| Emma Smith |
To start October in style, my new band - Sector 7 - had its first
rehearsal. As you may guess, Sector 7 is a seven-piece band,
and it features jazz trio with 4 singers. I’m very excited about
where it may go.
The inspiration to set up this band came from watching a gig
with Pete Churchill’s London Vocal Project. For part of the
set, the choir sang behind the Jessica Berry quartet, and I was so
overwhelmed by the sound of so many voices and the power that
| Shakka Phillip |
similar project. Setting up a choir, however, is a massive
logistical stress, and Pete's group already does it brilliantly.
So the idea to create a jazz band with backing singers was born.
I’m joined behind the mic(s) by Emma Smith - London Jazz
Vocal Award nominee 2010, Kwabena Adjepong and
Shakka Phillip. This band was conceived as being my jazz
quartet with backing singers, but I soon realised that I was
working with 3 singers better than me! They are terrifically
talented, and the two boys have roots in soul music, so the
group - while predominantly being a jazz group - is exploring
repertoire from artists like Stevie Wonder and Erykah Badu
to showcase the diversity in voices that we have as a foursome.
We will be recording an EP later in the year, and touring the
group in 2011. Watch this space!
| Sarah Ellen Hughes |
Shakka Phillip. This band was conceived as being my jazz
quartet with backing singers, but I soon realised that I was
working with 3 singers better than me! They are terrifically
talented, and the two boys have roots in soul music, so the
group - while predominantly being a jazz group - is exploring
repertoire from artists like Stevie Wonder and Erykah Badu
to showcase the diversity in voices that we have as a foursome.
We will be recording an EP later in the year, and touring the
group in 2011. Watch this space!
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| Kwabena Adjepong |
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