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‘Jo Harrop is a very fine jazz singer. When she sings, she moves me.’ Iggy Pop – BBC 6 Music
‘A rare mix of delicacy and boldness. Sheer perfection.’ The Guardian
Bishop’s Court Farm in partnership with Hampstead Jazz Club proudly present A Jazzy Christmas Evening at Dorchester Abbey, Dorchester-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, at 7.30pm on Sunday 3rd December 2023.
This very special show will feature a feast of festive favourites and jazzy Christmas classics performed by singer Jo Harrop and virtuoso pianist Paul Edis, who recently won Album Of The Year at the 2023 Parliamentary Jazz Awards for their critically acclaimed long-player, When Winter Turns To Spring. They will be joined by a world-class nine-piece band featuring some of the finest jazz musicians in the UK as they perform a set of fresh new arrangements especially written for the occasion by Edis.
Taking the audience on a magical musical journey that goes from festive classics such as Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas and Winter Wonderland to new takes on traditional hymns and carols including O Holy Night and In The Bleak Midwinter, A Jazzy Christmas Evening will undoubtedly be one of the musical highlights of the year.
Raised on a musical diet of Nina Simone, Ella Fitzgerald and Aretha Franklin, Jo Harrop has established herself as one of the most unmistakable voices in British jazz. Having signed to London-based jazz label, Lateralize Records, she released Weathering The Storm, her debut with guitarist, Jamie McCredie, and The Heart Wants, which has received rave reviews everywhere from The Times to The Guardian, been played extensively on BBC 6 Music, BBC Radio 2 and Jazz FM and is currently riding high in the US Jazz Album Charts. With her beautifully understated smoky voice delicately poised between beguiling sensuality and exquisite fragility, she is one of the brightest stars in the jazz world right now.
Featuring:
Jo Harrop (vocals),
Paul Edis (piano/arrangements)
Alan Barnes (alto sax/clarinet)
Paul Booth (tenor/soprano sax)
Ryan Quigley (trumpet)
Rory Ingham (trombone)
Gareth Lockrane (flute/piccolo)
Dominic Ingham (violin)
Mátyás Hofecker (bass)
Matt Home (drums)
