WOMEN IN JAZZ: Brigitte Beraha

Nominated for Vocalist of the Year at the Jazz FM Awards & the Jazz Parliamentary Awards 2022, Brigitte Beraha’s sound is memorable, free and spontaneous with an emphasis on exploration and expression.

Alongside original contemporary jazz and the core jazz and Latin repertoires, she is increasingly involved in exciting cross-genre projects, such as the recreation of Basil Kirchin’s music as part of Hull City of Culture 2017 or Raising Hell with Henry Purcell led by Ethan Iverson at Kings Place in 2018.

Brigitte has worked with a wide range of musicians from Bobby Wellins to Yazz Ahmed and has recorded a number of critically acclaimed albums, both as leader and as part of collaborative projects such as Babelfish, Solstice and Red Skies Trio. Since 2020 she released three albums under her name: her first solo album ‘By the Cobbled Path’ and two albums with her new quartet ‘Lucid Dreamers’ and the latest Blink. These take her sonic explorations further through electronics and other means, introducing a new dimension to her work and proving once more the agility, adventurous spirit and limitless imagination that have marked her out as a truly exciting and versatile artist with a huge range of experience and creative scope.

Tonight will see her go back to her love of singing jazz standards and Brazilian Repertoire in an intimate and acoustic setting, delivered in her own unique way and accompanied by the incredible Matt Robinson on piano and Max Luther on double bass.

Photo Credit: Monika Jakubowska

‘One of the most creative vocalists on the UK scene’ – BBC Radio 3

‘Spontaneity, high-class jazz artistry’  – The Guardian

‘Her silky voice immediately created a sense of tranquility and solitude that hung in the air, and left the audience in awe.’ – LondonJazz