London-born Norma Winstone first attracted attention in the late sixties when she shared the bill at Ronnie Scott’s club with Roland Kirk.
Although she began her career singing jazz standards, she became involved in the avant garde movement, exploring the use of the voice in an experimental way and evolving her own wordless approach to improvisation. She joined groups led by Mike Westbrook, Michael Garrick and sang with John Surman, Kenny Wheeler, Michael Gibbs and John Taylor, and worked extensively with many of the major European names and visiting Americans. Tonight she will perform from her extensive repertoire with Julian Siegel (sax) and Simon Purcell (piano).
She has been nominated and/or voted Best Vocalist numerous times during her long career and has received many awards for her services to jazz internationally.
She continues in the forefront of British jazz and we await another evening of Norma’s vocal excellence at the Vortex.
JAZZ GIG OF THE WEEK, TIME OUT!