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The Jo Harrop Trio Presents The Billie Holliday Songbook at The Boston Room, George IV
Courtesy of Larry Pryce | Posted on May 8, 2023
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Thu, May 18, 2023
19:30
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Critically acclaimed jazz singer Jo Harrop, “Comparable with some of the best in female jazz singers from the genre’s Golden Age ….” Simply Jazz Talk, honours the most distinct voice in jazz history, and sings the songbook of one of her biggest inspirations, Billie Holiday. Called ‘Lady Day’ by her closest jazz partner, the tenor sax giant Lester Young, whom she christened ‘Prez’, Billie was a superstar of her time. Her unique style and legacy continues to this day embodying what is elegant and cool in contemporary music, her warm emotive and careworn vocal delivery getting right to the heart of the songs she recorded and sang, just as if she had lived each and every lyric....