New York based Anglo-Trinidadian jazz vocalist, Tessa Souter

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TESSA SOUTER

New York based Anglo-Trinidadian jazz vocalist, Tessa Souter, has bon voyage duo gig with Legendary guitarist Gene Bertoncini (July 9) before returning to London to celebrate the UK release of her critically acclaimed CD, Obsession (Motema)—a multicultural banquet that infuses jazz with the soul and passion of flamenco, Middle Eastern and Brazilian music.

NEW YORK
WHEN Friday, July 9, Two sets: 6.15pm and 8pm
WHERE 55 Bar, 55 Christopher Street, New York, http://www.55bar.com/
WHO Duo with Gene Bertoncini (guitar)
COVER No cover. Two drink min. All welcome

LONDON
WHEN Monday, July 19. Doors open 7pm
WHERE Pizza Express, Dean Street, 10 Dean Street, London, Tel: 0845 6027 017
WHO With Nikki Iles (piano) Mark Hodgson (bass) Winston Clifford (drums) Stuart Hall (violin and guitar)
COVER 17 pounds

“Souter's crystalline contralto and impeccable phrasing are mighty arrows in her quiver, but it is her ability to become one with a song, finding its intrinsic core and allowing its sentiments to grow organically, that enables her to score successive bull's eyes....” - Christopher Loudon, JazzTimes