Ian Shaw ft. Jamie Safir
“an eye-watering vocal range and bucketloads of soul”
BBC
Record producer, broadcaster, raconteur, pianist oh, and one of Europe’s finest male jazz vocalists, Ian Shaw has it all. Named Best Vocalist of the Year twice(!) at the BBC Jazz Awards and most recently 2018 Parliamentary Jazz Awards "Vocalist of The Year", the multi-award-winning Ian Shaw is a huge talent with the most engaging personality and an ability to make every song his own. Described as “the voice of the decade” it is not by chance that he was the first British Jazz vocalist to be signed to American label, Milestone, which resulted in a number of highly acclaimed US recordings. A wry, witty and intelligent showman, Ian has an international reputation, including sell-out tours of the US, Canada and Australia.
The setlist will feature material from Ian's 2023 album, 'Greek Street Friday'. With eleven songs (or 'portraits'), it's taken from Ian's life in "1980s London, New York, loving and losing, basement bars, poets, friendships, lovers, near-escapes and far-away places', captured in a way that only Ian can do. He's joined on piano by Jamie Safir (also the album's producer), who in addition to playing with Ian for a number of years has also worked with Emma Smith, Will Young, Judi Jackson & the Brand New Heavies.
“One of the scene's class acts” The Guardian; “…our finest Jazz singer” Time Out; “an eye-watering vocal range and bucketloads of soul” BBC; “an artist on top of his game” Jazzwise; “Jamie is one of those pianists who seem to inhabit the piano” London Jazz News