Clare Teal
“The new first lady of Jazz” The Independent
“A sensation in the world of jazz’” Mail on Sunday
“A sensation in the world of jazz’” Mail on Sunday
After signing to independent label Candid in 2001 and releasing 3 acclaimed titles, it was Clare’s first album for Sony Jazz which became her breakthrough record. Released in 2004, ‘Don’t Talk’ topped the Jazz charts and entered the UK Top 20, garnering extraordinary plaudits and several awards. She has now recorded and released 15 albums to public and critical acclaim, 7 of them on her own label MUD Records. Her most recent album, ‘Twelve O’Clock Tales’, was released in 2016 and recorded with the Hallé, conducted by Stephen Bell and arranged by world-class trumpet and composer Guy Barker.
Clare continues to surge ahead on her mission to bring Jazz, big band and swing to music lovers everywhere, and to demonstrate that this genre is ever evolving and still relevant in today’s world. Accompanied by a range of line-ups - whether it's an intimate concert with just her Pianist, or right up to the 17-piece Hollywood Orchestra Clare - performs up and down the country throughout the year at festivals and high profile venues including the Royal Albert Hall, Cadogan Hall, Cambridge Arts Theatre, Chichester Festival Theatre, Malvern Theatres, Anvil Arts, Sage Gateshead, Love Supreme, Salisbury International Arts Festival, Bristol Jazz and Blues Festival and Glastonbury Festival, as well as singing with renowned orchestras and Big Bands including the Hallé, BBC Concert Orchestra, RTÉ Concert Orchestra, the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Wynton Marsalis and Jazz at Lincoln Centre Orchestra, Frankfurt Radio Big Band (hr-Big Band) BBC NOW and BBC SSO. Alongside her concerts, Clare also presented her own live show on BBC Radio 2 every Sunday night.
Clare has also produced and presented three full scale BBC Prom Concerts to a packed audience at the Royal Albert Hall, which were broadcast across BBC radio and television.
Other highlights of Clare’s live work include collaborating with Sir Van Morrison on his album ‘Duets: Reworking the Catalogue’ resulting in the A-listed Radio single ‘Carrying A Torch’, performing with Gregory Porter for BBC Two’s Christmas Day show 'Merry Christmas Baby – with Gregory Porter and Friends', opening twice for Liza Minnelli at Kenwood House and the Royal Festival Hall, singing with the BBC Big Band at Proms in the Park, headlining the Bourbon Street Tent at Glastonbury Festival, storming the Gateshead International Jazz Festival and producing, presenting and performing three separate concerts at BBC Proms Seasons at the Royal Albert Hall.
Clare won British Jazz Singer of the year on no less than four occasions, BBC Jazz Singer of the Year, and a coveted Gold Badge by BASCA (British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors).
Clare continues to surge ahead on her mission to bring Jazz, big band and swing to music lovers everywhere, and to demonstrate that this genre is ever evolving and still relevant in today’s world. Accompanied by a range of line-ups - whether it's an intimate concert with just her Pianist, or right up to the 17-piece Hollywood Orchestra Clare - performs up and down the country throughout the year at festivals and high profile venues including the Royal Albert Hall, Cadogan Hall, Cambridge Arts Theatre, Chichester Festival Theatre, Malvern Theatres, Anvil Arts, Sage Gateshead, Love Supreme, Salisbury International Arts Festival, Bristol Jazz and Blues Festival and Glastonbury Festival, as well as singing with renowned orchestras and Big Bands including the Hallé, BBC Concert Orchestra, RTÉ Concert Orchestra, the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Wynton Marsalis and Jazz at Lincoln Centre Orchestra, Frankfurt Radio Big Band (hr-Big Band) BBC NOW and BBC SSO. Alongside her concerts, Clare also presented her own live show on BBC Radio 2 every Sunday night.
Clare has also produced and presented three full scale BBC Prom Concerts to a packed audience at the Royal Albert Hall, which were broadcast across BBC radio and television.
Other highlights of Clare’s live work include collaborating with Sir Van Morrison on his album ‘Duets: Reworking the Catalogue’ resulting in the A-listed Radio single ‘Carrying A Torch’, performing with Gregory Porter for BBC Two’s Christmas Day show 'Merry Christmas Baby – with Gregory Porter and Friends', opening twice for Liza Minnelli at Kenwood House and the Royal Festival Hall, singing with the BBC Big Band at Proms in the Park, headlining the Bourbon Street Tent at Glastonbury Festival, storming the Gateshead International Jazz Festival and producing, presenting and performing three separate concerts at BBC Proms Seasons at the Royal Albert Hall.
Clare won British Jazz Singer of the year on no less than four occasions, BBC Jazz Singer of the Year, and a coveted Gold Badge by BASCA (British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors).
“Wonderful. Worth raving about” Sir Michael Parkinson
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