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Performance TitleLate Night Jazz - Ladies Sing the Blues
Performance Date21 March 2012
Performance DayWednesday
Performance Time21:45
Main PerformersGill Manly,
Sarah Moule,
Shireen Francis
Secondary PerformersSimon Wallace
Set List'Summertime', Gershwin, Hayward,
'Cheek to Cheek', Berlin,
'Lover', Rogers,
'Fever', Little Willie John,
'All of Me', G Marks,
'Every time We Say Goodbye', C Porter,
'Good Morning Heartache', Drake, Fisher, Higgenbothan,
'The Folks Who Live on the Hill', Kern
'I'm a Woman', Leiber, Stoller
'Hit That Jive Jack'
'The Note Samba', Jorbin
'The Lady is a Tramp', Rogers
Performance NotesLadies Sing the Blues, a brand new show featuring Gill Manly, Sarah Moule and Shireen Francis! The Ladies’ individual singing careers have seen them perform sell-out shows at Ronnie Scott’s Club, the Royal Festival Hall, the Purcell Room, on BBC Radio 2‘s Friday Night Is Music Night, and in theatres, jazz clubs and festivals throughout the UK.

Here, with superb accompaniment from Simon Wallace, they come together to celebrate their musical icons, Billie Holiday, Peggy Lee and Ella Fitzgerald with anecdotes and personal interpretations of their signature songs in a wonderful program of classic jazz.

The Ladies’ exuberant mix of close harmonies and duets calls to mind the great vocal groups such as Lambert, Hendricks & Ross, while their stunning solo work shows why they have all established themselves as jazz singers of the first order. Each brings a contrasting and original take on their chosen repertoire, from the understated purr of Fever and Black Coffee, to the infectious swing of The Lady Is A Tramp and That Old Devil Called Love.

"Everything sounds effortless and her ballad singing is masterful. I remember thinking the day I first heard her [Gill Manly] that she was world-class" (Claire Martin),
"Sarah Moule, a fine voice and a great talent" (Russell Davies, BBC Radio 2),
"Shireen Francis is a brilliant vocalist whose beguiling performance left me wanting more"(Jazzwise Magazine)
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/8/7/2012/8Late Night Jazz - Ladies Sing the Blues set list21 March 2012
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Work7562Late Night Jazz 201219
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/522Manly; Gill (fl 1983-); American jazz singer
DS/UK/523Moule; Sarah (fl 1995-); British jazz and blues singers
DS/UK/524Francis; Shireen (fl 2008-); British jazz singer
DS/UK/525Wallace; Simon (1957-); British composer and pianist
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