Jacqui Dankworth will let her vocals loose at Bedford's Quarry Theatre on October 18.
Her concert appearances showcase her virtuosic, seemingly effortless mastery of a wide spectrum of genres. Take a ticket and get set for a sensational live set.
She might be known primarily as a jazz singer, but Jacqui’s unique musical palette also draws on folk, soul, classical, blues, and many other influences.
Her most recent CD, Live To Love garnered rave reviews and features many of her own original compositions.
Recent concert appearances have included New Year’s Eve with the Liverpool Philharmonic, and guest vocalist on Radio 2’s Friday Night Is Music Night.
Jacqui is seldom far from a stage, and when not singing on one, she shows her acting class too: She is also an accomplished actor, having performed leading parts with the Royal Shakespeare Company, the National Theatre, and in London’s West End.
Highlights include the part of Cinderella in Steven Sondheim’s London premier of Into The Woods, Sophisticated Ladies”(a celebration of the music of Duke Ellington) and Les Liaisons Dangereuses with the RSC.
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Jacqui appeared as Rosa in the second series of The Borgias starring Jeremy Irons, and made a cameo appearance in the film Les Miserables, directed by Tom Hooper.
Jacqui has performed and recorded with a diverse array of celebrated musicians, including the Brodsky Quartet, Courtney Pine, Marvin Hamlisch, Paloma Faith, Alan and Marilyn Bergman, Gretchen Parlato, Clare Teale, Georgie Fame, David Gordon, Charlie Wood, Gregory Porter, The London Symphony Orchestra, and legendary jazz pianist Chick Corea.
In June, it was announced that she was to be awarded an MBE for Services to Music in the Queen’s Birthday Honours.
It puts her in fine company too - her mother is jazz sensation Dame Cleo Laine, and her father was the late saxohonist and composer Sir John Dankworth.
Jacqui will be joined by Butterfly's Wing at the Bedford show.
The Quarry Theatre is keeping it in the family too - a day after Jacqui has been in the venue, they welcome her husband, pianist and vocalist Charlie Wood, who will be performing with his band.
Jazz Times got it right when they said: 'Remember the first time you heard Dylan, or Springsteen, or Costello, or Waits?
'Charlie Wood delivers that same jolt.'
Get set for a sterling two-night stay by the family members.
Tickets are on sale now www.quarrytheatre.org.uk or by calling 01234 362337.
