NEWSLETTER

Sue McCreeth August 2005

Sue McCreeth’s tour schedule for next year includes many rebookings. It is unusual for vulnerable and cash strapped jazz clubs to quickly rebook singers, indeed many are bewildered by the array of singers seeking a booking. Yet some clubs are rebooking McCreeth for the third time in as many years.

Many key players in the jazz world have supported her over the years. John Horler has on many occasions taken the microphone and paid tribute to her originality and talent. The great Dave Green ensured her 2002 debut CD, 500 Miles High the Air is Blue, reached the UK press, and Andy Cleyndert nurtured her recent release Just for Luxury from beginning to print. Radio stations all over the country, including regional BBC stations, have played various tracks from both CDs. Russ Dewbury on Juice FM has featured Just for Luxury on his south coast show throughout the summer. Sue has received firm support from the Musicians Union and Jazz Services, the latter funding two tours to date. Proper Music Distribution has provided support in the form of national distribution of her music through HMV and Virgin.

Sue will be launching her Spring 2006 tour at Pizza on the Park, Knightsbridge (booked three years running) and Stratford-upon-Avon Jazz (full house last two years).

Press comments

Outstanding... [Sue is] my choice for jazz arrival of the year [and for ‘Luxury’] …with simple grace she brings off quite daunting musical feats … a charming and exquisitely performed set
Dave Gelly, The Observer

A gently unconventional performer… an excellent trio… they guaranteed a quietly compelling momentum in a variety of originals and standards… a rich mid-register, falsettos and deep purrs, payoffs on barely audible murmurs… calmly inventive… boldly ambitious… she has imagination and heart
John Fordham, The Guardian

I hope she starts to get some overdue recognition… emotional and intense, nothing is superficial or wasted… her technique and control do all and she lives each song as if she were telling a story for the first time... The Man I Love was taken at a slower pace than usual, giving extra poignancy to Gershwin’s lyric… this singer is worth seeking out
Derek Gorman, Jazz Review

Terrific! A singer with an innate feel for jazz, very good with the audience and a wee bit out of the ordinary
Jazz Review

One of the best… following a sell-out performance at the Brighton Festival… and receiving rave reviews, her astonishing vocal range has impressed audiences
Worthing Herald

Smooth as silk... singer and musician Sue McCreeth is blazing a trail as one of the leading lights in the world of jazz… her sultry and haunting style impressed fellow musicians and audiences… it is a rare thing indeed to be able to catch an internationally recognised artist of [this] calibre
Glen Ferris, Brighton Argus

A jazz singer who takes no prisoners in her set… this is a young lady with a similar uncompromising honesty in her compositions and vocal presentation to that shown by pianist (Stan) Tracey… from the outset she kept to a programme which held the audience… we were privileged… a penchant for Gershwin provided an appreciated contrast
Keith Brain, Swindon Evening Post

Promoters and audience comments

The review in the Swindon Evening Post was written by us, and we wrote it because we believe it David Knight, Swindon Jazz Society

Sue McCreeth delivered a captivating performance and a very mixed set... we were delighted
Guildford Jazz Club

My audience need a real mix and she gave them this… for sheer exuberance this was one of the most enjoyable nights ever
Farringdon Jazz Festival, Oxford

She stepped in for Claire Martin and she won over our audience… people were saying how much they had enjoyed the music
Oundle International Festival

We could have sold out this event three times over and are planning Sue’s next booking as we speak
Belton House, Lincolnshire

If at the mention of the word ‘jazz’ you fail to turn out for Sue McCreeth you’ll be missing one of the most exceptional singers around. The jazz cognoscenti have been giving Ms. McCreeth universal acclaim for the beauty, ambition and originality of her work… her sparkling trio are the cream of the British Jazz Scene… and our audience exceeded our conservative estimate for a J-word evening… on her own material Sue’s distinctive voice swoops, glides and coos… she also paid fine tribute to Nine Simone… and won over the greater proportion of our audience, no mean feat
Cambria Arts

Sue McCreeth is a warm, passionate person who approaches music and singing truly from her heart. She has an individual style and writes all her own arrangements… she can do the straight ahead jazz but is different too… she packed it out and went down very well indeed… she was worth every penny
Brian Gumbley, Feast of Jazz, Preston

It wasn’t long before I found myself deeply captivated by refreshing style and delivery… her voice soared from low warm depths to dizzy heights… her self-written songs were compelling and so different from the normal range of vocals one hears repeatedly… standards received an original delivery and could have been completely new
Vi Hill, Jazz in the Villages, Lincs

Sue McCreeth is hypnotic, seductive and confident… she carves a really clear groove and that’s satisfying to listen to… she is slightly witchlike, magical, invocational especially when caught in improvisational stream… and is persuasive and passionate delivering a standard. Oh, yes, she looks beautiful too which don’t hurt: flowing rich textures, sparkling jewels and auburn splendour
Faye Patton, pianist/vocalist, Pizza on the Park

For press and booking enquiries contact: Petra Cousins, tel 020 8519 1257, e-mail petra@suemccreeth.com