Zoe Francis

Zoe Francis started singing jazz while living and working in New York, and soon became a regular fixture on the scene, often sitting in with the late Harry Whitaker and his trio at Arturo’s down in the Village as well as working with many other musicians including Harry Allen, Warren Vache, Joe Cohn and Chris Flory. Her first album "Looking for a Boy" has just been released providing a great showcase for her beautiful voice. Singing a really lovely selection of standards (some well known, others less so), with a great sense of swing and natural ability, Zoe’s gigs are just terrific. Appearing with Zoe this evening will be iconic UK guitarist Jim Mullen, the great Stan Sulzmann on sax, Gareth Williams (Claire Martin) on piano, Mick Hutton on bass and Winston Clifford on drums. A classic jazz star in the making, and a brilliant gig.

“...she delivers with cool but affecting aplomb, her diction perfect, her range impressive….a classy, poised singer who respects her material enough to deliver it straight and true” LondonJazz;
“Fine…singer” Time Out.
“something a bit special is going on when this artist..takes the stage…there is a quality in Zoe Francis’s work that suggests something of the classic singers of the past…yet there is no obvious attempt to be anyone but herself, with an appealing freshness as well as technical command that make her shows well worth seeking out” LondonJazz News