London Jazz Festival: Cleveland Watkiss Quartet - Soul Diasporas

Live Jazz London - London Jazz Festival: Cleveland Watkiss Quartet - Soul DiasporasVirtuoso vocalist, actor and composer Cleveland Watkiss was one of the co-founders of the vastly influential Jazz Warriors big band. His amazing vocal experiences have seen him perform with many diverse artists from around the world such as the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Bob Dylan, the James Taylor Quartet, Stevie Wonder, Nigel Kennedy, Robbie Williams, Joe Cocker and many many more.

Best Male Jazz Singer in Britain Evening Standard Winner of the London Jazz Awards for Best Vocalist 2010.

Born in the East End of London, virtuoso vocalist, actor and composer Cleveland Watkiss studied the voice at the London School of Singing with opera coach Arnold Rose and at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Cleveland was also one of the co-founders of the vastly influential Jazz Warriors big band. His vocals can be heard on their debut album, Out of Many People, which won a video award in Japan.
More recently, demonstrating great versatility, Cleveland Watkiss was cast as the starring role in Julian Josephs two groundbreaking Jazz operas, Bridgetower and Shadowball, to considerable acclaim.
Cleveland has and continues to perform in many of the major concert halls, festivals and clubs around the world with his VocalSuite, a solo voice performance, and with his new quartet, CWQ.