Jo Lawry Live at The Verdict Jazz Club

Jo Lawry - vocals

Allison Miller - drums

Orlando le Fleming - bass

N.Y.C. Uber trio UK & Europe album launch tour, Jo Lawry "The Bathtub and The Sea" released on https://www.whirlwindrecordings.com/

“Jo Lawry numbers among our favorite discoveries of the past year.”

Time Out New York

“She has a gift for the music of words, a feel for the stories they tell and an instinct for how to drape a lyric elegantly across a vivid melody... Lawry, effervescent and riveting, imbued her singing with a freedom.” Sydney Morning Morning Herald

"Singer of dazzling self-possession." New York Times

Jo Lawry has become well-known beyond jazz circles for her work with Sting, with whom she has toured and recorded since 2009, and more recently with Paul Simon and Peter Gabriel. In 2013, Jo was featured in the film 20 Feet From Stardom, which chronicled the lives and careers of “the backup singers behind some of the greatest musical legends of the 21st century” and went on to win the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.

Jo grew up on an almond farm in South Australia and, after a brief flirtation with operatic study, began her formal instruction in jazz. Her debut album as a leader, I Want to Be Happy, was named one of the “Best CDs of the Decade” by Downbeat Magazine. She has been featured as a guest on numerous modern jazz recordings; stand-outs include Dr. Lonnie Smith’s album Rise Up! and Kate McGarry’s Grammy-nominated If Less is More... Nothing is Everything. She is also the vocalist for the Fred Hersch Pocket Orchestra, a quartet whose album, Live at Jazz Standard was released on Sunnyside Records.

During the 17 years Jo lived in New York, she also led her own band, and released an album of originals, Taking Pictures, in March 2015, to critical acclaim. The follow-up, The Bathtub and the Sea was released in 2018. She has taught at New England Conservatory and Manhattan School of Music and has worked extensively with Carnegie Hall as a featured artist in their ‘Musical Connections’ program. Jo currently leads the Equity in Jazz program at Sydney Conservatorium of Music, a program designed to encourage and support women and gender diverse musicians into a career in jazz through dedicated leadership, music development and mentorship.

Allison Miller

NYC-based drummer/composer/teacher Allison Miller engages her deep roots in improvisation as a vehicle to explore all music. Described by critics as a Modern Jazz Icon in the Making, Miller won Downbeat magazine’s 67th Annual Critics Poll “Rising Star Drummer” and JazzTimes magazine’s Critics Poll. Her composition, “Otis Was a Polar Bear”, is included on NPR’s list of The 200 Greatest Songs by 21st Century Women+. She is also the first recipient of the Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation’s Commissioning Grant. In January 2020 Miller along with her band, Boom Tic Boom, tap dancer-Claudia Rahardjanoto, and video designer-Todd Winkler premiered this new multimedia suite, In Our Veins, with a seven show tour sponsored by Jazz Touring Network and Mid Atlantic Arts. The project explores multimedia performance as a vital form of knowledge production through the poetic interpretation of historical events and their association with the geography, ecology and flow of specific rivers.

Miller, a three time Jazz Ambassador for the U.S. State Department, was Monterey Jazz Festival’s 2019 Artist in Residence, alongside bassist/producer Derrick Hodge. Simultaneously her band, Boom Tic Boom, celebrated it’s 10th anniversary with the release of their 5th album, Glitter Wolf, which was included in many “Best Jazz Of 2019” lists, including NPR, Rolling Stone, Paste, Jazz Times, and Bandcamp. NPR’s Kevin Whitehead says, “All the parts fit together like clockwork on Allison Miller’s new album.” The band has toured extensively throughout the US, Europe and Asia as well as being featured on such programs as NPR’s Fresh Air with Terry Gross, Tiny Desk with Bob Boilen, WNYC’s Soundcheck and New Sounds with John Schaefer, and Jazz Night in America with Christian McBride.

https://allisonmiller.com/

Orlando Fleming

After retiring from cricket, Fleming studied music at The Royal Academy of Music and went on to play and tour with UK musicians such as Julian Joseph, Jason Rebello, Tommy Smith, and Iain Ballamy. In 2003 he moved to New York City and joined Jane Monheit's band, appearing on her albums Taking a Chance On Love, Surrender and The Season. Three years later he played on he played on Jimmy Cobb's album. In 2007 he started his association with Ari Hoenig and played on his albums Berts Playground, Lines of Oppression, The Pauper and Magician, and NY Standard. In 2010 Fleming released his first solo album, From Brooklyn with Love, with drummer Antonio Sanchez, Will Vinson and Lage Lund. He formed the OWL Trio with Lund and Vinson.

http://www.orlandolefleming.com/

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