Tricity is so unlucky in love that she was dumped by her entire Big Band: that’s twenty two men at the same time. But now she’s found a new band to play with. The Tricity Vogue Slinktet romp their way through swing, latin, and blues as they revisit old favourites, give unexpected songs a jazz twist, and introduce you to some tongue-in-cheek originals that Miss Vogue and her friend Honey Mink deny are inspired by their own romantic misadventures.
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The world of Tricity Vogue
Larger-than-life jazz vamp Tricity Vogue is the creation of writer and singer Heather Tyrrell, who invented her alter ego after a number of bruising romantic encounters prompted her to start composing songs about her misadventures. Tricity burst onto the London scene in 2003 with a philosophical ditty about a one-night-stand, “Well I didn’t want you anywayâ€.
She didn’t yet have a band, or even an accompanist, but she didn’t let a little thing like that stop her, and sang a capella at performance poetry nights. Proving the truth of the philosophy “if you sing it, they will come,†sure enough within months she was performing with a full band behind her, thanks to the musical genius of pianist Miss Connie Vanderlay, who provided the voluptuous jazz chords to complement her words and melodies.
Every jazz diva needs a good gown, and Tricity acquired a suitably dazzling wardrobe thanks to the flamboyant genius of designer and dressmaker Stephane St Jaymes.
Tricity first met her partner in crime Miss Honey Mink while she was out on a date with an electrician from Coventry she picked up at a gig. Honey was singing in the restaurant, and by the end of the night, Tricity was up on stage with her, leaving her date sitting alone in the Hampstead eatery (it was a quiet night). The electrician was never seen again, but Tricity and Honey have been singing together ever since.
Trombone player Sir Fitzroy Callow was found lurking in the back row of Ronnie Scotts polishing his brass, while guitarist Earl Mysterio first materialised in a disreputable after-hours club with cocktail in hand. It wasn’t long before both of them had thoroughly seduced the Vogue ears. Impish drummer Bobby Fresh stepped in to the breech one night as deputy and wowed Miss Vogue so much with his rim-shots that he’s been behind the drums ever since. Rumour has it that Tricity talent-spotted bassist Trousers Mercedes on a yoga holiday in Crete, and guessed that anyone that good at bending must have other hidden talents.
Now the Tricity Vogue slinktet is a seven-piece band, with a mischievous repertoire of jazz, blues, swing and latin numbers, including several unexpected jazzifications of pop classics, plenty of vintage favourites, and a sprinkling of witty originals you might almost think were written 70 years ago, if it weren’t for the suspiciously contemporary lyrics.
What’s more, Miss Vogue has also taken to wandering the open mics of London, troubador-like, with her small pink ukelele - so keep your eyes open for a guerilla glamour appearance near you...
www.tricityvogue.com
And finally, read about the secret life of a jazz singer in Tricity’s blog:
www.tricityvogue.blogspot.com
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“In matters of the heart, a watched kettle never boils. However, this is strictly a metaphor: never admit you actually know how to boil a kettle.†Tricity Vogue
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Miss Vogue strenuously denies the rumours that she is named after a fridge. The fact that her friend once had a 1960s fridge with “Tricity Vogue†written on the front is sheer coincidence xxx