Jo Harrop – The Heart Wants

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Saturday 21st May 2022
Peggy's Skylight, Nottingham

TWO SHOWS
Twilight: 6-7pm
Doors at 5pm, vacate by 7:30pm
Tickets: £12

Highlight: 8:30-10:30pm
Doors at 7:30pm, vacate by midnight.
Tickets: £17

"A very fine jazz singer" - Iggy Pop, BBC 6 Music - One of the most unmistakable voices in British jazz; raised on a heady musical diet of Nina Simone, Billie Holiday and Aretha Franklin.

"A very fine jazz singer" – Iggy Pop, BBC 6 Music

"A rare mix of delicacy and boldness" – * * * * The Guardian

"Remarkable…" – * * * * Jazzwise

'Hampstead Jazz Club Presents' are proud to announce that Jo Harrop will be embarking on her first UK tour in support of her recently released album, The Heart Wants.

Written and recorded over the last year when the world came to a sudden standstill in the wake of the pandemic, The Heart Wants is an album about love and life, about losing and then finding oneself in the silence after the applause has faded away.

Although she has built a reputation as one of the most unmistakable voices in British jazz, Jo Harrop would be the first to admit that she always lacked the confidence to reveal her own songs to the world. With no shows in her diary, she started working on what would eventually turn out to be her first album of original material with producers Hannah Vasanth (who made her name working with UK-rap star, Stormzy, and JP Cooper) and Jamie McCredie alongside a guest-list of world class jazz musicians including Christian McBride, Jason Rebello, Troy Miller and Paul Edis.

The Heart Wants has won a raft of rapturous critical acclaim everywhere from Jazzwise Magazine (who gave it a coveted four-star review) through to The Times and The Guardian, who made it one of their Albums Of The Year, describing it as 'sheer perfection.' From the sublime pop of BBC Radio 2 favourite, Everything's Changing, to the Muscle Shoals soul of Hold On, The Heart Wants will no doubt come as quite a surprise to anyone who thought Jo Harrop was only capable of singing jazz ballads.

Born in Durham and raised on a heady musical diet of Nina Simone, Billie Holiday and Aretha Franklin, Jo Harrop cut her teeth as a session singer, working with a host of iconic artists including Neil Diamond, Rod Stewart and Gloria Gaynor. After moving to London, she quickly established herself as one of the most unmistakable voices in British jazz. Having signed to London-based jazz label, Lateralize Records, she released Weathering The Storm, her debut with guitarist, Jamie McCredie, and The Heart Wants, which has received a raft of rapturous reviews everywhere from The Times to The Guardian and been extensively played on BBC Radio 2, BBC 6 Music and Jazz FM.

Line up:
Jo Harrop – vocals
Paul Edis – piano/MD
James Kitchman – guitar
Jihad Darwish – double bass
Joel Barford – drums