Mandy Cook is a child of jazz. At a young age she fed herself with her parents cd's- Al Jarreau, Sade, and Sarah Vaughn, as well as her own personal collection of big band cassettes stolen from her grandfather. Many hours of her early childhood were spent contentedly in the basement with the stereo blaring and her feet dancing. At 14, she acquired her first guitar- a 12-string she began to teach herself to play. Though she had been writing songs for quite some time, this gave her the chance t...