Claire Martin
Big Sky Margate Jazz
Festival at Margate Winter Gardens
Multi-award-winning jazz vocalist Claire Martin appears at the festival with her trio of world-class musicians - Gareth Williams (piano), Laurence Cottle (bass) and Chris Dagley (drums).
For her performance at The Winter Gardens, Claire will be presenting songs from her latest album 'A Modern Art', plus stylish re-workings of much loved standards from Cole Porter to George Gershwin, Joni Mitchell and Donald Fagen. Acclaimed as the best ever British jazz singer by Jazz Times Magazine, Claire Martin was born to sing. Influenced by Ella Fitzgerald, Betty Carter and Shirley Horn, she possesses a peerless sense of swing, pure tone and a true improvisor's ear. Her love of great lyrics means that she always puts the song first, but her off-the-cuff wit brings a dash of humour to her stage show.
"The most gifted jazz singer this country has produced in twenty years"
(Clive Davis - The Sunday Times). |