Hannah Horton and Laura Impallemoni lead an all-female line-up for a summer’s evening concert celebrating Women in Jazz on the lawn at Watts Gallery. Bring a picnic and a bottle or two of your favourite summer’s drink and enjoy an evening of great live music in this historic setting.
EVENT INFO
Featuring Hannah Horton - Tenor/Baritone Sax, Laura Impallomeni - Trombone, Wendy Kirkland - Piano, Marianne Windham - Double bass, Suzanne Cross - Drums
Location
Experience the magical atmosphere of the Watts Gallery - Artist’s Village on a summer evening and, on the final opening day of Halima Cassell: Into the Earth, why not take the opportunity for a last chance to visit the display, before joining us for some Summertime jazz vibes. A pop-up bar will be available to purchase drinks and you are welcome to bring along picnic blankets and food to settle in for a celebration of Women in Jazz.
Parking on site. This event will take place come rain or shine, you are welcome to bring blankets, cushions and fold-out seats but no gazebos, please.
Timings
5pm to 7pm
If you have any questions please contact us at info@guildfordjazz.org.uk
TICKETS
Adult £20 | Guildford Jazz members £18 | Child £10 | Student Guildford Jazz Member £9
WHO'S PLAYING?
Hannah Horton
An official Henri Selmer Artist, alumni of the prestigious Guildhall School of Music and Drama and Trinity Laban, and member of award winning Women In Jazz Media, Hannah Horton works the jazz world in her own authentic way. Her most recent album has received critical acclaim worldwide and she continues to wow audiences with her creative, compelling, emotive and alluring playing, alongside her warm and charming personality on stage. She has showcased her skills alongside a plethora of great artists such as Amy Winehouse, Ian Shaw, John Etheridge, Georgia Mancio and has performed at all of the UK!s most prominent jazz venues such as Ronnie Scott’s, The Royal Festival Hall, the Barbican, 606 Jazz Club and selling out at two 2021 London Jazz Festival shows.
“Rising star Hannah Horton is turning heads” BBC Music Magazine ****
Laura Impallomeni
The inspirational Laura Impallomeni brings the trombone to the fore, with an exciting evening of exhilarating music that will leave you wanting more. A graduate of Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, Laura plays in a plethora of diverse projects, from swing to jive, reggae, afro beat and Latin music, as well as various experimental music projects. She has also toured with the renowned ‘Giffords Circus’ and runs 11-piece afro-jazz band ‘Yamäya’ that are about to release their debut album on Funkiwala Records. Laura has been named ‘one to watch’ by award winning legend, Maxine Gordon.
Wendy Kirkland
Pianist and singer Wendy Kirkland has been a mainstay of the UK Jazz scene since the late noughties, but it was her first album, Piano Divas, released in 2017 that began her ascent to wider recognition as a “Singing Pianist”, as dubbed by Jazz Journal. The ability to sing at the same time as comping and craft solos on the piano or unison piano/voice scat lines is her forte, with influences such as Diana Krall, Eliane Elias and Dena DeRose. Further accolades were given for her 2019 release The Music’s On Me. Both albums prompted ACE funded tours all over the UK and constant radio airplay ever since.
Marianne Windham
The founder and driving force behind Guildford Jazz, and co-founder of Fleet Jazz, bass player Marianne Windham started her musical life playing cello, switching much later to bass. In 2011 she left a successful career in software consultancy to pursue learning bass full time, and has become well established on the scene, performing with many of the UK’s best known jazz musicians at clubs and festivals around the country.
Suzanne Cross
Suzanne is the drummer from the London Gay Big Band (LGBB), as has been playing with the band since it was founded in the summer of 2011. In addition to playing the drumkit when the LGBB reached the semi-finals of Britain's Got Talent in 2014, performing live to a television audience of 8 million people, she has also played at Ronnie Scott's, BST Hyde Park Festival, Southbank Centre, main stage at Trafalgar Square for Pride in London, main stage at BT London Live in Victoria Park (part of London 2012 Olympics), Roundhouse, Hackney Empire, The Lord Mayor's Show and Charing Cross Theatre, among many others. Suzanne played on the band’s debut album BRAVE which was recorded at Abbey Road Studios with some of Britain's finest vocalists from Jazz and West End, including Ian Shaw, Clare Teal, Claire Martin, Ria Jones and Emma Hatton.
DIRECTIONS
SEATING
Please bring your own seating - the concert is on the lawned area outside the Gallery , seating is not provided