Katriona Taylor Quintet "Christmas Special" at The Boston Room, George IV

The outstanding jazz vocalist Katriona Taylor brings her A-List quintet back to George IV for this very special Christmas show creatively reworking some of the classic Christmas songs in her own unique jazz arrangements together with some great swinging tunes from the likes of Bacharach, Gershwin and Cole Porter together with a special Latin twist. An established artist on the UK jazz scene, with 6 albums released to date, Katriona is equally at home on the intimate jazz club circuit or performing internationally to an audience of thousands. Katriona has received countless plaudits for her polished live performances and has also supported the legendary 10 times Grammy Award winner George Benson on his world tour and The James Taylor Quartet, amongst others. ...

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The outstanding jazz vocalist Katriona Taylor brings her A-List quintet back to George IV for this very special Christmas show creatively reworking some of the classic Christmas songs in her own unique jazz arrangements together with some great swinging tunes from the likes of Bacharach, Gershwin and Cole Porter together with a special Latin twist. An established artist on the UK jazz scene, with 6 albums released to date, Katriona is equally at home on the intimate jazz club circuit or performing internationally to an audience of thousands. Katriona has received countless plaudits for her polished live performances and has also supported the legendary 10 times Grammy Award winner George Benson on his world tour and The James Taylor Quartet, amongst others.

For this special show Katriona is joined by some of the UK’s leading jazz musicians including the acclaimed pianist John Crawford (Airto Moreira, Norma Winstone, Bjork & Tony Kofi)), the renowned band leader and ace saxophonist Vasilis Xenopoulos, top drummer Chris Nickolls, (Martin Shaw, Jean Toussaint, Jim Mullen) and the noted bassist Simon Little, (Clare Teal, Nick Cave, The Divine Comedy).

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