Ray Gelato, Claire Martin

Friends for almost 30 years, award winning vocalists Claire Martin OBE and Ray Gelato have combined their love of swing and R & B and joined forces for their first show together 'A Swinging Affair'.

These much celebrated and respected musicians share the stage with a world-class trio led by piano star Dave Newton to explore the Great American Songbook repertoire including such classics as; 'This Could be the Start of Something Big', 'Too Close for Comfort', 'Let's Call the Whole Thing Off' and 'They all Laughed'.

Their shared passion for jump jive and R & B will be evident as they revisit and reinvent hits by Amos Milburn, Louis Jordan and Louis Prima. If you like your music sassy, sharp and swinging - this is the show for you…A swingin' affair indeed.

"The stylish, sharp-suited Gelato brings an unmistakable physical presence to the bandstand. He is a larger than life character" – Clive Davis (The Times).

"She ranks among the four or five finest female jazz vocalists on the planet" – Jazz Times USA.

Claire Martin (Vocal), Ray Gelato (Vocal and Tenor Sax), Dave Newton (Piano), Seb De Krom-(Drums), Dave Whitford (Bass).