Carol Grimes (Voice)
Dorian Ford (Piano)
Alison Rayner (Bass)
Annie Whitehead (Trombone)
Winston Clifford (Drums)
An evening with The Singer’s Tale and The Singer’s songs… extracts from a book and the songs that also tell the tale.The book is Carol’s autobiography. With Dorian Ford on piano,the narrative flashes back and forth between her uncertain teenage years, when a fairytale future as a gamine rock icon was the promise and now. This is a project still developing
‘Grimes has a fascinating story to tell. She also has a command of shaping and delivering words, a performance sense, and the musical and human depth and warmth to really make something of this. The story pulls in songs which reference times of her life. This project has such a strong heart, it really could go anywhere as it develops. It could be a stage play, or radio drama, or album, or any combination of these. Dorian Ford has no music, just her words in front of him. His ability to match mood or word with chord or line, to evoke the ghosts of songs past, is a revelation too.” London Jazz
