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⦿ Key album: Orca ( Jazzwise Reviews Database) Bursting onto the scene as a country prodigy, she swiftly transitioned into pop stardom, mesmerizing fans with her heartfelt storytelling and relatable narratives.
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Food available (please order direct with the hotel on 01736 795277 and arrive by 6.30pm latest) Free entry / Pay What You Can. Hugh Morris meets young saxophonist Emma Rawicz, the latest in a distinguished line of jazz synaesthetes Read the article Tuesday 26th april 2022Hugh Pascall Quartet. The ability to ‘see music in colour’ or ‘see colour in sound’ has a long history among performers and composers. Kevin Le Gendre met her to discuss her album Ghost Song and found the singer in a garrulous but thoughtful mood Read the article “I SANG THE WHOLE SONG IN THE SHOWER, AND THEN FRANTICALLY I RUSHED TO FIND A RECORDING DEVICE” | CÉCILE MCLORIN SALVANT: MISCHIEF AND MAGICĬécile McLorin Salvant is one of the music’s great communicators. Recognised as one of the most promising singers of her generation, Emma Smith has forged an impressive reputation as a first-call vocalist for jazz and pop royalty Read the article For her much-anticipated second album, Reflections, the harpist has revived this curatorial approach and drawn together her own personal universe of sounds Read the articleĮmma Smith interview: on Meshuga Baby, her Jewish heritage and how she’s had to deal with the misogyny that’s still rife in the jazz world
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To find out more about it, see the full page on Scat Singing.Camilla George interview: “You have to find hope in adversity, because if you don’t, you can’t learn anything, and we don’t grow”Ĭamilla George opens up about the harsh realities touring today and the dark histories behind her joyous-sounding new album Read the articleĪlina Bzhezhinska interview: “My goal is to make music that no one expects from a harpist”Īs a teenage girl in 1990s Ukraine, Alina Bzhezhinska loved nothing more than compiling her favourite music onto cassettes, before she discovered jazz, the sonic riches of the harp and the music of Dorothy Ashby and Alice Coltrane. RM HT0P6FCleo Laine, Dorchester, London, 1975. Scat singers range from vocalists who use it a bit here and there, to performers like Mel Tormé who could take scat to the level of band instrumentation, or vocalist Bobby McFerrin who is a whole scat band rolled into one singer. RM 2BTMGDPPosed portrait of jazz Singer Sheila Jordan, circa 1980 in New York City. His immense international popularity catapulted scat singing to the widespread attention of both other artists and fans. Louis Armstrong is often credited for creating scat singing, but the form existed before him.
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