Our thanks to the brilliantly comprehensive blog The Jazz Breakfast for their recent ReVoice! preview.

Read what they have to say about this “vocal smorgasbord masterminded by singer Georgia Mancio”  here.

Georgia Mancio joined Jazz FM’s Chris Philips this week to chat about all things ReVoice! and play new music from Carmen Lundy, Vinx,  Sandra Nkake with past ReVoice! star Gregory Porter.

Listen again here  from 1 hour and 33 minutes.

As part of our 5th anniversary celebration we are delighted to be welcoming back one of our very first ReVoice! artists.

In 2010 we presented just 4 artists over 5 nights and one of these was the spectacular  Rebecca Parris – a jazz singer championed by the great Carmen McRae and who has worked with jazz royalty Wynton Marsalis, Dizzy Gillespie and Count Basie among many others.

Read this fantastic interview with Rebecca Parris and singer/songwriter Rosalie Genay for London Jazz News.

Georgia Mancio talks to Robert Elms on BBC London about ReVoice! 5.  She also sang ‘Rocket Man’ live in the studio with Ian Shaw and played a track from Sandra Nkake‘s album ‘Nothing For Granted’.

Listen here from 2 hours 34 mins in.

Sandra Nkake by Nejamin Colombel

Ian Shaw and Georgia Mancio by Andy Sheppard

Georgia Mancio selects her favourite big band tracks and talks about her musical career and influences.  She also discusses the upcoming ReVoice! and her new playing and writing collaboration with two time Grammy-winning pianist Alan Broadbent.

Music from Anita O’Day, Alan Broadbent and Lambert, Hendricks and Ross.

Listen again to BBC Radio 2, Clare Teal Show

Our thanks to Julian Joseph and the team at BBC Radio 3’s fantastic Jazz LineUp for interviewing Festival Director, Georgia Mancio, about this year’s festival.

Georgia discusses the concept behind ReVoice!, why audiences might be reticent about attending jazz concerts and introduces Sandra Nkake and Carmen Lundy‘s work.

Listen again to Jazz LineUp, 20 September 2014 starts at 23:50 mins

Alison Bentley interviews our returning ReVoice! star Diana Torto for London Jazz News. Classically trained Diana discusses her approach to jazz and music, teaching and collaborating (with Steve Coleman, Mike Stern and Paolo Fresu) and the influence of her Italian background.

Read the full article here.

Kenny Wheeler and Diana Torto

We first met Diana at ReVoice! 2011 when she wowed us as part of the much loved and already greatly missed Kenny Wheeler‘s supergroup Somethin’ Else.

This year Diana returns with two giants of the British jazz scene – long term collaborator and pianist John Taylor and saxophonist Julian Siegel.  Together they will explore the music of Paul McCartney and much more.

Diana Torto and John Taylor

All About Jazz interviews Georgia Mancio, Vinx and Joe Stilgoe.

Singer and percussionist, Vinx,  discusses how much of his show Hands, Mouth and Feet with dancer, Lee Payne, is improvised and led by the audience’s reaction.

Vinx and Lee Payne – Hands, Mouth and Feet

Pianist and singer/songwriter, Joe Stilgoe, reveals his new show – Paris, City of Light – with great British jazz vocalist Claire Martin.

Claire Martin and Joe Stilgoe – Paris, City of Light

Read the full article here

The UK’s most comprehensive jazz blog, LondonJazzNews has published an extensive interview with Festival Director, Georgia Mancio, discussing how she puts ReVoice! together and her plans for the future.

Our thanks to vocalist and songwriter, Nicky Schrire, for great questions!

You can read the interview here

ReVoice! and our festival director, Georgia Mancio, have enjoyed continued support from M – PRS for Music’s magazine.

Read their news story on our 5th edition here.