The Half Moon

http://www.halfmoonpub.co.uk/

10 Half Moon Lane

SE24 9HU

GB

Jazz with The Junction

A new jazz singer, Anita Wardell, comes to Herne Hill. She won the BBC’s Best of Jazz award in 2006.

In this evenings performance she will be joined by Harry Brunt on Sax, Harry Ashworth on Piano, and Luke Fowler on Bass.

Friday 6th October 2023, 8pm Friday 6th October 2023, 10:30pm

Full Price

15.00

Concessions

12.00

Anita Wardell

Winner of the BBC Best of Jazz category in 2006 and a British Jazz award for Best Vocalist in 2013, Anita's formative years were spent soaking up the Rodgers and Hammerstein and Cole Porter classics, and exploring her father’s collection of big band albums by Duke Ellington, Count Basie and many more. During her teens, she started to get to grips with the complexities of modern jazz and discovered Clifford Brown, Cannonball Adderley, Miles Davis and Charlie Parker. At the same time she learned her vocal craft from greats such as Ella Fitzgerald, Mark Murphy, Carmen McRae, Betty Carter, Jon Hendricks and Eddie Jefferson.

She gained her music degree at Adelaide University, and then moved back to the UK where she studied at the Guildhall school of music and drama. Jazzwise Magazine called her “energetic and inventive” while The Guardian proclaimed her “a model of the Jazz singer’s art”, highlighting her clarity, improvisational skills and emotional resonance.

https://www.anitawardell.com/

Harry Brunt

Harry is a London based saxophonist and composer. He has performed at a host of venues and festivals across the UK and internationally, including Kansas Smitty’s, Vortex Jazz Club, Pizza Express Live, Lovebox Festival, EFG London Jazz Festival and Rototom Sunsplash European Reggae Festival. In addition to this, Harry has worked with artist including Jean Carne and Tony Momrelle (incognito) and Cassandra Jenkins.

Harry Ashworth

Harry Ashworth is one of the New Generation of exceptionally talented young Jazz musicians. Son of the Stephen Ashworth a well respected London based pianist in his own right, Harry has just finished studying his undergraduate at Oxford University in Music. He is currently gigging in London and is fast becoming one of London’s most in demand jazz pianists, he is in various projects both as a leader and as a sideman.

Luke Fowler

After spending his formative years in Australia, Luke moved to the UK where he has spent the last 15 years. He opened a Jazz Venue in South London called the Junction which soon became a hub for some of the best musicians in the UK. After Graduating with a Masters in Jazz Performance at London’s Guildhall School of Music, Luke has been busy running a series of projects which he has presented around London.

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