Emma Smith with the Francesca Tandoi Trio

Come down to Soul Mama for the first ever pairing of two European jazz stars, celebrated British jazz singer Emma Smith and dazzling Italian pianist Francesca Tandoi. Italian jazz pianist and singer Francesca Tandoi has been hailed by critics and peers as a rising jazz star and one of the most enthralling young talents on the International jazz scene. She has toured and performed at some of the most noteworthy theatres, jazz festivals, and clubs around the world such as the North Sea Jazz Festival, Umbria Jazz, Cork Jazz, Sumatra Jazz Festival, Tokyo Hakuju Concert Hall, Moscow Gorkiy Park Summer Festival, and many more in USA, Japan, Indonesia, India, South Africa, Russia and everywhere in Europe. She has recorded four albums with legendary American saxophonist, Scott Hamilton, and tours regularly in her favourite format ? piano trio. Award-winning jazz singer Emma Smith has toured the world as a member of Post-Modern Jukebox and The Puppini Sisters, and recorded with the likes of Robbie Williams, Michael Buble and Seal. Named as the UK Parliamentary Jazz Awards best vocalist for 2024, she has also begun to do very well in Denmark ? she is headlining a New Years Eve gala next month at the DR Koncerthuset with the Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra and Big Band. ?Extraordinary cumulative power? ? Jazz Wise ?One of the most stylish and original interpreters of Songbook classics on the scene? ??All About Jazz ?Emotive power? ? Evening Standard ?Emma Smith is a singer with a voice that is a breath of fresh air to the jazz world? ? Jazz Views ?If you want a name for the future, then agents should not wait too long to beat a path to?the door of Emma Smith? ? The Telegraph