Sue McCreeth
Sue McCreeth (Born 6 June 1960) is a well-regarded British jazz musician, whose recording career has been archived in the National Jazz Archive.[1] Dave Gelly, Jazz Critic for the Guardian newspaper in a four-star review for her album Look Back and Love (June 2017) described her composition as “Highly original songwriting in wildly contrasting styles."[2]
CAREER
McCreeth’s professional jazz performance career commenced with the launch of her CD, 500 Miles High the Air Is Blue (2002), at the renowned London Jazz Club, Pizza on the Park, Knightsbridge London, in January 2003. The event was reviewed by John Fordham in the Guardian newspaper, “She has a rich mid register… she is calmly inventive, boldly ambitious, and she has imagination and heart.”[3]
McCreeth subsequently released her CDs, Just for Luxury (2004), No Evil (2014), Queer Bird (2016) and Look Back and Love (2017), and featured on a CD with the band 'Infinite Sunday', all of which has been catalogued in the National Jazz Archive.[4]
EARLY LIFE
Sue McCreeth’s parents met whilst working together in a skiffle band. She started playing guitar at age 9 and was also writing songs from that age. She was singing in a semi-professional band two to three nights a week from the age of 16, and at age 18 she joined the well-regarded Lincolnshire dance band, The Brass Roots. During her early twenties, she also sang with the RAF College of Cranwell Dance Band, the Ken Mackintosh Band and The Bob Miller Band. At age 24, she returned to full-time education studying Voice (RSBM Grade VIII), Theory (RBSM Grade VIII), Piano and Guitar (RSBM Grade V). She studied at the University of Sussex, graduating with a 2.1 Honours degree in Music in 1991. She honed her professional style working in London hotels as a pianist/vocalist.
CRITICAL RECEPTION
National Jazz Archive, 2002 500 miles high the air is blue “A beautiful piece of work from Sue McCreeth. Her voice is almost simultaneously ethereal, sensuous and torchy … You Go To My Head is a small gem of creativity” Herbie Flowers [5]
National Jazz Archive, 2004 Just For Luxury “Young singer McCreeth with an A-List UK bop band … McCreeth applies her plush mid-range and rhythmic flexibility” [6]
The Jazzman (June 28, 2006) Just for Luxury “Sassy, sensual, reflective and rueful - her voice purrs and whispers… McCreeth takes musical risks and brings a genuine jazz sensibility to her singing. Her album contains an eclectic choice of material performed with inspired collaborators who are the cream of Britain’s jazz crop. It is a proper jazz album and a genuine musical statement rather than a shallow attempt to copy current musical fashions.” Ian Mann [7]
The Observer July 2017 Look Back and Love “**** She alters her singing voice quite radically to suit the character of individual songs. As a result, the sheer contrast from one song to another, while very effective, can be a little bewildering until you get used to it… impressive” Dave Gelly, The Observer and The Guardian Wednesday, June 07, [8]
11 May 2014 The Guardian No Evil “It's not singer plus accompaniment so much as four musicians working together, and the result is a dozen intimate and nicely judged performances.” [9]
2017 BE-BOP SPOKEN HERE June 2017 CD Review: Sue McCreeth - Look Back And Love “You could read this review, or you could go to the website, www.suemccreeth.com and play the video of “Sat Nam”, and you’ll get a good idea of what this superb singer and her various musicians are all about.” Ann Alex [10]
The Guardian 2014 No Evil “Sue's deep and knowledgeable love for jazz shines in every arrangement and the musicians she assembled provide a tour-de-force in musicality…Sue shows herself to be a skilful and faithful interpreter of the repertoire … A fine album by any standard(s).” [11]
AWARDS
McCreeth has received three jazz touring awards from Jazz Services UK. Other awards include semi-finalist in the International Songwriting Competition, Jazz Category, 2003 for her song, Sat Nam, and semi-finalist in the International Songwriting Competition, Jazz Category, 2011 for her song, She Want Him. Judges included Pat Metheny and Monte Lipman (President, Universal Records).
DISCOGRAPHY
500 miles high the air is blue (2002) Tru-Nu
Just for Luxury (2004) Tru-Nu
No Evil (2014) Tru-Nu
Queer Bird (2016) Tru-Nu
Infinite Sunday (2012) Tru-Nu
Look Back and Love (2017) Tru-Nu
References
- ↑ "Jazz UK 52 - National Jazz Archive". nationaljazzarchive.org.uk. 2023-10-09. Retrieved 2023-10-09.
- ↑ Gelly, Dave (2017-06-18). "Sue McCreeth: Look Back and Love review – an impressive showcase". The Observer. ISSN 0029-7712. Retrieved 2023-10-09.
- ↑ Fordham, John (2003-01-07). "Sue McCreeth". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2023-10-09.
- ↑ "Jazz UK 52 - National Jazz Archive". nationaljazzarchive.org.uk. 2023-10-09. Retrieved 2023-10-09.
- ↑ Flowers, Herbie (2023-10-10). "Jazz UK 52 - National Jazz Archive". nationaljazzarchive.org.uk. Retrieved 2023-10-10.
- ↑ "Jazz UK 66 - National Jazz Archive". nationaljazzarchive.org.uk. 2023-10-10. Retrieved 2023-10-10.
- ↑ Mann, Ian (2006-06-28). "Sue McCreeth - Just For Luxury | Review | The Jazz Mann". www.thejazzmann.com. Retrieved 2023-10-10.
- ↑ Gelly, Dave (2017-06-18). "Sue McCreeth: Look Back and Love review – an impressive showcase". The Observer. ISSN 0029-7712. Retrieved 2023-10-10.
- ↑ Gelly, Dave (2014-05-10). "No Evil review – Sue McCreeth's first all-standards album is an intimate affair". The Observer. ISSN 0029-7712. Retrieved 2023-10-10.
- ↑ Alex, Ann (2017-06-07). "bebop spoken here: CD Review: Sue McCreeth - Look Back And Love". bebop spoken here. Retrieved 2023-10-10.
- ↑ Gelly, Dave (2014-05-11). "The Guardian No Evil Review". https://www.theguardian.com/. Retrieved 2023-10-10. External link in
|website=(help)
This article "Sue McCreeth" is from Wikipedia. The list of its authors can be seen in its historical and/or the page Edithistory:Sue McCreeth. Articles copied from Draft Namespace on Wikipedia could be seen on the Draft Namespace of Wikipedia and not main one.
