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Lounge Lizards

Sassy jazz duo. SEE WEBSITE FOR ALL GIGS LISTINGS!

About Me

SEE GIGS PAGE AT www.loungelizards.co.uk FOR ALL GIGS LISTINGS!! Karen and Andy started performing together as a duo in February 2005 and haven't looked back! Now performing regularly in and around Sheffield and expanding their horizons more and more, their reputation is gaining momentum as their passion for the music they play increases with every gig. With an almost uncanny (and sometimes scary...) ability to come up with the same ideas at any one time, their obvious musical connection and compatability shines through their performances.Karen's voice is rich, sultry and evocative. Andy plays in the style of Freddie Green, Jim Hall and Wes Montgomery. From velvet ballads that bring a lump to your throat and a tear to your eye such as "Someone To Watch Over Me" and "Misty", through more foot-tapping classics such as "My Baby Just Cares For Me" and "The Girl From Ipanema", to powerful belters "Feeling Good" and "Stop!" Lounge Lizards aim to surprise and delight their audience with an ever expanding and mood changing repertoire. Lounge Lizards also play as a quintet with the very talented Wendy Kirkland on piano, Paul Gray on bass and Ian Beestin on drums. Listen to "Let Me In" written by Karen and Andy and performed by the band on the sample tracks at the top of this page.


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Member Since: 7/12/2006
Band Website: loungelizards.co.uk
Band Members: Karen Lake - vocals & Andy Chantry - guitar
Influences: As well as those amazing singers mentioned in "sounds like" (see below) we both love Chet Baker, Louis Armstrong, Dinah Washington, Dianne Reeves, Stacey Kent, Duke Ellington, Leon Redbone, Cab Calloway, The Beatles, The Doors, Pink Floyd (RIP Syd), Velvet Underground, Cocteau Twins, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Bauhaus, The Cure, Susheela Raman, Natasha Atlas, Gorky's Zygotic Monkeys, David Bowie...sorry, could go on for hours, there's so much AMAZING music out there...
Sounds Like: Lounge Lizards perform the classic songs of Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughan, Nina Simone and Astrud Gilberto.
Record Label: None as yet (all enquiries welcome!)
Type of Label: None

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PLEASE NOTE - ALL GIGS NOW LISTED ON WEBSITE ONLY!

Hi Everyone Please note that all our gigs are now listed on the website only and not on this page anymore. Click on the gigs page on our website at www.loungelizards.co.uk to see the full listin...
Posted by Lounge Lizards on Wed, 02 May 2007 03:35:00 PST

Oh... so this is a blog!

Well this is a first for me! I've never done a blog before (don't laugh, there was a time when you hadn't either!) Am listening to a lovely laid back latin jazz cd by Rosa Passos (first, and definatel...
Posted by Lounge Lizards on Thu, 20 Jul 2006 08:48:00 PST