The Royal Albert Hall has announced some of the line-up for the 2023 Guy Barker Big Band Christmas on Wednesday 20 December
- Clare Teal
- Tommy Blaize
- Vanessa Haynes
- Joe Stilgoe
- Giacomo Smith
- Flight Call
The least known name here is that of the vocal trio Flight Call (Georgia Cecile, L.A. Daniels & Pete Horsfall), who had their London debut at the 100 Club last week. We recently interviewed them. Pete Horsfall told us:
“Flight Call started by singing transcriptions of late 50s Andy Bey and the Bey Sisters arrangements. We like the soul and gospel drenched approach that they bring to the jazz repertoire. There’s nothing twee about their style – it’s serious, swinging, soulful and spiritual. We’ve taken great inspiration from them and now have our own arrangements of our favourite tunes.” (LINK TO FULL INTERVIEW)