The jazz you know, the jazz you love, and the jazz you’re yet to discover: London-based quintet Sounds Familiar brings the River Room an unforgettable evening of soulful, intricate harmonies and pure rhythm to a mix of classics and genre-bending arrangements. As well as honouring the perennial sounds of Ella Fitzgerald, Ema James, Cy Coleman, Ray Charles, Anita O’Day, and many more swing and blues greats, the troupe adds a fresh, sparkling set of interpretaZons to the music of Jacob Collier, Kurt Elling, Victoria Monet, Theo Katzman and Nancy Ford. Serenades to hold you –and bops to groove to!
The influences of icons Samara Joy, Theo Katzman, Brimany Howard, Charlie Hunter, Frank Sinatra, and Billie Holiday are paid homage justly: Sounds Familiar pride themselves on making you feel right at home.
Let the lights dim as you embrace the polished vocal power of Yorkshire’s rising star Phoebe Kyriakopoulos, Hammersmith-bred Noga Levy-Rapoport’s agile ri9s and lilting harmonies, the bewitching softness of Lucy Jane Day’s voice – supported by Josh Schrijnen’s transcendent tones on horn, and Theo Maniura’s impressive variations between ornately rhythmic funk, masterful swing, and sweetly soothing solos on keys. An unmissable night for jazz lovers, yearners, jammers, and groovers alike!