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Join multi award-winning jazz vocalist and BBC Radio presenter, Claire Martin OBE and the acclaimed pianist, Graham Harvey, for a celebration of some of the greatest Jazz vocalists of the 20th Century.
Through a diverse repertoire arranged and curated by Claire, this concert celebrates the music of the twentieth century’s quintessential jazz vocalists – whose legacy and influence continues to define a classic era of music.
Expect stylish reworkings of ‘Great American Songbook’ classics from the likes of Ella Fitzgerald, Peggy Lee, Shirley Horn, Carmen McRae.
Full EPK from here: https://clairemartinjazz.co.uk/epk/
She ranks amongst the four or five finest female jazz vocalists on the planet
Jazz Times USA
A consummate jazz singer with old-school virtues … she wins plaudits everywhere she works
The Guardian
Easily the best British singer of her generation
The Times
There are few, if any, finer jazz singers than Claire Martin. She’s certainly the best the UK has produced, with her cunning mix of straight-ahead purity and interpretive legerdemain
Jazz Times USA
A wonderful example of the incredible talent we have here on our shores
The Arts Desk