A Lazy Kind Of Love - New CD and Launch Gig

New CD 'A Lazy Kind Of Love' (Red Ram Records RAM001), was launched at the 606 Club in London on at 7.30pm on Wednesday 23rd April (www.606club.co.uk). Sarah was joined by a fantastic trio featuring Simon Wallace (piano), Alec Dankworth (bass) and Paul Robinson (drums).

Superlative, surprising and seductive songs by Fran Landesman and Simon Wallace, Clive James and Pete Atkin, Julie Burchill, Joe Henry, Styne and Cahn, and Bob Dorough and Terrell Kirk Jnr.
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A documentary about the life and work of Fran Landesman will include tracks
from A Lazy Kind Of Love and Something's Gotta Give and live studio footage, plus tracks by Mark Murphy, Ian Shaw and Bob Dorough

Coming soon in 2008, Volume I of the Landesman/Wallace songbook.
Simon is well on the way to completing piano and voice arrangements for 30 of his and Fran's songs. Watch this space for more news about it...

Sarah, Simon and Fran have been invited to do a half hour interview and performance (broadcast date to follow) on John Paul O'Neill's show Words on www.openair.fm.

Dave Gelly reviews A Lazy Kind Of Love in The Observer
newspaper on Sunday 18th May, calling it 'a little treasure' see reviews on Press page

Sarah and Simon Wallace perform the title track from 'A Lazy Kind Of Love' on BBC Radio 4's Loose Ends on Saturday 31st May.

Live On BBC Radio London 94.9fm

Sarah and Simon Wallace were guests of Jumoke Fashola on BBC Radio London on 30th April. As well as performing 'A Lazy Kind of Love' live in the studio, they also composed and performed a song with lyrics supplied by a caller to the show live on the show. A tricky task but one with which Simon is well acquainted from composing music for television and theatre.

Midnight Voices

Pete Atkin's cd Midnight Voices - Volume I of the Clive James and Pete Atkin Songbook is now available on www.redramrecords.com

Guest vocalist on Pete Atkin's new cd, 'Midnight Voices' (Hillside Music), Volume 1 of the Clive James/Pete Atkin Songbook. Sarah and Pete perform the duet 'Be Careful When They Offer You The Moon', as heard on Russell Davies' Song Show on BBC Radio 2 in February. This song was previously recorded by Pete and Julie Covington.

'Midnight Voices' launched a t The Groucho Club, Soho, London on 11th March. Pete and Simon Wallace played a short set to invited guests and journalists, including the lyricist, writer and broadcaster Clive James. Sarah joined them to sing harmony vocals on Be Careful If They Offer You The Moon - 'That was beautiful' was Clive James' s reaction to hearing the song live.

Sarah and Pete Atkin performed together at The Stables, Wavendon on Friday 4th April. Each played a set of songs from their respective new cds. The band featured Simon Wallace (piano), Mark Hodgson (bass) and Ralph Salmins (drums) . Pete recorded the album at Underhill Studios in the summer of 2008 with Simon, Mark and Roy Dodds, with Mike Outram on guitar and Alan Barnes on saxes. Check out www.peteatkin.com for more info and to become one of the Midnight Voices forum members.

The Great American Songbook

Sarah has been invited to put together a concert programme featuring piano trio, trumpet and sax for a one off concert on 23rd May at Chilham Hall, Chilham, Kent, for Elan Jazz. She will perform specially commissioned arrangements of songs from the Great American Songbook, such as Comes Love, Old Devil Moon, That Old Black Magic, I'm Old Fashioned, What A Difference A Day Makes, Jeepers Creepers, Don't Worry About Me and Devil May Care, I Fall In Love Too Easily (the latter two songs adapted from Simon Wallace's arrangement for the new cd 'A Lazy Kind Of Love'). The all-star band will feature Dave O'Higgins (tenor sax), Mark Armstrong (trumpet), Simon Wallace (piano), Mark Hodgson (bass) and Paul Robinson (drums). www.elanjazz.com

Rockin' In Rhythm

On 26th July Sarah has will take part in a concert of music by Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn with saxophonist John C. Williams' 'Rockin' In Rhythm' septet at the beautiful location of Leasowes Bank Arts Festival in Shropshire. This year the line-up for the concert will be John Williams (bari, recorder and bass clarinet), Colin Skinner (alto, clarinet and bass clarinet), Chris Gumbley (tenor and clarinet), Dick Pearce (trumpet and flugel), Dave Warren (guitar and violin), Tom Mark (double bass), Malcolm Garrett (drums) and Sarah (vocals). It will be the fourth time she has sung John's arrangements of this repertoire. In 2002 the group performed them at St. David's Hall, Cardiff for the Welsh Proms. That same year 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. For tickets and information about other concerts go to www.leasowesmusicfestival.co.uk