At age of five, Daryl began to sing American standards and imitate her father on a daily basis. "I think the first thing I sang when my dad actually let me sit in with the band was, 'Over the Rainbow.' I was about twelve." Wrote in her biography. Daryl adds: "As a kid I was the one who embraced the music of my Dad, which was the standards and jazz. I was the kid who was awakened at two in the morning when my dad would come back from a music job." Said Daryl. Upon entering high school, Daryl became involved with everything musical, ranging from school small musicals production, stage performance to school band and theater. And when she was not on campus, Daryl would play at small events like New Years Eve parties and try to get gigs here and there. "One of my first gigs was in a neighborhood restaurant/bar, where they had some kind of a top-40 band. The little piano sat above the bar. My job was to play when the band took a break. I played things like, 'Misty,' Beatles songs, show tunes. I got $20 for that." Nostalgically said Daryl Sherman. At age of six, she began her formal musical training, but her first source of inspiration and musical influence remained her father. Besides records, her father’s training, radio, television and her dad’s musician friends who regularly visited them and practiced in the Sherman’s house wherever they could or would, Daryl’s home always had a piano. And that piano loved this sweet little angel-singer. "That was probably the most useful tool I could ever have because it got me to do accompaniments on the piano." Wrote Daryl Sherman. Although, she was deeply influenced by mainstream jazz, Daryl will soon free herself from the bondage of influence and create her own style.  A grand and warm style based upon melodic evocation, open and breezy musical arrangements, harmoniously and affectionately delivered intonation, and most certainly, a welcoming and enchanting stage presence. Melodies were of a paramount importance to her repertoire. Daryl wrote: "I have a jazz feel to what I do, but I just love songs that are melodic.” This statement explains the reason why her style is the most romantic and melodious Jazz style in the country. Daryl Sherman might not be the ambassador extraordinaire of traditional Jazz but, without any doubt, her Jazz cache and character remain positively authentic and  expressive through  a most unique and unusual improvisational Jazzy style; a style she so admirably created and perfected. Her jazz is melodic, harmonious, rich, warm, individualized and strikingly instrumental. Daryl Sherman’s Jazz is innovative, silky, intelligent, evocative and nostalgically developed. In doing so, Daryl has repositioned herself on the Jazz world arena. She has added to music a breezier space and  a more humanistic touch to  contemporary Jazz arrangements. Daryl Sherman’s fabulous talent is a trilogy of an unsurpassed vocal clarity, a universe of warmth and most honest inner feelings, and a superb projection of what unites a well crafted musical score (quite often based upon her own compositions and arrangements), and a transcending voice.