Music:
Member Since: 5/31/2008
Band Website: www.pearljazz.com
Band Members: We are Pearl Jazz, we are based in the north west, in the band we have Jeff Kemp on piano, Gavin Perry on drums, Ben Darrington on bass, Alan Lever on guitar and myself Shirlee providing the vocals,
We play sassy swing, beautiful ballads, latin, dance, we all have a love of jazz and are working on our own material too,
We can split and become a duo, trio, we can also play with other bands if requested, but usually its the Pearl Jazz quartet and myself, we play at all the jazz festivals in the northwest, we re at the Wigan jazz festival in July,
we play at weddings, private parties,corporate events, and some lovely intimate venues like Project X in Buxton, we are all very experienced, we have some of UKs top musicians in our band, I appeared on Stars in their eyes as Dana and we do a great swing version,
please look at our website www.pearljazz.com
We can get you in the party mood or provide some gorgeous accessible jazz,
thanks x we are also playing at Buxton fringe in July,
we play at the Trafford centre too,,,next gig 14th june 08
Influences: Well for me, its Souxxie and the banshees, blue ronda a la turk, Connie
Francis, Alessi brothers, Nina Simone, Julie London,Tori Amos, Billie Holiday, Peggy Lee, Blondie, Stevie Wonder, Randy Crawford, Simply Red, Matt Bianco, Swing out sister, Dean Martin, Mario Lanza, Bowie, Visage, Duffy, Adele, latin guitar music. Quincy Jones, Windjammer, Marvin Gaye, Coltrane, Stan Getz, Astrid Gilberto, Norah Jones, Chic Korea, Elvis, ill check with the guys too,
Record Label: Unsigned