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"If you are in jazz and more than ten people like you, you are labelled commercial. " - Mann
::jazz vocalist artiste::
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Name: Hannah Northedge
Date of Birth: TBA
Location: London
Experience: Vocalist with The Piccadilly Dance Orchestra. Performing pop & jazz on cruise liners. Tours in UK & abroad. Fronting jazz ensembles & big bands. Fronting function bands at weddings, private parties, corporate events. Singing with Ronnie Smith (jazz pianist & former BBC big band leader) & members of Dudley Moore's trio, guitarist Shane Hill, pianists Kit Massey & Glenn Hughes. Singing with choirs including London Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Chorus and London Philharmonic Chorus. Performing in musical theatre productions. Sessions for Leighton Morrell and Jackie Chambers (Girlschool). Singing & playing guitar on BBC.
Additional Instruments:Rhythm guitar, flute.
Additional Skills: Classically trained, ability to sing in genres of jazz, country, pop, folk, classical, opera & beyond. Vocal range of 3.5 octaves, natural harmoniser, backing vocals, improvisation, ability to learn new material very swiftly, sight reader, excellent aural perception. Particular richness & velvety timbre of voice in lower register. Screen & stage acting experience. Karen Carpenter impersonator. Vocal coaching for all Artist styles. Referees:Jackie Chambers (lead guitarist with Girlschool), Ronnie Smith (jazz pianist & former BBC big band leader).
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  Name: Helen Sanderson White BA (Hons) Music
Date of Birth: Age 28
Location: London
Experience: Studio, live performance, arranging and producing. Skills in improvisation, harmonies, aural and sight-reading and composition. Vocal & piano teaching - Tutor at Morley College plus Waterloo, Kensington and Chelsea College. Debut Album 'Conversations with the Heart' - released June 04. Experience in Church music and Church bands.
Additional Instruments:Backing vocals and keyboards.
Referees:Dr Peter Fribbins - Middlesex University. 'Helen kindly paid a visit to the studio amongst all the chaos to come and lay her vocal down for the 'Spirit of London' Not only did she lay a great vocal track down, she even laid down the top harmony... I was most impressed. Helen's attitude and behaviour was entirely professional and I will definitely be calling her up for some future recording sessions'. Dave Loughran - Producer / Manager & Creative Director , DSL Productions.
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  Name: Kim Chandler
Date of Birth: Age TBA
Location: London
Experience: Lead and backing vocals for live performance, session singing (adverts, BVs on albums, demo songs etc), TV ("Top of the Pops", "Brian Conley Show", "Trading Places",
world-televised sporting events etc), DVDs (Natalie Cole, Uriah Heep)
Additional skills: reader, by ear, vocal coach, vocal arranger, vocal
producer, choir director. Training: Masters of Music in Performance (with Distinction), London College
of Music, 2001
Additional Instruments: Piano/Keys and FluteUS.
Artiste References: Michael McDonald, Natalie Cole, Michael Bolton, Neil
Diamond, Puff Daddy (with LCGC), Uriah Heep, Thelma Houston, Barry Manilow,
Pat Cane (Hue&Cry) and the BBC Big Band.
Studio references: adverts (Currys, McDonalds, Coca Cola, Pepsi, Castlemaine
XXXX etc), MD (Westlife's "Queen of my Heart"), BVs (Uriah Heep, Brian
Conley), demo songs: Lene (ex-Aqua), Sugababes, Anastasia, Kylie, Geri
Halliwell, Honeyz, Charlotte Church, Kate Winslet etc.
Referees: "...the finest session singer I have ever worked with in my 27
years as an arranger, producer and songwriter is Kim Chandler..." Richard
Niles (credits: James Brown, Ray Charles, Tina Turner, Cher, Paul McCartney,
Kylie Minogue, Westlife, Boyzone, Take That, Pet Shop Boys, Tears for Fears,
Wet Wet Wet, Swingout Sister etc )
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  Name: Juliette Leon
Date of Birth: 12/11/70
Location: Coventry
Experience: Wide variety of genres, Urban to Pop/Jazz, Studios, live, Radio & TV, Improvisation, Backing vocals.
Additional skills: Piano, Dance & Mime, Tap & Ballet (National competition level), Improvisation, Backing vocals. Speech and drama (TV - various programs)
References: Tower Records, Radio 1.
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  Name: Sarah Simmonds - LGSM- BA
Date of Birth: Age 25
Location: Nottingham
Experience: Virtuosic vocal arrangements in classical, jazz, modern, rock & pop. Ex 'Swingle Singers'. Sessions for: Paul Joyce, Jenny O'Grady, DJ Charles Webster. Extensive recording/touring work in film, TV, Radio and concert performance throughout the UK and US.
Additional Instruments:
Referees: Pamela Cook MBE, Clarendon College, references available
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Name: Ms Jordan Bailey
Date of Birth:
Location: London
Experience: UK, Europe & World Tours. Studio, TV/Video appearances.
Additional Instruments: Lead and Backing Vocals.
Studio References: George Martin, Mike Stock, Norman Cook, Matt Butler, Ricki Wild, Chris Porter

Artiste References: Paul Young, Sir Cliff Richard, Sir Paul McCartney, Kim Wilde, Living in a Box, Erasure, Matt Bianco, The Cult, Yellow Monkey.
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Classical, Vernacular
  Name: Vladimir Trent
Date of Birth: TBA
Location: London - Global
Experience: Extensive teaching, European wide touring, Studios and TV and Radio. Genres of Rock, Pop, Acid Fusion and Jazz. Multi Linguist - Bulgarian, English and Russian. Diploma in Bass and Bass Technology: Musicians Institute London.
Additional Instruments: Four and Five string bases, Vocals.
Artiste References: Alice Cooper, Highway Junkies, Matuna, Locus. Personal referees - Gary Lee @ Gibson. Enrico Mich Morena @ Drum Tech
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  Name:Sue Balingall
Date of Birth: tba
Location: London
Experience: TV, Radio, Extensive Studio work, Live concert performance.
Additional Instruments: Lead and Backing Vocals, Songwriter, Guitar, Percussion, Programming.
Studio References: Rick Kemp, Virgin Records, Michael Chapman, Jazz FM, Kiss FM, Radio3, extensive local radio.
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Name: Sally Horner B Sc (Hons)
Date of Birth:
Location: London
Experience: Specialist Training for voice overs and TV Presenters.
Additional Instruments: Lead and Backing Vocals.
 Artiste References:Freshwater Theatre Company, Wonder Dog Productions, Big Fish Theatre Company, Portsmouth International Festival, Colway Theatre Trust.
Full MU Member
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Name: Lynne Cartwright
Date of Birth: Age 26
Location: Hampshire
Experience: Sight-reading, learning at speed, improvisation, harmonising, transcription
orchestration/arrangement
Additional Instruments: Piano, Cello, Saxophone
Referees: References available
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  Name: Nadie Keating
Date of Birth: 31/12/75
Location: Middlesex
Experience: Vocal coach, Look alike -sound alike specialist, Extensive live performance.
Additional Instruments: Musician, Actress, Songwriter, Dancer and performer, Lead and Backing Voc.
Artistes References: Level 42, David Essex, Don Arndun, Peter Sinfield, Kym Marsh, Julian Emery
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  Name: Dee Hunter
Date of Birth:
Location: Essex
Experience: Studios, live performance, arranging, producing.
Additional skills: Keyboards, harmonising, backing vocals
Referees:
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Name: Stephanie Benson
Date of Birth:
Location: London
Experience: Has performed for HRH the Price of Wales for his charity on two occasions. Supported acts Atomic Kitten, Blue, Misteeq. Has appeared on GMTV, This Morning, SKY, C4.
Additional skills:
Referees: Available on request
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