Clare Teal
Yorkshire born Clare Teal is one of the most successful female British jazz singers in decades with a string of 10 albums behind her, including the UK National Top 20 and multi award winning Sony released album "Don't Talk".
After a marvellously successful 2011 (highlights included supporting Liza Minnelli at Kenwood House, performing at the Royal Albert Hall with the John Wilson Orchestra as part of the televised BBC Proms, picking up one of BASCA’s coveted Gold Badge awards alongside Mick Hucknell and Joan Armatrading, not to mention being crowned Yorkshire Arts Personality of the Year for a second time), Clare was very much looking forward to a more restful 2012. Not so 2012 is already shaping up to be even busier. After a two month trip to New Zealand and Hong Kong, Clare returned to the UK and her extended "Feeling Good" tour. In between dates Britain’s Queen of Swing continues to make and present 2 weekly big band shows for BBC Radio 2, and write a regular newspaper column, and In June found time to sing for a very complimentary Duke of Edinburgh at Windsor Castle alongside Sir Tim Rice and Rick Wakeman.
Plaudits and accolades continue to flood in for her critically acclaimed 10thalbum 'Hey Ho'. As well as ‘Feeling Good’ there are other projects in the pipeline, In July Clare brought the house down at Chelsea’s beautiful Cadogan Hall with a smash new big band concert celebrating the great Peggy Lee, August saw a John Wilson reunion concert with the RTE Concert Orchestra in Dublin. Clare is now hard at work writing and recording her new album which will be scheduled for release in 2013.
Clare hits Autumn 2012 with a bang and a new show – ‘Purveyors of Sunshine’ A tour set to cheer and warm the cockles of our hearts in these recession busting times in a way that that only the gracious, extraordinarily talented, passionate and humorous Clare Teal can. December sees the welcome return of Clare’s glittering and fabulous, not to mention quite camp, – Festive Fiesta.
As always, Clare surrounds herself with ridiculously talented musicians, so whether you catch the duo, quartet or big band show the instrumental talent is breathtakingly good. This tour will see Clare visit many of her favourite towns and venues taking in plenty of new places along the way.
Clare is also to present and mentor musicians in a new BBC Leeds andBBC Radio 2 lead programme entitled “Build a Big Band”. Auditions were held in July and from now till October the chosen musicians will be coached culminating in a concert at Leeds Town Hall on October 30thproceeds of which will go to Children In Need.
You can also hear Clare on the Weekend Wogan show on BBC Radio 2 on Nov 11thwhere she will chat with Terry and perform live on the show.
You can catch Clare perform live at the following venues as she ends 2012 in the same way as she started it – doing what she loves to do best:
23/09/2012 @ Buxton Opera House, Water St, Buxton, Derbyshire £18 / £16
28/09/2012 @ Stamford Arts Centre, 27 St Marys Street, Stamford, Lincs, PE9 2DL £17
30/09/2012 @ The Radlett Centre, 1 Aldenham Avenue, Radlett, Herts, WD7 8HL £18 / £17
05/10/2012 @ Selby Town Hall, York Street, Selby, Yorkshire, Y08 4AJ £18
14/10/2012 @ Halesworth Jazz Festival, The Cut, Halesworth, Suffolk, IP19 8BY £TBC
27/10/2012 @ Calstock Jazz, The Old Chapel, Calstock, PL18 9QX £20
02/11/2012 @ The Bluehouse Festival, Oxsted Urc, 21 Bluehouse Lane, Oxsted, Surrey, RH8 0AA £20
15/11/2012 @ The Pheasantry, 152 Kings Road, Chelsea, London, SW3 4UT £25
22/11/2012 @ Tivoli Theatre, 19-23 West Borough, Wiimborne, Dorset, BH21 1LT £16.50
23/11/2012 @ The Lights Andover, West Street, Andover, Hampshire, SP10 1AH £16.50 / £15.50
24/11/2012 @ The Brewhouse, Coal Orchard, Taunton, Somerset, TA1 1JL £18 / £16
30/11/2012 @ Playhouse, The Winter Gardens, Pavillion Royal, Weston Super Mare, BS23 1AJ £TBC
01/12/2012 @ Shanklin Theatre, Prospect Road, Shanklin, Isle Of Wight, PO37 6AJ £18
06/12/2012 @ Turner Sims, University Of Southampton, Southampton, SO17 1BJ £18 / £17 / £16
14/12/2012 @ Barnfield Theatre, Barnfield Way, Exeter, EX1 1SN £17
15/12/2012 @ Pizza Express, 32-34 Earl Street, Maidstone, Kent, ME14 1PF £28
16/12/2012 @ Chapel Arts, Lower Borough Walls, Bath £TBC
Mojo – "Teal's achieved the perfect meld" – ****
Sunday Times Culture – "All credit to Teal and her polished band for daring to spring so many surprises"
Daily Express – "Her stripped-back version of Snow Patrol's 'Chasing Cars' … makes you sit up and take notice"
Observer – “only a singer as bright and adventurous as Clare Teal could bring it off – which she does, flawlessly”
Woman Magazine – "Brilliant!"
G3 Magazine – "Delightful, delovely and delicious"
Jazzwise – "She has never sounded as warm or mellifluous on disc"
MOBO – “a voice that you cannot help but fall in love with”
Sir Michael Parkinson “Wonderful. Worth raving about”.