Electro Swing Series
Alice Francis
In Association with Shades of Soul Ltd
Last Show: Friday 5 th May 2023
PizzaExpress Jazz Club (Soho)
Alice Francis is the first lady of Neo-Swing. She takes the Swing of the Roaring Twenties, pimps it up with electro beats, hip hop, pop and R'n'B. No decade seems safe from her. Her voice, in which she borrows from Jazz greats such as Billie Holiday or Eartha Kitt, plays with Jazz, Rap and Scat singing. Francis, or Miss Flapperty - a name that combines the words Liberty and Flapper and has stood for self-confident women since the Swing era - sees her artistic role model in the spirit of Josephine Baker.