Anita Wardell-'A Swinging Jazz Affair'
“...the most creative Jazz singer in London”
Evening Standard
The winner of two BBC Jazz Awards and a British Jazz Award for ‘Best Jazz Vocalist’, Anita Wardell is renowned for her captivating vocal improvisations. Using her voice as her instrument, Anita displays precision and agility, mixed with heartfelt emotion. Born in the UK, she grew up in Australia, receiving her music degree from Adelaide University before continuing her studies at the Guildhall School of Music in London. Subsequently, Anita was invited along with Dee Dee Bridgewater and Kurt Elling to take part in a documentary on Ella Fitzgerald for Ovation Television, and was interviewed extensively about Ella’s vocal style. Anita’s seven albums to date have each received glowing praise, the Evening Standard proclaiming her “the most creative jazz singer in London”. Tonight she will be performing a mix of Jazz standards and selected songs from the American Songbook with her A-list trio featuring Robin Aspland (Van Morrison)-piano.
“...the most creative Jazz singer in London” Evening Standard; “…one of the country’s leading...jazz singers” Jazz UK; “First and foremost, it’s the innate musicality of Wardell’s interpretations that impresses” The Jazz Rag; “a model of the Jazz singer’s art” Guardian