Kate Williams, John Williams at 606 Club

Tonight we present a CD launch from an intriguing, award-winning, team featuring two of the UK's leading artists, pianist/composer Kate Williams and vocalist/lyricist Georgia Mancio. Along with the brilliant Guastalla String Quartet and special guest, guitar virtuoso John Williams, the ensemble will be performing a collection of songs, old and newly co-written, for jazz trio, string quartet and voice, linked by the concept of home, from their new recording titled "Finding Home". For the first half of the evening the programme will include works from the American Songbook, Chile and Brazil, as well as an original trilogy inspired by true stories of refugees leaving their homes and making the often dangerous journeys across Europe...

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Tonight we present a CD launch from an intriguing, award-winning, team featuring two of the UK's leading artists, pianist/composer Kate Williams and vocalist/lyricist Georgia Mancio. Along with the brilliant Guastalla String Quartet and special guest, guitar virtuoso John Williams, the ensemble will be performing a collection of songs, old and newly co-written, for jazz trio, string quartet and voice, linked by the concept of home, from their new recording titled "Finding Home". For the first half of the evening the programme will include works from the American Songbook, Chile and Brazil, as well as an original trilogy inspired by true stories of refugees leaving their homes and making the often dangerous journeys across Europe. Other facets of 'home', as Kate and Georgia explain "include the natural world, and stories of love, loss and hope, ranging from the local to the global but always with a personal resonance". For the second half of the evening Kate will invite her father, the classical guitarist John Williams, to join her trio and the string quartet. John is unquestionably a true virtuoso, guitar historian Graham Wade describing him as "perhaps the most technically accomplished guitarist the world has seen".

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