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"energetic and inventive" - Jazzwise Magazine
"a model of the Jazz singer's art” - The Guardian

Renowned for her pure velvety, soothing vocalease and scat singing. She is adept at creating a perfect play list for your event based around either your favourite vocalist or era. Anita can do special Ella and Nina Simone nights. "A gift from Australia… what hits me is how expressive her ballad singing is. Then she has the courage to scat a ballad or two, not unlike a young lady disciple of the Ben Webster school." – Mark Murphy, Vocal Bebop Pioneer. Anita is signed to Specific Records and has released two albums on this label winning various awards including Best of Jazz at the BBC Jazz Awards. She performs all over the world for corporate, festivals and jazz clubs.

Best Of Jazz Award Winner – BBC Jazz Awards 2006

www.anitawardell.com

"Natalie was all dazzling smiles and high-kneed strut as she belted out numbers from the album, swooping high a la Aretha..." - The Evening Standard

"This was hard-hitting Earth, Wind and Fire stuff, full of funky momentum and luscious vocal harmonies..." - The Evening Standard

Natalie has an eloquent and soulful voice and performs with a bagful of panache. She can perform covers from jazz greats and soul stars. With requests she can create a play list that keeps the party familiar with hits from, for example, Billy Joel, Stevie Wonder and the Beatles. In 2007, Natalie debuted with Nu-Soul album ‘Secret Garden’ on East Side records. Headlining at The Jazz Café, Café de Paris, Cargo, The Barbican Centre, runs her own monthly event, “Soul Family Sundays” at London’s prestigious Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club, where she performs with her incredible ten piece band. Special guests include Jamie Cullum, Vula (Bassment Jaxx), Eska, Nate James and Lee Ryan among others.

She’s performed alongside Jamie Cullum, Dwele, Terri Walker, Amy Winehouse and Lemar, has played the London Jazz Festival, Berlin and has also toured internationally in Europe, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Nepal. Performance highlights include, performances with The Heritage Orchestra in the Miles Davis Hall at the world famous Montreux Jazz Festival as well as two live sessions with her full band for Giles Petersons BBC Radio1’s World Wide show and airplay on Kiss Fm, Capital Fm, Smooth FM, Galaxy FM, Radio 1’s Trevor Nelson, Gilles Peterson and Ras Kwame supporting her, a two month playlist on Radio 2, championed by Terry Wogan, Ken Bruce and Jeremy Vine and the Urban BBC1 Xtra ‘s G-Child and Ronnie Herel regularly getting behind Natalie’s music. Her fan base is growing immensely by the day worldwide.

www.myspace.com/natwilliams
www.natwilliams.net

Kaz performs ballads and top commercial hits as a soloist with her guitar great as a party show piece or for the more intimate occasion. She will perform specific songs on request.

Kaz made her stage debut singing solo at the age of four at the renowned Brighton Dome. In 2000, she graduated from Goldsmiths College, London with a BMus after specialising in classical guitar. 2002 Kaz began a Post Graduate Diploma in Jazz Performance at London’s Trinity College of Music under the tutelage of Dominic Ashworth, Anton Browne, Trudy Kerr, Anita Wardell and Nick Weldon and gained a Distinction.

Performed at Pizza on the Park, The Vortex, De La Warr Pavilion, The British Library, Blackheath Halls, Colchester Arts Centre, Ray’s Jazz Shop at Foyles, Zeffirelli’s, Joogleberry Playhouse, The National Portrait Gallery and The National Theatre. Had a residency in Crete with a jazz quintet featuring Lyn Dobson (Manfred Mann, Soft Machine, Nick Drake, Dusty Springfield) and drummer Stuart Ritchie (arthurs.hoiby.ritchie).

www.myspace.com/kazsimmons

Sings with beautiful measured phrasing and dark tones – Jazzwise Magazine

Paola is a wonderfully elegant performer ideal for light corporate hospitality entertainment, at a wedding or special diner. She can perform great jazz hits as well as a specific song list of your choice either as a singing piano soloist or as a duo. Paola performs regularly with a number of bands and duo settings, and sings at a wide variety of venues and festivals, which has included the Isle of Wight Jazz Festival. She is a member of a number of groups, including National Youth Jazz Orchestra and KYJO. Her background is in classical piano.

Won the Yamaha scholarship for outstanding young Jazz musicians supported by the All Party Parliamentary Jazz Appreciation Group, and Jazzwise magazine

www.myspace.com/paolabottomley

"Reminiscent of great Civil Rights era soul” - The Observer Music Monthly

“Refreshingly, startingly excellent” - MOJO Magazine

Netsayi’s blend of world and soul music takes you on a trip to Africa. She performs her own ethnically tinted songs with a full 6 piece band and is suitable for any prestigious worldly event. She has performed on some of the worlds international stages. Including The Royal Albert Hall, Hammersmith Apollo and has headlined at many notable festivals. These include the London Jazz Festival, the London African Music Festival, the Amsterdam Roots Festival, Sauti Za Busara in Zanzibar, the Harare International Festival of the Arts and Kippies in Johannesburg.

The broad appeal of her sound has lead to live sessions across the range of BBC radio stations, including the ‘Peel Sessions’ and to her opening for some of the most pioneering acts in African music including Hugh Masekela, K’naan, Boubacar Traore and UK soul legend, Omar.

www.netsayi.com

“one of the most distinctive voices of New York’s progressive Soul Movement.” - Village Voice

“Jazz, funk, soul, gospel and African music are all rolled into what she calls ‘holistic new African soul,’ and she’s not afraid to shuffle lineups to better explore different facets of her music…” - Global Rhythm

Throughout Somi’s performance, her voice soars over, through, and in between nuances of an incomparable musicianship that organically fuses jazz, classic soul, African folk, and rare urban grooves. A deep and dynamic sound that will amaze, Somi is perfect for both the intimate setting and finale of your corporate or private event.

Somi was the featured vocalist in the African Globe Theatre production of Drums Under the African Sky upon moving to New York City. The early spot led to collaborations with Amel Larrieux, Tsidii Le Loka, Roy Hargrove, Lionel Loueke and Lonnie Plaxico. She gained more attention after being featured in Source Magazine alongside Mos Def. She has won praise from African icons like Hugh Masekela and Cheik Tidiane Seck.

She shared a stage with Cassandra Wilson at the Blue Note jazz club’s New Year’s Eve celebration. Emerging as a popular headliner and firm critics’ favourite, she has performed at B.B.King’s, and The Blue Note in New York City, the Atlanta Jazz Festival, and Chicago's famed South Shore Jazz Fest, among many other international venues. She has been profiled in numerous media including CNN International, The Amanda Lewis Show, BET, and Global Rhythm Magazine. In 2006 she was invited by the International French Cultural Centre to tour fifteen African countries.

www.somimusic.com