Kamasi Washington, Corinne Bailey Rae, D’Influence, Mica Paris

Kamasi Washington, Corinne Bailey Rae, D’Influence, Mica Paris and more added to line-up for Love Supreme Jazz Festival 2017

by SUSSEX EXPRESS REPORTER
march 30, 2017

Multi-platinum-selling Corinne Bailey Rae, star saxophonist and Kendrick Lamar collaborator Kamasi Washington, acid jazz collective D’Influence and UK soul singer Mica Paris with her acclaimed Ella Fitzgerald Songbook project are amongst the final acts added to the line-up for this year’s Love Supreme Jazz Festival, which returns to Glynde Place in East Sussex in July.

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Gregory Porter and Jamie Cullum plus special guest Corinne Bailey Rae

Gregory Porter and Jamie Cullum plus special guest Corinne Bailey Rae perform on 17th June
For one night only, Blenheim Palace will play host to a co-headline performance of global jazz superstars Gregory Porter and Jamie Cullum, as well as a special guest performance from singer songwriter Corinne Bailey Rae on Saturday 17th June. The setting for this truly one off occasion will take place in the stunning grounds of Blenheim Palace, within the palace's Great Court.

Returning to Nocturne, Gregory Porter is a talent that spans all ages. A timeless voice that is equally suited to a small jazz bar in his hometown of Sacramento, as it is to the Great Court. With his new album 'Take Me To The Alley' as stunning as anything he's done before, this Grammy winner is now a global superstar.

Co-headlining this concert, Jamie Cullum - a true icon of the UK jazz scene. Whether it's his weekly show for BBC Radio 2, intimate recordings for The Song Society or headline performances at festivals around the world, Jamie is an incredible musician.

Also performing is Corinne Bailey Rae; the Yorkshire born songwriter 2006 with the enchanting 'Like A Star' and chart topping 'Put Your Records On'. Following the huge success of her new album 'The Heart Speaks in Whispers' last year, she tops off an incredible line up of talent for this special evening.

Whilst Cullum makes his first return to Blenheim Palace since his career-defining, sell-out concert in 2004, Porter returns following his show with Van Morrison at the first Nocturne in 2015 and Bailey Rae will make her debut at the world heritage site fresh off the back of a global tour in 2016.


Tickets are on sale on Thursday 16th but for a limited time you can get your exclusive presale tickets now.

Corinne Bailey Rae: Sharpening The Edges

by Marc Hirsh
Corinne Bailey Rae made her name with songs like "Put Your Records On" and "Like a Star," which cast her as the most soothing emissary of the wave of British neo-soul singers who washed onto American shores in the past five years. Easygoing and placid, she sounded as if her eyes were closed as she gently caressed each note.

Her eyes are wide open throughout "The Blackest Lily." Where once her voice was a heavy-lidded murmur, here it comes off as languid and sensual, giving a frisky undercurrent to the admission, "I was a creature of appetites." She toughens up in the chorus, where she sounds almost fierce as she sheds her false coyness and lays her cards on the table for the object of her affection to see.

It helps that she's got The Roots' ?uestlove pulling double-duty in the drum seat and as one of the song's four producers (a roll call that includes Bailey Rae herself). His supple thwack captures both the coiled anticipation of the verses and the full-on pounce of the chorus. But with the help of lines like "I could resist, but it was hard to ignore" and a vocal that does equal justice to both sides of that conundrum, it's Rae who gives "The Blackest Lily" its sharpest punch, both above and below the surface.
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