‘Shaw’s shape-shifting voice mixes urgency, vulnerability and always humanity’
The Scotsman
“a celebration of all that is good about Ian Shaw. He moves from the ebullient to the reflective as he uses his vocal and lyrical craft to bring to life a typical Greek Street Friday.”
★★★★ Get Ready To Rock
“this is one of Shaw's very best records... [he's] in his element, corresponding intimately on the stand with saxophonist Tony Kofi”
★★★★ Marbank
21-apr-25
Ian returns with a stellar band led by Ronnie Scott's own James Pearson. In the beautiful Ladbroke Hall, London W10. Friday 16th May. Doors at 6:30pm, show at 7:45pm.
Tickets: ladbrokehall.com
Sat 03 May 25
Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club, Soho, London - Songs & Stories - 11 doors for 12:30 show
Tue 06 May 25
Crystal Palace Jazz Club at Hopscotch Taprooms, 54 Westow Hill SE19 1RX
Wed 07 May 25
Crystal Palace Jazz Club at Hopscotch Taprooms, 54 Westow Hill SE19 1RX
Fri 16 May 25
Ladbroke Hall, Ladbroke Grove W10 6AZ
Sat 24 May 25
Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel, Piccadilly, London - 7pm
17-apr-25
Ian recorded this album (Abeat Records) in 2020 in Bari, Italy with with Alessandro Di Liberto (piano), Tommaso Scannapieco (double bass) and Enzo Zirilli (drums).
We have acquired a limited stock of this rare album. To get your copy, please visit our shop.
17-apr-25
A collection of photos of the concert at FolkClub in Torino, Italy, on 5th April 2025 when Ian again joined Alessandro Di Liberto, Alessandro Maiorino and Enzo Zirilli. Photos by Antonio Baiano. Published on All About Jazz.
View the gallery at allaboutjazz.com/ian-shaw-at-folkclub
13-feb-25
“Another to record an entire album of Joni Mitchell's songs is Welsh singer Ian Shaw... Night in the City, from Mitchell's debut album, is given the swing treatment, with Shaw interjecting bursts of bubbly scatt. Nigel Hitchcock on tenor saxophone and pianist Tim Lapthorn both take lively solos, but the star of the show is Shaw — not for nothing is he widely considered as the UK's greatest jazz singer. In his delivery there are shades of Mark Murphy and Jon Hendricks, artists in whose company Shaw very much belongs.”
Night in the City from Ian's 2006 album Drawn To All Things ‐ the songs of Joni Mitchell.
Read the full article at allaboutjazz.com
17-apr-25
Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club
Continuing the series of Saturday brunch shows in which Ian is up-close and personal with luminaries from the UK music scene.
In May, Ian is joined by UK musical treasure Gary Crosby OBE, jazz double bassist, composer, arranger and educator (3rd May); and in June, Ian welcomes Hamish Stuart, who gained fame as a member of Average White Band, the Scottish funk and R&B group of the 1970s (7th June). Expect live performance, conversation and Q&A.
Tickets:
Gary Crosby, Sat 3rd May at 11am
Hamish Stuart, Sat 7th June at 11am
Sat 03 May 25
Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club, Soho, London - Songs & Stories - 11 doors for 12:30 show
Tue 06 May 25
Crystal Palace Jazz Club at Hopscotch Taprooms, 54 Westow Hill SE19 1RX
Wed 07 May 25
Crystal Palace Jazz Club at Hopscotch Taprooms, 54 Westow Hill SE19 1RX
Fri 16 May 25
Ladbroke Hall, Ladbroke Grove W10 6AZ
Sat 24 May 25
Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel, Piccadilly, London - 7pm
“This fantastic quartet brings Strayhorn and Ellington tunes to life on this superb live album.” The Billy Strayhorn Foundation
From The Theory Of Joy (Harmonia Mundi/Jazz Village), release February 2016. Please consider making a donation to refugee aid – all info below video.
Ian has been appointed Patron of Refugee Support, an organisation providing direct help to refugees within Europe, focusing on delivering aid with dignity.
Read more at www.refugeesupporteu.com
The Phone Credit Group provides refugee children with vital support. Ian talks to Paula Erol of The Phone Credit Group and Tess Berry-Hart of Calais Action about this fundraising initiative. Listen to the podcast to find out how you can help.
As many of you know, I have been working for a year now as a volunteer at the unofficial refugee camp – known as the jungle…
Banner photography by James Christos.
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