Allison Adams Tucker

Acclaimed California jazz vocalist Allison Adams Tucker returns to Fougou Jazz for a sixth performance with her UK Quartet featuring Dale Hambridge keys, Al Swainger bass, and Gary Evans drums.
Given 4 stars by DownBeat, nominated 5 times for Best Jazz Artist by the San Diego Music Awards, and described by The Examiner as “lustrous in any language – a vocalist who clarifies every note within a hair’s breath”, Allison creates a unique travel memoir in music with jazz driven songs that span countries and genres in 6 languages with music from Cole Porter to Jobim, David Bowie to Astor Piazzolla, the Beatles to Michel Legrand, and far beyond. LondonJazzNews — “Marvellous articulation, great tonal accuracy, and dynamic drive.”
Born in San Diego to classically trained musical parents, Allison started singing before she could speak and began performing in front of audiences at age 5. Growing up on the border with Mexico, Allison was exposed to intermingling cultures, and her love for languages and world cultures also began at an early age. Allison’s vocal palette has been colored by her experience in a variety of musical genres throughout her life, from classical to punk rock and even a cappella Elizabethan madrigals, and in 2005 she found her home in jazz.