Sally Street used to sit at her desk staring at her screen and daydreaming about jazz. In the mids Ms Street was a senior associate at a top Sydney law firm specialising in private equity, working for clients such as Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley.
But her high-flying legal career is worlds away from her new occupation as a jazz and pop singer, which sees her playing regular live gigs in Sydney nightspots and singing 'flirty' songs on stage with her diamante-encrusted keytar. Sally Street left a high-flying career as a lawyer to pursue her dream of being a jazz musician.
Ms Street also used to be half of one of the Sydney law community's most high-profile couples, before her split from estranged husband Alexander 'Sandy' Street, SC, in September last year.
Ms Street's mother and her estranged husband are in the middle of a legal battle over a disputed loan worth several hundred thousands of dollars. For years as a lawyer Ms Street would spend her weeks working β sometimes until 3am in the morning β and her weekends in the garage of jazz musician Freddie Wilson in Hunters Hill on Sydney's North Shore learning how to sing with a live band.
Ms Street's father was a jazz musician and ever since she can remember she has wanted to be a singer. Ms Street used to be half one of the Sydney law community's most high-profile couples, before her split from estranged husband Alexander 'Sandy' Street, SC, in September last year. Ms Street's father was a jazz musician and ever since she can remember she has wanted to be a singer β but he persuaded her to pursue a career in law instead. In her shows and music videos Ms Street says she likes to incorporate sexiness 'kind of like Cameron Diaz, like girl next door sexy'.
