JAZZ DIVAS SERIES 2021

Claire Martin with David Newton

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Last Show: Saturday 11 th December 2021

The Pheasantry (Chelsea)

Claire Martin and David Newton are the most awarded U.K. jazz musicians. They come together, to conclude our 2021 Jazz Divas series, with two evenings of compelling performances. Sit back and enjoy, not only their brilliant individual musical talents, but also their integrated duo skills, reacting and responding with improvised magic.

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"Our finest jazz singer”

Clive Davis, The Times

Claire Martin is an established tour de force on the UK jazz scene gaining many awards, including winning the British Jazz Awards seven times along the way.

Claire has  released 18 must have CD’s and performed all over the world with her trio and, worked extensively with the late Sir Richard Rodney Bennett in an intimate cabaret duo setting in England  and USA.

No stranger to The Pheasantry where she sold out in our 2019 Series, Claire opened the 2015 London Jazz Festival; sang in the 2016 Jazz Divas series; sold out Ronnie Scots with her Swedish trio to wide acclaim, and has performed “Just the Two of Us” concerts with Joe Stilgoe at St James Theatre and Pizza Express Jazz Club on Dean Street

Awarded the OBE for her services to jazz.

David Newton, is the UK’s most highly regarded and record breaking award winning jazz pianist – 13 times winner of the Best Pianist in the British Jazz Awards.

Whilst the most in demand accompanist for singers and instrumentalists alike, and the band member most often selected to appear with jazz greats, David is also his own soloist and creative master. He is not only able to swing with a hard driving left hand but also perform delightful heartfelt ballads vowing the most romantic feelings.

 

His solo recordings of “Tea for Two”, “Sweet Lorraine”, “They Can't Take That Away From Me”, “Have You Met Miss Jones” & “Stompin’ At The Savoy”, among many others, are already collectors items.

 

David played through the lockdown and here with a stylish, very jazzy up tempo “Luck Be A Lady”

https://youtu.be/1ozJISVDNUQ

If you like Bill Evans, Art Tatum  and Errol Garner, wait till you hear and  be amazed by David Newton” – The Hoste of Jazz

These two concerts will be “must attend evenings”, not only for song devotees, pianists and jazz aficionados, but also for all music lovers who just want to hear great music performed by great musicians.