Alison Burns Trio at PizzaExpress Jazz Club Soho

Fresh from a sell-out tour of the Far East this rare London show from jazz chanteuse Alison Burns is an evening of smoky jazz vocal classics from The Great American Songbook as well as little-known gems from the likes of Peggy Lee and Julie London.

The Alison Burns Trio features award-winning jazz pianist Dave Newton (Stacey Kent, Guy Barker) and double-bassist Dave Green (Charlie Watts, Humphrey Lyttleton, Coleman Hawkins).

"Burns confirms her pedigree with the lightest of touches – imperceptibly hurrying a word here, stretching another into a soft hoot, stretching a sound into a whispered glissando." John Fordham (The Guardian)...

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Fresh from a sell-out tour of the Far East this rare London show from jazz chanteuse Alison Burns is an evening of smoky jazz vocal classics from The Great American Songbook as well as little-known gems from the likes of Peggy Lee and Julie London.

The Alison Burns Trio features award-winning jazz pianist Dave Newton (Stacey Kent, Guy Barker) and double-bassist Dave Green (Charlie Watts, Humphrey Lyttleton, Coleman Hawkins).

"Burns confirms her pedigree with the lightest of touches – imperceptibly hurrying a word here, stretching another into a soft hoot, stretching a sound into a whispered glissando." John Fordham (The Guardian)

"Burns has a honeyed and assured voice" Clive Davis (The Times)

"She has the ability, rare in all but the best jazz singers, to make even the most frequently heard, over-recorded standards sound fresh and interesting." Jazz Journal

"Fantastic ... superb ... outstanding." ABC Australia

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