Rebecca Askew

An evening of songs and stories that celebrate female jazz composers of the twentieth century, featuring songs from some of the most accomplished and prolific musicians who created hits for the likes of Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald and Nat King Cole.

 

Illustrated with archive audio and visuals the show tells the story of the woman who was instrumental in shaping the sound of the swing band era; introduces the woman from South London who was in Harlem that day in 1958 when Art Kane took his iconic photograph of jazz musicians; and solves the mystery of the two Irenes.

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With multi-instrumentalist Charlotte Glasson, pianist Victoria Wilson and bassist John Bedford