Saturday 3 October 2026
The POSK Festival of Jazz Voice returns on the first weekend of October 2026 to celebrate the excellence, beauty, and innovation that the great singers of jazz embody!
During the 3rd edition the festival you will be able to hear some of those outstanding voices in their element.
Let's celebrate again the broad and abundant vocal excellence in London, together at Jazz Café POSK during the weekend of 2nd and 3rd of October 2026!
Saturday 3 October 2025:
Set 1: BASIA BARTZ
Set 2: CHARLIE PYNE
Set 3: IAN SHAW
Set 4: NORMA WINSTONE
SET 1 (8 pm): BASIA BARTZ Trio
Born and raised in Poland, vocalist, violinist and pianist Basia Bartz has established herself as a prolific player on the London music scene. She’s been a member of a myriad of bands and projects across genres, spanning jazz, folk, Americana and experimental… Basia began singing and composing original songs in 2019. For her piano-led compositions Basia put together a jazz trio and currently they are in the process of recording their debut album. In this intimate set of original compositions and jazz standards Basia will combine sounds from musical worlds she’s visited and weave them into an intricate and evocative musical tapestry.
Line up: Basia Bartz – vocal, violin, keyboards; Ben Reed – bass guitar; Chris Jones – drums
Video 1 (“Cienia”- live): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bf0AHG1T5ZU&list=RDBf0AHG1T5ZU&start_radio=1
SET 2 (8:40 pm): CHARLIE PYNE Quartet
Charlie Pyne is a singer and double bassist who is in great demand on the London jazz scene. As well as writing and recording her own original music, Charlie has always championed the Great American Songbook and grew up listening to and playing music from the swing era, which comes across in her joyful approach to this fantastic music. Tonight, Charlie and her band will celebrate one of the most iconic jazz singers, the woman who defined the sound of the swing era: Peggy Lee. Expect to hear Peggy’s biggest hits such as ‘Fever’, ‘He’s a Tramp’ and ‘Why Don’t You Do Right’ and some lesser-known compositions recorded during her seven-decade career.
“(Charlie’s) playing and singing is instantly engaging and full of personality” - Jazz Journal
Line up: Charlie Pyne - vocal and double bass; Luke Pinkstone - saxophone, clarinet and flute; Rob Brockway – piano; Katie Patterson – drums
Video 1 (“Peggy showreel” – Charlie Pyne Quartet live): https://youtu.be/LVvFAzVJWVA
SET 3 (9:20pm): IAN SHAW
In a career spanning three decades, Ian Shaw is widely regarded as the best male jazz vocalist the UK has produced, with 19 albums to his name, performing in the UK and worldwide both solo and in collaboration with an array of first-class musicians and ensembles. Shaw's recordings and live performances as a jazz singer have been recognised by two BBC jazz awards (2004 and 2007), a Parliamentary award (2018) and numerous award nominations including Downbeat Magazine (2017) and Jazz FM (2013 and 2019). Tonight Ian Shaw will perform his hugely popular solo show, taking in Joni Mitchell, classic American standards, a smattering of contemporary songwriters (Bowie, Leonard Cohen, Stevie Wonder), laced with some of his pithy and often moving originals.
"Praised far and wide as the greatest male jazz singer Britain has to offer" - Jazz Times (US)
"Shaw's ability to match outstanding technical execution with genuine deep emotion" - Eddie Mayer, Jazz Views.Net
“Artistry of the highest order” - Simon Callow
Line up: Ian Shaw – vocals, piano
Video 1 (“Dance Me to the End of Love”): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWgoLV4-lFo&t=1s
SET 4 (10:15 pm): NORMA WINSTONE: “A Timeless Place”
The iconic jazz artist Norma Winstone will present a truly special set at the festival – it’s called “A Timeless Place”… The Artist herself says,“there are places that are special to us for all kinds of personal reasons. Then there are places we have only heard about or can imagine. They often inspire music. I love both the reality and the imagined. My songs tonight will be about that sense of attachment, or... imagination”. Get ready for a rare treat indeed! Norma Winstone is widely considered one of the best jazz artists in the world. She has been at the forefront of vocal jazz for many years and recorded several albums for ECM with her European trio (one of which was nominated for a Grammy). She was awarded an MBE in 2007.
“One of the Glories of contemporary Jazz” - Jazz Journal
“It is unlikely that there is a better jazz singer than Miss Winstone. She has none of the histrionics which mar so much of the work of her contemporaries, and one is left with tasteful ideas, expressed in pure musical form” – Steve Voce, Jersey Evening Post
“.. a superb example of state-of-the-art, imaginative, virtually beyond-definition singing” - Don Heckman, Los Angeles Times
Video 1 (“Timeless Place”): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6seXOCwrlc
Line up: Norma Winstone – vocal; Gareth Williams - piano; Mark Lockheart - saxophones
More information about artists here:
Basia Bartz: https: www.basiabartz.com
Charlie Pyne: www.charliepyne.co.uk
Ian Shaw: www.ianshaw.biz
Norma Winstone: www.normawinstone.com
