Tina May with the Dave Cottle Trio and Mornington Lockett on sax

One of the finest jazz vocalists the UK has ever produced…

Where: Festival Pavilion
When: Sunday 3rd May
Time: Tina May plays two sets, with the supporting West Glam Youth Saxophone Quintet set in the middle; first set starts at 1pm; concert ends at 3.30pm

Tina May

Tina May, whose jazz journey started while she was at Cardiff University, has been long and extensively lauded for her vocal art. She was selected Number One Vocalist and the Critic’s Choice at the 1998 BT Jazz Awards and was voted the Critic’s Number One choice for the 1995 British Jazz Vocalist Award. She was also the recipient of London’s Outstanding Young Musician Award in 1993. Given that Britain harbours so many fine jazz vocalists, being recognized as one of the best is no small achievement.

Dave Cottle Trio

The Dave Cottle Trio has built an excellent reputation as the house trio at Swansea Jazzland. Dave Cottle (piano), Alun Vaughan (bass) and Paul Smith (drums) have worked with most of the top UK jazz musicians including Pete King, Alan Barnes, Dave O’Higgins, Bobby Wellins, Dick Pearce, Ben Castle, Don Weller, Jim Mullen, Steve Waterman, Mark Nightingale and Don Rendall, to name a few, along with international jazz performers such as Herb Geller, Howard Alden and Sarah Morrow.

Mornington Lockett

Click here for further information about Mornington.

Reviews

“Tina May remains the most expressive and technically gifted jazz singer on the UK scene.” The Scotsman

“Tina May has always been a resourceful singer, finding unlikely songs and polishing them to a brilliant shine.” The Observer

“Tina’s jazz singing continues to reach new levels of style and taste... her innate command of phrasing and timing, and an irresistible vocal sound... every performance of hers is an object lesson.” The Jazz Rag

“Handles the classics as the gems they still are.” The Guardian

“Tina May is to jazz what Madonna is to pop.” South London Press

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