Saturday 16 November 2024
Georgia Mancio Quartet - concert included in the official program of the EFG London Jazz Festival 2024!
Multi-award-winning jazz vocalist, lyricist and producer, Georgia Mancio, is a supreme storyteller, creating work of authenticity, adventure, beauty and bite. Whether interpreting her own luminous originals or standards, Georgia’s evoking performances connect deeply with her audiences and linger long in the mind.
Tonight’s performance – uniquely curated for this year’s LJF – spotlights Georgia’s favourite lyrics and lyricists, including Jon Hendricks, Abbey Lincoln and Milton Nascimento, alongside her own works with award-winning pianist/composers, Alan Broadbent and Kate Williams.
Her copious industry acknowledgements include consecutive wins at the Parliamentary Jazz Awards: Best Vocalist (2021) and Best Album for Finding Home with Kate Williams' 'Four Plus Three' (2020), alongside several nominations at the Jazz FM, British Jazz and Urban Music Awards. Her revered partnership with Grammy-winning pianist/composer, Alan Broadbent, has yielded two albums (Quiet Is the Star, Songbook), a book (The Songs of Alan Broadbent and Georgia Mancio) and engagements across Europe and the US, including Ronnie Scott’s and Jazz at Lincoln Center. Other credits include BBC Proms, Liane Carroll, Ian Shaw, Kate Williams, Nigel Price, Pat Metheny (lyric approval), Bobby McFerrin and her own festivals ReVoice! and Hang.
Winner Best Vocalist: Parliamentary Jazz Awards (2021)
Winner Best Album: Parliamentary Jazz Awards (2020)
Winner Best Vocalist: Brussels International Jazz Singers Competition (2005)
Multiple nominee: Jazz FM, Urban Music, British Jazz Awards
Line up:
Georgia Mancio - voice
Kate Williams - piano
Andrew Cleyndert - bass
Dave Ohm – drums
“[Mancio] has everything covered – technical mastery, expressive range and a remarkable versatility” - The Observer
“Impossible not to fall in love with her voice … a magnificent example of strength and talent” Jazz in Europe
“a warm, rich playful sound with intimate, hip phrasing and spot-on intonation…Mancio brings grace and wisdom to each song. Her lyric-writing is sophisticated and sensitive beyond her years” - Jazz Wax
KATE WILLIAMS - award-winning pianist/composer Kate Williams has released several CDs including ‘Smoke and Mirrors’ with Bobby Wellins and ‘Atlas And Vulcana’ with her septet. In 2016 she formed the trio and string quartet ensemble ‘Four Plus Three’, winning Best Album at 2020 Parliamentary Jazz Awards for ‘Finding Home’ with Georgia Mancio and guest John Williams on guitar. Other credits include Chris Biscoe's ‘Mingus Profiles’ and The Pete Hurt Jazz Orchestra.
ANDREW CLEYNDERT - internationally acclaimed, Andrew has worked in the bands of British and international jazz stars including Stan Tracey, Ronnie Scott, Annie Ross, Bobby Wellins, Gene Harris, Junior Mance, Benny Green and Tamir Hendleman. He is also a highly sought after producer and has run his own label, Trio Records, for over 15 years, releasing some 36 albums.
DAVE OHM - a leading player on the UK and international scene for 35 years, with credits including: Ian Shaw, Alan Broadbent, Liane Carroll, Benny Golson, Gregory Porter, Claire Martin, Karin Krog, Rebecca Parris and Anthony Strong. He has also fronted his own bands, and co-produced Georgia Mancio’s albums Trapeze (2008) and Silhouette (2010).
Video 1 (Georgia Mancio with Alan Broadbent): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ayDbxTuMaQ
Video 2 (“The Last Goodbye”): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DT6jK1tkSs
Georgia Mancio Quartet – koncert w oficjalnym programie EFG London Jazz Festival 2024!
Wielokrotnie nagradzana wokalistka jazzowa, autorka tekstów i producentka, Georgia Mancio, doskonale opowiada muzyczne historie, tworzący dzieła pełne autentyczności, przygody, piękna i wyrazu. Niezależnie od tego, czy interpretuje ona własne znakomite utwory, czy standardy, występy Georgii głęboko rezonują z publicznością i na długo zapadają w pamięć.
Dzisiejszy występ – specjalnie przygotowany na tegoroczny LJF – przedstawia ulubione teksty i autorów tekstów Georgii, w tym Jona Hendricksa, Abbey Lincoln i Miltona Nascimento, a także jej własne utwory współtworzone z nagradzanymi pianistami/kompozytorami, Alanem Broadbentem i Kate Williams.
Winner Best Vocalist: Parliamentary Jazz Awards (2021)
Winner Best Album: Parliamentary Jazz Awards (2020)
Winner Best Vocalist: Brussels International Jazz Singers Competition (2005)
Multiple nominee: Jazz FM, Urban Music, British Jazz Awards
Muzycy:
Georgia Mancio – głos
Kate Williams – fortepian
Andrew Cleyndert – bas
Dave Ohm – perkusja
„[Mancio] ma wszystko pod ręką – mistrzostwo techniczne, zakres ekspresji i niezwykłą wszechstronność” – The Observer
„Nie sposób nie zakochać się w jej głosie… wspaniały przykład siły i talentu” - Jazz in Europe
„ciepłe, bogate, zabawne brzmienie z intymnym, hipsterskim frazowaniem i trafną intonacją… Mancio wnosi wdzięk i mądrość do każdej piosenki. Jej teksty są wyrafinowane i wnikliwe jak na jej wiek” – Jazz Wax
