Sarah Gillespie's 'American Blue' at PizzaExpress Jazz Club Soho

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Sarah Gillespie's 'American Blue' - reimagining the songs of Fats Waller, Odetta, Robert Johnson, Mose Allison, Lois Armstrong, Bessie Smith and more. Critically acclaimed Anglo-American singer-songwriter Sarah Gillespie digs into the narrative songs of the Delta performing the songs of raucous wit, honky-tonk banter and bitter melancholia that shaped her own songwriting. With Mercury-nominated Kit Downes (piano), James Maddren (drums), Chris Montague (guitar), Ben Bastin (bass), plus special guests.

"Gillespie's realism, passionate energy, wry wit and insight into the personal and social challenges Bessie Smith faced in the 1920s and 30s make her an appropriate torch-bearer." The Guardian