The Art Of Voice & Piano with Jo Harrop & Sam Watts
Friday 29th November 2024
Tickets: £20.00 Seat at a shared Table for 4 /£15.00 Seat – No Table
Doors: 7.30pm
Show: 8:00pm-9:30pm – Single Set 75 min
Please note you can book for dinner either before or after the show.
Join Jo Harrop & exquisite pianist, Sam Watts duet in a very special concert live at Hampstead Jazz Club, featuring beautiful jazz songs from composers such as Michel Legrand, Henry Mancini, Richard Rogers, Gershwin, Cole Porter, Kurt Weill, as well as performing songs that they have written together, including the much loved ‘Everything’s Changing’ from Jo’s album ‘The Heart Wants’.
A chance to see this dynamic duo shine in the most intimate of settings nestled deep in Hampstead’s hidden jewel, The Hampstead Jazz Club.
JO HARROP
Jo Harrop has firmly established herself as one of the most distinctive singer songwriters in British jazz. Having signed to Lateralize Records, she recently made her USA debut with a string of shows at some of the most prestigious venues in the country including New York’s Dizzy’s Club (Jazz at Lincoln Center) and San Francisco’s The SFJAZZ Center.
After releasing her debut LP, ‘Weathering The Storm‘, Harrop burst into the spotlight with a pair of critically-acclaimed, award-winning albums, ‘The Heart Wants’ and ‘When Winter Turns To Spring‘, attracting widespread airplay and an eclectic array of highly respected admirers including Iggy Pop, Christian McBride and Chris Seefried.
Jo Harrop possesses one of the most distinctive voices in contemporary jazz, yet she has soul running through her veins. ‘The Path Of A Tear’, Harrop’s superb fourth album on Lateralize Records, suggests an artist determined to keep moving forward as she dives into unchartered musical waters.
“Jo Harrop is a very fine jazz singer… a superb and unimaginably good vocalist ” – Iggy Pop, BBC Radio 6 Music
SAM WATTS
Sam Watts is a pianist and composer specialising in Brazilian music and Jazz. Born in Birmingham UK, he began playing at the age of 6. After taking an interest in improvisation and jazz as a teenager, he eventually went on to study with scholarships at both Leeds College of Music and the Royal Academy of Music, where he won the Humphrey Lyttleton Prize. His early influences were jazz pianists such as Oscar Peterson, Herbie Hancock, Bill Evans and Erroll Garner, although he has always maintained an interest in classical music as well, and has extensively studied classical composition, counterpoint and orchestration.
He is an established jazz pianist and has worked with artists including Jean Toussaint, Jason Miles, Jason Marsalis, Abram Wilson, Ray Warleigh and Judi Jackson. He has performed internationally at numerous jazz festivals and concert venues, including performances at Wigmore Hall, Symphony Hall, A Love Supreme festival, Paris Jazz Festival, Ronnie Scott’s jazz club and the Royal Albert Hall, often performing his own compositions. He has also made live appearances on BBC Radio 2 and 3 and has recently toured in all over Europe and further afield, including recent appearances in South Africa, India, Brazil and Canada.
“I have heard many of the new breed of young players on the jazz scene. To me Sam Watts is at the head of the class.. He is more than just a player with great chops. His playing is both lyrical,focused and extremely creative. I have worked with him and was extremely impressed with his professionalism and his ability to lead a band yet also blend into the proceedings. A great arranger as well… The future is extremely bright for him.” — Jason Miles (keyboard/producer – Miles Davis, Marcus Miller, Luther Vandross)
LINE-UP:
Vocals – Jo Harrop
Piano – Sam Watts
Please note, The Club is not licensed to allow access to Children under the age of 16 after 9pm, so for evening performances, please do not book tickets for children under the age of 16. Children aged 16 and above are welcome at any time.
For £20.00 Tickets:
Seats are not numbered and you will be seated at available tables. Please note tables seat 4 people, so for bookings of less than 4 people, you will be seated and share a table for 4.
For £15.00 Tickets:
This is a fully seated event. Seats are not numbered and will be allocated on a first come first serve basis.
Please note the Jazz Club is situated in the basement of the Duke of Hamilton Pub and access is via a number of stairs. The nearest toilets are situated on the 1st floor of the Pub.
Showtimes
Doors: 7:30 pm | Show: 8:00 pm