SARAH MOULE Sarah grew up in Bexhill-on-Sea on the south coast of England singing traditional English folk songs with her large musical family. In the early 1990s she met jazz singers Ian Shaw and Claire Martin who introduced her to the song writing team of lyricist Fran Landesman and British pianist and composer Simon Wallace. She began to explore the music of Thelonious Monk, John Coltrane and Duke Ellington along with the late-night lifestyle of the London jazz musician while continuing her vocal studies with English National Opera soloist Kenneth Woollam. She soon established a solid reputation for herself on the London jazz scene singing regularly at The Pizza On The Park, the 606 Club, Pizza Express Jazz Club and The Vortex

in the company of some of Britain’s foremost jazz musicians including Don Weller, Dave Green, Jim Mullen, Dave Newton, Phil Lee and Mick Hutton. In 1999 she was featured vocalist with John Critchinson’s Tribute To Ronnie Scott band performing in Italy alongside the bebop legends Jackie and Roy. In the same year she recorded the CD This Is The John Wilson Orchestra as featured vocalist, singing classic songs over lush string arrangements by Billy May and Neil Richardson. She is also featured vocalist with bandleader John Williams’ Rocking In Rhythm septet, specialising in the songs of Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn, and performed with them at the Welsh Proms 2002. She and the band also premiered a suite of newly commissioned pieces by John Mayer, Barbara Thompson, Nikki Iles, Simon Wallace and Dick Walters at Leasowes Bank Arts Festival in Shropshire, England. Sarah’s repertoire has grown from the classic American Song Book through her close collaboration with Landesman and Wallace to include many of their new songs as well as material by a diverse range of songwriters from Johnny Mandel to Mose Allison and 1950s R&B legend Buddy Johnson.