About This Show
‘Cinematic Orchestra’ vocalist Heidi Vogel and ‘Aquarium’ pianist Sam Leak present the music of Jazz legend Betty Carter. Arguably the most adventurous female jazz singer of all time, Betty Carter was an idiosyncratic stylist and a restless improviser who pushed the limits of melody and harmony as much as any bebop horn player. The husky-voiced Carter was capable of radical, off-the-cuff reworkings of whatever she sang, abruptly changing tempos and dynamics, or rearranging the lyrics into distinctive, off-the-beat rhythmic patterns. Heidi Vogel has performed with artists such as Bobby McFerrin, Thundercat, and Chick Corea, described by Jamie Cullum as having ‘an extraordinary voice… an incredible range and such a texture.’ Sam Leak has performed with artists such as Derrick May, Dan Tepfer, and Aubrey Logan, and has been described by The Wire as ‘one of the best pianists of his generation …astonishing.’ Both award-winning figureheads of the London Jazz Scene, they are joined by the highly regarded bassist Simon Read (Adrian Cox) and drummer Lewis Wright (Empirical).
