Emily Saunders ESB at St. James Theatre

‘Absolutely brilliant’ Jamie Cullum, BBC Radio2

★★★★ ‘Next big thing’ Evening Standard

‘One for the jazz dance clubs’ Gilles Peterson, BBC Radio 6

‘The outrageously good Emily Saunders. An extraordinary talent’ Chris Philips, JazzFM

Critically acclaimed Emily Saunders returns to St James bringing special guest Michèle Drees for another exciting evening of The Latin Mix – Brazilian and funk vibes with a London twist.

London based Michèle Drees is an established drummer, latin percussionist, vocalist, guitarist and composer and has been active on the Music scene for more than 30 years. During this time Michèle has played with top Artists across a wide variety of genres including Marc Almond, Kirsty MacColl, Badmarsh and Shri, Ive Mendes, KD Lang, Susanne Vega, Candy Dulfer, Ian Shaw, Claire Martin, and Jean Toussaint to name but a few. Performing on many of the great stages, Royal Albert Hall, The Barbican, Ronnie Scott’s and numerous Jazz Festivals throughout the world including Montreux....

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‘Absolutely brilliant’ Jamie Cullum, BBC Radio2

★★★★ ‘Next big thing’ Evening Standard

‘One for the jazz dance clubs’ Gilles Peterson, BBC Radio 6

‘The outrageously good Emily Saunders. An extraordinary talent’ Chris Philips, JazzFM

Critically acclaimed Emily Saunders returns to St James bringing special guest Michèle Drees for another exciting evening of The Latin Mix – Brazilian and funk vibes with a London twist.

London based Michèle Drees is an established drummer, latin percussionist, vocalist, guitarist and composer and has been active on the Music scene for more than 30 years. During this time Michèle has played with top Artists across a wide variety of genres including Marc Almond, Kirsty MacColl, Badmarsh and Shri, Ive Mendes, KD Lang, Susanne Vega, Candy Dulfer, Ian Shaw, Claire Martin, and Jean Toussaint to name but a few. Performing on many of the great stages, Royal Albert Hall, The Barbican, Ronnie Scott’s and numerous Jazz Festivals throughout the world including Montreux.

Rhythm Tap and Drumming are the things that set Michele’s soul on fire…they are from the same family. Michèle also has a deep love for everything Brazilian, her band ‘Sonhos do Brasil’ in which she also sings in Portuguese and plays guitar, utilises the many diverse rhythms of Latin America.

Emily has a reputation for exciting, vibrant live performances. She brings exuberant, hip swaying grooves and romantic melodic songs wrap around Brazilian rhythms alongside musicianship of the highest order. She is established as a supremely talented vocalist, composer, songwriter, producer and lyricist; with her music broadcast nationally on BBC Radio 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 , XFM, JazzFM, and on radio stations around the world inc. Australia, Japan, Mexico, Spain, Germany, South Africa, Sweden, Abu Dhabi, plus charting internationally on iTunes and Amazon.

Her band highlights exceptional musicians – international trumpeter Byron Wallen, “one of the most innovative, exciting and original trumpet players alive” – Jazzwise Magazine (played with Courtney Pine, Mica Paris, Loose Ends), Steve Pringle, piano (worked with Joss Stone, Michael Kiwanuka, Abram Wilson, Denys Baptiste), Paul Michael, bass (Julian Joseph and Liane Carroll), George Hart, drums (Swing Out Sister, Ivo Neame).

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