversary concert at S.O.B.’s on Jan. 11, as