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| 2123820 | Focus On Jazz Presents: Zara McFarlane |
| Date | Friday 27th September 2024 |
| Description | Focus on Jazz presents: An evening with Zara McFarlane & her full, live Band One of the UK’s finest Jazz & Soul Vocalists Featuring DJ Perry Louis (JazzCotech & Mi-Soul Radio) Multi-award-winning Singer-Songwriter Zara McFarlane first caught the attention of world-renowned DJ Gilles Peterson on the release of her self- produced EP in 2010 and has since released four studio albums on his label Brownswood Recordings. Zara went on to win best Jazz Act at the MOBO awards (2014) and Urban Music Awards (2015). From her Jazz roots, honing her craft with Tomorrow’s Warriors, Zara continues to push the boundaries of Jazz adjacent music via an exploration into the folk and spiritual traditions of her ancestral motherland, Jamaica, described as a ‘potent hybrid’ in ‘Arise’. The twice Jazz FM vocalist of the year winner has led her band in festivals from British Summer Time (Hyde Park), Field Day and BoomTown Festivals to prestigious international Jazz festivals and venues such as Ronnie Scott’s, Jazz Cafe, Royal Albert Hall, Love Supreme (UK), Rochester Jazz (US), Cully Jazz (CH), St. Lucia Jazz Festivals and SXSW (US). With a voice that has been described as ‘a caressing voice of sparkling clarity’, Zara is an in-demand vocalist internationally and has performed with acclaimed musicians including Hugh Masekela, Gregory Porter, Gary Bartz, Ernest Ranglin, Shabaka Hutchings, Moses Boyd and Ezra Collective. She has also collaborated with esteemed producers Lil’ Louie Vega, Swindle, Floating Points, Osunlade and Dennis Bovell. In the centenary year of her birth, Zara McFarlane is releasing album “Sweet Whispers: Celebrating Sarah Vaughan†on June 14th on Eternal Source of Light / k7! Records. We are thrilled to bring Zara to Luton’s Hat Factory where she will perform a selection from all her albums, promising an evening of amazing, UK home-grown Jazz- and Soul. Rounding off the evening will be Luton legend and Focus on Jazz’s own DJ Perry Louis who has DJd and danced his way around the world twice over. Perry will play Vinyl sets of Soul, Funk and Jazz before, between and after Zara’s live music sets to keep the vibe going from start to finish. This will be a wonderful evening of home-grown, live music and one not to be missed! |
| Time(s) | 7pm - 12pm |
| Location | The Hat Factory Arts Centre |
| Price | £25 + 10% booking fee |
| Address | The Hat Factory Arts Centre 65-67 Bute Street |
| Post code | LU1 2EY |
| Telephone No. | 01582878100 |
| Web links | Related link |
| boxoffice@culturetrust.com | |
Venue details | Hat Factory, The |
| Address | 65-67 Bute St
Luton Bedfordshire LU1 2EY |
| Telephone No. | 01582 878100 Booking Line 01582 878100 Enquiry Line 01582 878100 Recorded Information Line 01582 878100 |
| Disabled facilities | Lift Access to all Floors
Carers Qualify for Free Admission |
| Parking | Multi-Storey Pay & Display (Free after 6pm) |
| Opening times | Daily: 9am to 6pm Mon to Sat (11pm on Event Nights)
Sunday: 9am to 5pm |
 | Venue details |
| hatfactory@luton.gov.uk | |
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