Rachael Calladine

Rachael, who has been singing professionally since the age of 17, moved to London in 1995 to pursue her career, and has been featured on numerous gigs and recording projects since then. She includes numerous appearances at the likes of Ronnie Scott's, the Pizza Express Dean Street, the Jazz Cafe and the London Jazz Festival as well as being the ex lead vocalist with the classic Fusion band Us3, with whom she toured Europe extensively. She has appeared on MTV numerous times and performed regularly alongside artists such as Jamiroquai, The Brand New Heavies, Incognito, Amy Winehouse and Joss Stone. She has also toured and recorded with the likes of The Spice Girls and Kylie Minogue. She has been featured on nu jazz aficionado Giles Peterson’s album ‘Worldwide Vol 2.’ with her co-written song “La La Li”, and her debut album of original material “Life, Love & Gossip” on Kwerk records was received with great critical acclaim. In 2009 Rachael moved to Dubai, where continued to work at the highest level, including appearances at Dubai International Jazz Festival, Dubai World Cup, Taste of Dubai, The Chillout Festival and The Middle East Film Festival. As a songwriter Rachael has also had a healthy presence on iTunes for some time, with a catalogue of internationally released material, 3 solo albums and high profile compilations. Her association with the Club is a long one, including a lengthy stint as the lead singer with what is effectively the Club "house band", Samara. Her powerful, melodic, voice and Groove tinged originals are a real delight and have been much missed, so it is with real pleasure that we welcome Rachael back to the UK with what will hopefully be the first of a regular series of gigs here at the Club. The gig itself is a great mix of Rachael’s originals, classic R&B, selected Jazz standards and Brazilian dance music. Quite special.

“…great funky jazz singer” Time Out; “A blissful listen to an eclectic mix of songs which are really something special due to Calladine’s diva-sultry vocals.” Subba-Cultcha; “What a voice!” Ian Shaw