Mary Hegarty Sings The Jazz Songbook at Guinness Cork Jazz Festival at Curtis Auditorium, Cork School Of Music

Mary Hegarty Sings the Jazz Songbook

With: Cormac McCarthy – Piano; Johnny Scott – Guitar; David Whitla – Bass; Davy Ryan – Drums; John O’Connor – Saxophone & Flute

Cork’s favourite international operatic soprano turns to the dark side again for another chapter of the Jazz Songbook. Channelling jazz divas such as Ella Fitzgerald, Peggy Lee, Diana Krall and Stacey Kent, Mary brings her unique vocal quality to the great standards with a swing that might surprise her operatic fans. She is equally at home with Gershwin and Gounod and slots into her stellar jazz quintet as easily as she fronts the RTE Concert Orchestra. ...

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Mary Hegarty Sings the Jazz Songbook

With: Cormac McCarthy – Piano; Johnny Scott – Guitar; David Whitla – Bass; Davy Ryan – Drums; John O’Connor – Saxophone & Flute

Cork’s favourite international operatic soprano turns to the dark side again for another chapter of the Jazz Songbook. Channelling jazz divas such as Ella Fitzgerald, Peggy Lee, Diana Krall and Stacey Kent, Mary brings her unique vocal quality to the great standards with a swing that might surprise her operatic fans. She is equally at home with Gershwin and Gounod and slots into her stellar jazz quintet as easily as she fronts the RTE Concert Orchestra.

This is a full-length concert in the hi-fidelity acoustics of the Curtis Auditorium, leave the straw hats at home…

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