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- From: £22
- Running time:
- 2hrs 15mins (no interval)
Zoë Gilby is an exuberant jazz singer and songwriter, a winner of the Parliamentary Jazz Awards ‘Jazz Vocalist of the Year’.
She’s making her Lighthouse debut and there is much to enjoy about her evocative story-telling delivery, backed by her longstanding and superb trio, with a wide repertoire encompassing jazz standards, original songs and innovative arrangements of pop tunes. The trio features acclaimed multi instrumentalist, Andy Champion.
She’s released four albums under her own name, including the highly acclaimed ‘Four Stories’ (2014), which broke her on to the national scene, and the latest, ‘Aurora’, inspired by the instrumental compositions of award winning, Grammy nominated U.S trumpeter Tom Harrell. Zoe says of the latest material: ‘I’ve loved illustrating Tom’s music further with my own lyrics, absorbing his intricate ideas, his serene delivery and portraying it sensitively with my own, awesome musicians, who help bring my words and these compositions to life.”
Zoe Gilby – Vocals
Mark Williams – Guitar
Andy Champion – Double Bass
John Bradford – Drums
“Award winning vocalist Zoe Gilby is back with an album which sees her appending smart new lyrics to some of Tom Harrell’s finest instrumentals”Jazzwise
““Aurora” represents another impressive offering from Gilby and her excellent quintet. Her voice and lyrics fit Harrell’s melodies perfectly and it sounds perfectly natural and organic"JazzMann
“a stellar job; the lyrics are always interesting, and singing delivers them to great effect, clear and concise.”Kind of Jazz