ALISON DEWAR

New jazz vocalist debut album 'NATURAL' May 8th

ALISON DEWAR, who arrived in the UK from Johannesburg 18 months ago, releases her debut album, 'NATURAL', on May 8th.  A collection of jazz standards, 'NATURAL' features some striking arrangements by pianist Graham Harvey that finely showcases ALISON's smooth, sensual vocals. 

Alison can be seen performing with her band on the following dates:-

June 28th     The Octave Jazz Bar, 27 Endell Street, London WC2  020 7836 4616

July 4th         Pizza on the Park, 11 Knightsbridge, London SW1 with Andy Panayi (flute), Graham Harvey (piano), Dave Chamberlain (bass) and Matt Skelton (drums)

August 25th  The Solway Summer Festival in Cumbria with above line-up

Says Chris Parker on www.vortexjazz.co.uk:  "Natural is the perfect title for this album...she delivers it all with an ease and assurance, an entirely unaffected sincerity, that simply cry out for the adjective.  Appropriately enough she begins the set with a touching visit to the Cole classic, 'Nature Boy', but it is her unruffled but subtly emotional delivery of the archetypal Jobum composition 'Desafinado' that truly defines her art, showcasing her crystal-clear diction, the conversational intimacy of her approach and the unhurried, attractive langour of her overall sound."

www.alisondewar.com