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| Jazz Siren Verona Chard Extends UK Tour Five years after making her professional debut with the late, great British jazz lynchpin Humphrey Lyttelton, vocalist Verona Chard has wrapped her sultry tones around a clutch of classic compositions on her own offering, Fever, due for release on July 21. Inspired by the music of another of the nation's great jazz stalwarts, John Dankworth - and his 1964 release Shakespeare and All That Jazz - the West Country chanteuse is now set to take the album on the road. The London-based siren will launch the album with a show at Chelsea jazz institution the 606 Club on the day of its release before playing a series of intimate shows across England and Scotland. On the record, which features her refreshing take on Peggy Lee's title track, Verona was joined by a cluster of renowned musicians, including the award-winning saxophonist Alan Barnes and harpist Fiona Clifton-Welker as they breathed new life into the work of Elton John, Rodgers and Hart, Cole Porter, Stephen Sondheim plus Lyttelton and Dankworth themselves. write your comments about the article :: © 2010 Jazz News :: home page |