Norma Winstone & Tommy Halferty at Bray Jazz Festival at Bray Town Hall

Norma Winstone is widely regarded as one of Britain’s greatest jazz singers; Tommy Halferty one of Ireland’s most acclaimed and admired guitarists.

Norma and Tommy have collaborated at various intervals in their long and stellar careers thanks to a long-standing friendship. Their show in Bray will celebrate the launch of the duo’s first ever shared recording – on Dublin jazz promoter Allen Smith’s Terrace Records label.

A recording artist on the prestigious European ECM label since the early 1970s, Norma Winstone was awarded an MBE for her contribution to music a decade ago, while as recently as 2015 she was named the jazz vocalist of the year at the UK’s ‘Parliamentary Jazz Awards.’...

read more

Norma Winstone is widely regarded as one of Britain’s greatest jazz singers; Tommy Halferty one of Ireland’s most acclaimed and admired guitarists.

Norma and Tommy have collaborated at various intervals in their long and stellar careers thanks to a long-standing friendship. Their show in Bray will celebrate the launch of the duo’s first ever shared recording – on Dublin jazz promoter Allen Smith’s Terrace Records label.

A recording artist on the prestigious European ECM label since the early 1970s, Norma Winstone was awarded an MBE for her contribution to music a decade ago, while as recently as 2015 she was named the jazz vocalist of the year at the UK’s ‘Parliamentary Jazz Awards.’

Halferty provides a perfect and complementary foil for her disarmingly direct vocal style, and this intimate show at Bray Jazz is an opportunity to witness a vocal genius up close.

show less