Stormy Emotions: Sarah Moule & Simon Wallace at Chandos Arms Jazz

For the last 18 years of her life lyricist Fran Landesman (1927-2011) met every week with composer Simon Wallace to write songs. So far Sarah Moule has introduced 45 of their songs over five CDs, and for her forthcoming appearance at Chandos Arms Jazz she'll be singing some from her latest album Stormy Emotions.

Born In New York City Fran moved to London in 1964. During her lifetime her words were recorded by Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Barbra Streisand and many others.

Sarah Moule has established a reputation as one of Britain’s most exciting jazz vocal talents. She has performed with many stalwarts of British jazz including Ian Shaw, Claire Martin, Iain Ballamy, Tim Garland and Steve Waterman to name but a few. She toured the Mediterranean with Ronnie Scott’s pianist John Critchinson in ‘A Tribute To Ronnie Scott’, performing opposite the legendary bebop duo Jackie & Roy. She was also featured vocalist with the John Wilson Orchestra for many years....

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For the last 18 years of her life lyricist Fran Landesman (1927-2011) met every week with composer Simon Wallace to write songs. So far Sarah Moule has introduced 45 of their songs over five CDs, and for her forthcoming appearance at Chandos Arms Jazz she'll be singing some from her latest album Stormy Emotions.

Born In New York City Fran moved to London in 1964. During her lifetime her words were recorded by Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Barbra Streisand and many others.

Sarah Moule has established a reputation as one of Britain’s most exciting jazz vocal talents. She has performed with many stalwarts of British jazz including Ian Shaw, Claire Martin, Iain Ballamy, Tim Garland and Steve Waterman to name but a few. She toured the Mediterranean with Ronnie Scott’s pianist John Critchinson in ‘A Tribute To Ronnie Scott’, performing opposite the legendary bebop duo Jackie & Roy. She was also featured vocalist with the John Wilson Orchestra for many years.

“As soon as Simon played me the songs he’d been writing with Fran Landesman I knew I wanted to sing them” says Sarah. “They resonated with me, musically and lyrically – great tunes and lyrics that seemed to be about how we live today and the emotional highs and lows we all have to deal with. I immediately started singing them on the gigs I was doing in Soho and haven’t stopped yet”.

Simon Wallace has had a varied international career as a composer, pianist and musical director. He has performed in 26 countries and appears regularly at Ronnie Scott’s Club, The Vortex and the 606 Club in London and has played several seasons at The Cafe Carlyle and The Metropolitan Room in New York. From 1993 until her death in 2011 he wrote songs with American lyricist Fran Landesman and for over 30 years worked with the late Simon Brint composing music for some of Britain’s most popular TV shows. He has been musical director for many singers including Ian Shaw, Claire Martin and Clare Teal and in recent years Barb Jungr.

“Massive talent and perfect technique…Sarah Moule stands in the very top flight of UK vocalists” LondonJazz.com

“…such a compelling interpreter of a lyric” Jazz Journal

“I got lucky meeting Simon. That he married Sarah Moule was a bonus. She’s the jazz vocalist par excellence.” Fran Landesman

with Neville Malcolm: bass • Jeremy Shoham: sax • Rick Finlay: drums

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