CLARE TEAL & HER MINI BIG BAND " AT YOUR REQUEST"

Clare Teal is one of the UK’s most celebrated and much loved jazz singers, as well as a prolific recording artist and popular BBC Radio 2 broadcaster. To date she has recorded and released 13 albums to public and critical acclaim. Her stunning voice, encyclopaedic knowledge of jazz, swing and big band music, and her innate warmth and wit have made Clare one of the most sought after singers and broadcasters in the country. Grant Windsor is a pianist, composer, arranger, conductor and producer from Perth, Western Australia.He began classical studies early at the age of 9 beginning on flute. This led him to be involved in groups all around Australia from an early age, such as the National Children Wind Ensemble, West Australian Wind Ensemble and at age 17 Grant arranged and performed the original musical "Australian Stories" on tour.Bass player Simon Little is a graduate of The Guildhall School of Music & Drama.  He joined pop group 'The Divine Comedy' in 2001 toured extensively in Europe and the US and is still an active member.  Simon has also toured and recorded with a variety of artists, including Maggie Reilly, Chris Difford, Ben Folds and Nick Cave. He is a regular performer at the National Theatre and started 2012 in rep with "The Comedy of Errors" there, playing an itinerant musician.Ben Reynolds is one of the most creative and gifted drummers in the country and is in constant demand, playing with Clare, 2008 BBC Jazz Award and Ronnie Scotts best newcomer Award Winners FRAUD, Joe Stilgoe and 2009 Parliamentary Jazz Award Best Album Winners The Sam Crockatt Quartet. CLARE TEAL
 

CLARE TEAL & GRANT WINDSOR "AND SO IT GOES"

And So It Goes è una bella raccolta di canzoni senza tempo, registrato in un ambiente intimo da Clare Teal e Grant Windsor. Clare Teal, nata nello Yorkshire è una delle cantanti jazz britanniche, di maggior successo femminile. Gran vocalista, è stata interessata al jazz fin dalla più tenera età. Ha preso ad  interesarsi a cantanti come Ella Fitzgerald, prendendo poi lezioni di organo e clarinetto.  E sin  dall'inizio della sua carriera professionale jazz, avvenuta nel 1995, Teal ha pubblicato diversi album e vinto molti premi, tra cui la cantante jazz della BBC nell'anno 2006. In quest'album è in splendido duetto con Grant Windsor, pianista, compositore e direttore d'orchestra di Perth, dell' Australia occidentale. Egli iniziò i suoi studi sul flauto, dove ottenne un posto nell'Orchestra di fiati di fama nazionale sin dall'età di 14 anni. Mentre studiava flauto, Grant ha insegnato pianoforte e iniziato a comporre allo stesso tempo. Ha suonato con molti artisti, tra cui Frank Foster, Sandy Evans, Sarah e Leila Petronio, Don Burrows, James Morrison, Janet Seidel e Randy Brecker.  CLARE TEAL
GRANT WINDSOR