CLARE TEAL
The Diva’s and Me!
Our very own Queen of Swing celebrates the music of her heroines, the leading lights of the jazz and big band world Ella Fitzgerald, Peggy Lee, Judy Garland, Doris Day and many of their illustrious contemporaries.
The multi award winning singer and BBC Radio 2 broadcaster demonstrates also the influence these characters have had on her own acclaimed catalogue of work.
Known for her knowledge and love of the Great American Songbook and more recently The Great British Songbook.
With wit and warmth Clare tells outrageous anecdotes of their extraordinary lives and points to the future of Diva-dom with a few relevant originals and more modern day covers.
Her top flight accompaniment is led by pianist Grant Windsor. A not to be missed evening of Feel Good music, inspired by the greats and played by the best.
The evening promises to be as varied as it is entertaining, with Clare’s inimitable humour and banter mixed perfectly with uplifting ballads and up-tempo classics, old and new.
Yorkshire born Clare Teal is one of the most successful female British jazz singers in decades with a string of albums behind her, including the UK National Top 20 hit and award winning album “Don’t Talk”.
After signing to Sony in 2004, this was to be Clare’s breakthrough album and it is an exquisite record of tender jazz that perfectly exemplifies just what a talent she is.
Critical acclaim poured in from the national broadsheets and magazines for Clare, who then went on to write and record her fifth studio album ‘Paradisi Carousel’ which saw her music move towards a more mainstream pop style.
However in 2008, Clare embraced a return to her first love – jazz with the release of ‘Get Happy’ on the Universal imprint W14 Music.
From presenting her BBC Radio 2 shows, to supporting Liza Minnelli, performing at the Royal Albert Hall with the John Wilson Orchestra as part of the BBC Proms, picking up one of BASCA’s coveted Gold Badge awards alongside Mick Hucknell and Joan Armatrading, not to mention being crowned Yorkshire Arts Personality of the Year for a second time, Clare Teal can do it all – which is how her concerts can cover such a huge spectrum of sounds and genres so wonderfully.
Clare also won British Jazz Singer Of The Year in both 2005 and 2007, and BBC Jazz Singer Of The Year 2006.
UK TOUR DATES
Saturday 1st June @ Chipping Sodbury Town Hall Jazz Festival, Gloucester 01454 852222 £20
Wednesday 19th June @ Queens College, Taunton Rotary Club, Taunton, Somerset TA1 4QS £TBC
Thursday 20th June @ Townsend Hall, Shipston on Stour, CV36 4AE with Midland Youth Jazz Orchestra £15 7pm
Thursday 11th July @ Theatre Royal Wakefield, Drury Lane, Wakefield WF1 2TE Tel: 01924 211 311 http://www.theatreroyalwakefield.co.uk/whatson/index.asp?b=g&g=12
£17, £15, £12.50 (plus concessions)
Friday 12th July @ Harrogate Jazz Festival, 32 Cheltenham Parade, Harrogate, HG1 1DB Tel: 01423 562303 http://harrogateinternationalfestivals.com/uncategorized/harrogate-festival-2013/
Saturday 20th July @ Marlborough Jazz Festival, Marlborough, Wiltshire Tel: 01672 515 095 http://www.marlboroughjazz.com
NEW DATES JUST CONFIRMED IN RED:
Saturday 3rd August @ Snape Proms, Snape Maltings, Suffolk, IP17 1SP £22 – £18 – proms 6.50 Tel: 01728 687110 http://www.aldeburgh.co.uk/events/clare-teal
Tuesday 13th August @ Edinburgh Festival – Duo with Grant Windsor MORE INFO TBC
Wednesday 14th August @ Edinburgh Festival – Duo with Grant Windsor MORE INFO TBC
Friday 23rd August @ Ilkley Summer Festival – King’s Hall, Ilkley with Pee Wee Ellis and Leeds Community Big Band £25 – £19 Boxes £100 Tel: 01943 602319http://summerfestival.ilkley.org/events/music/116-clare-teal-and-her-big-band.html
Saturday 24th August @ HEADLINING Burton Jazz Festival – Burton on Trent, Staffordshire, DE14 1NG £18 £16 early bird offer until end July Tel: 01283 532880http://burtonjazzfestival.com/artists/1clare-teal/
Saturday 14th September @ The Old Granary, nr Beccles, Suffolk £22 Tel: 01502 679088 http://www.oldgranarystudio.co.uk/Dreamweaver%20Site/Granary%20Template/template009/index%20test%202.htm
Sunday 29th Sept @ Queens Theatre, Hornchurch, Romford, Essex, RM11 1QT Tel: 01708 443333
http://www.queens-theatre.co.uk/whats-on
Saturday 5th October @ Wiltshire Music Centre, Ashley Road, Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire, BA15 1DZ Tel: 01225 860100 http://www.wiltshiremusic.org.uk/whatsonbuy/upcoming
Friday 11th October @ Cornerstone, 25 Station Road, Didcot, Oxon, OX11 7NE Tel: 01235 515144 http://www.cornerstone-arts.org/CornerstoneArtsCentreDidcot/107.id
Saturday 12th October @ Rope Tackle Centre, Little High Street, Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex, BN43 5EG Tel: 01273 464440http://www.ropetacklecentre.co.uk/whats-on/
Monday 14th October @ Bewdley Festival, Worcestershire Tel: 01299 404808 http://www.bewdleyfestival.org.uk
Friday 18th October @ Leatherhead Theatre, 7 Church Street, Leatherhead, Surrey, KT22 8DN Tel: 01372 365 141 https://www.leatherhead-tickets.co.uk
Sunday 3rd November @ Radlett Centre, 1 Aldenham Avenue, Radlett, Hertfordshire, WD7 8HL Tel: 01923 859291 http://www.radlettcentre.co.uk/What-s-On
Friday 15th November @ Pizza Express, The Pheasantry, Kent http://www.pizzaexpresslive.com/popList.aspx
Sunday 17th November @ Tithe Barn, Cheltenham Road, Bishop’s Cleeve, GL52 8LU Tel: 07542 101 705 http://www.cleevetithebarn.org.uk/Open_news.htm
Saturday 23rd November @ The Flavel, Flavel Place, Dartmouth, Devon, TQ6 9ND Tel: 01803 839530 http://theflavel.org.uk/TheFlavel.dll/WhatsOn
Saturday 30th November @ Boisdale of Canary Wharf, Cabot Place, Canary Wharf, London, E14 4QT Tel: 020 7715 5818 http://tickets.boisdale.co.uk/pages/events/clare-teal/10-05-2013/
Friday 6th December @ The Sands, Palatine Buildings, Promenade, Blackpool, FY1 4TQ Tel: 01253 62 52 62 £39.99 incl 3 course meal
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Thursday 12th December @ Pizza Express, Dean Street http://www.pizzaexpresslive.com/jazzList.aspx
Friday 13th December @ Pizza Express, Dean Street http://www.pizzaexpresslive.com/jazzList.aspx
Saturday 14th December @ Astor Theatre, Stanhope Road, Deal, Kent, CT14 6AB Tel: 01304 370220 http://www.theastor.org
Sunday 15th December @ Pizza Express, Maidstone, Kent http://www.pizzaexpresslive.com/maidstoneList.aspx
Thursday 19th December @ The Maltings, Bridge Square, Farnham, Surrey, GU9 7QR Tel: 01252 745444 https://farnhammaltings.com
See Clare in action…
Clare Teal performs Secret Love @ Royal Albert Hall
Clare Teal performs Clap Yo Hands @ Royal Albert Hall
Clare Teal performs Chasing Cars @ Stables, Wavendon
Listen to Clare on BBC Radio 2 every week…
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