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| "Oh the best laid plans. I had said in my last news update that I would be looking to write more regularly. Well, that is still the intention. I'm well into preparations for Christmas with cards prepared and food written - well something along those lines anyway. I'm going to be visiting the Isle of Wight over the Christmas period with a gig on Boxing Day. I'm really looking forward to it. |
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| 2011 has had many highlights. A gig with the splendidly named Cadogan Swing Orchestra in August at the Cadogan Hall doing a programme based around British Big Band music. Visits to venues both old and new and ending the year with gigs at Wilmslow and Carswell (and the Isle of Wight of course). The work that is carried out by folks up and down the country to keep jazz alive is wonderful and their enthusiasm is infectious. |
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| I hope you are all set for Christmas and the New Year and if you are holidaying abroad your plans are not disrupted by weather or indeed anything else for that matter. |
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| A very Merry Christmas and a Happy and Healthy New Year to you all. |
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| Take good care of yourselves and keep warm.
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| Hope to see you soon. |
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| Love Lee."
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| If you would like any further information on any of the dates, please email paul@spmanagement.biz.
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| Also if you would like to order the new CD direct your details including address and phone number to paul@spmanagement.biz we can sort it out. |
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| We're always looking to improve things so if you have any comments regarding the website, venues you can suggest or, indeed, anything else, please email me at paul@spmanagement.biz. |
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| That's it for now - see you soon!
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| REVIEWS FOR 'SONGS OF TIME AND PLACE':-
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| 'I love listening to Lee Gibson, because everything she does sounds right. It's not just a question of pitch and time and clarity of diction, although they are all part of it. The rightness comes from the flair with which she uses these gifts to create a fresh version of a well-known song. How many time have you heard 'It's alright with me' or 'Over the Rainbow'? You might think that there was little more to be revealed about them, but Lee sharpens them up no end. And she does it without resorting to eccentric interpretations or absurd tempos. Essentially, she does what Ella Fitzgerald used to do, gradually opening the thing up and causing it to reveal itself.'Dave Gelly THE MUSICIAN
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| ‘One of the most talented and talked about of today’s singers is Lee Gibson. If you want to know just what she is about and why she is so well regarded, listen to this CD. The more I play the record the more I have enjoyed it. Gibson is undoubtedly a real talent.’ Jazz Review
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| ‘While Cassandra Wilson leads the female vocal field in America, Lee Gibson has comparable status in Britain. She invests the songs with a personal vitality allied to a respect for the lyricists’’ intentions.’ Manchester Evening News
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| ‘All the attributes required to make an accomplished jazz singer, phrasing attack, intonation and the ability to swing are all here. If you want to hear jazz singing with the brakes off this is one for you. This could be a contender for the Female Jazz Vocalist disc of the year’. Jazz Rag
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| ‘A collection of great songs, carefully chosen and carefully arranged, which ought to secure Lee Gibson’s deserved place among the very front rank of UK based vocalists’. Jazz UK
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| ‘And so she goes from strength to strength. I have yet to hear anything less than a good CD by this singer and this set matches up to its predecessors. If you haven’t heard her before this is a wonderful place to start.’ Jazz Journal International
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| ‘Not only has she a wonderful voice, an innate sense of swing and great performing ability, she is also renowned for her musicality and originality of approach. This is a highly sophisticated jazz album, which should be very well received.’ Crescendo
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| 'She is, without doubt, the best jazz singer this country has produced in the last 40 years.' Digby Fairweather |