Bido Lito!

We are so delighted to welcome back the soulful and sultry ms DOREEN EDWARDS: Doreen is a renowed vocalist and regular performer at the Manchester Jazz Festival. With one of the sweetest voices in the Manchester Jazz scene, capable of the tenderest ballad, yet powerful enough to sing Louis Armstrong like Louis Armstrong. Behind Doreen is a strong legacy of studio and session work which she left behind in order to pursue her love of jazz music. Versatile and emotive, nobody else sings it like Doreen!
in her own words: Miles Davis initially inspired me to become a jazz musician and I still frequently think about what he would be doing if he were still alive. A friend of mine said to me last week that you have to think about what of yours you'd play Miles if he walked into the room!!!
The music that I am inspired to play and listen to is all very much rooted in the black American tradition, and all that has influenced that. So for me, it doesn't feel eclectic at all to involve myself in bebop, hip-hop, latin, soul, techno, house or whatever. In particular as a drummer first of all, it seems like a logical route. The drum kit as an instrument didn't exist before jazz and has developed as black music has developed; even an MPC drum machine is a direct development of this tradition, so all this music is very much part of what is for me a very singular journey."

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