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Female Jazz VocalistChip met Karen whilst teaching singing at the Academy of Contemporary Music.
This extraordinary vocalist, originally from Australia moved to the UK to develop her singing career. Her self-produced albums have received rave reviews and coveted radio airplay on Michael Parkinson's Radio 2 show, BBC London and Jazz Fm.
Her second album "Taste" was launched at London's most prestigious Jazz venue Pizza Express Jazz Club Dean St Soho.
Karen loves singing Swinging Jazz Standards as well as luscious Latin Bossa Nova and Samba. Her accomplished band grooves through a range of styles that highlight her intimate evocative and sensual vocal style, creating the perfect atmosphere for any stylish event.
Festivals at which she has appeared at include York Jazz Festival, the Julian Joseph series at Sydney’s premier jazz club and The Basement, Melbourne International Arts Festival, Sydney International Arts Festival and the International Women's Day Festival in Sydney. In the UK she has featured at many festivals including Southport International Jazz Festival, Corsham Arts Festival and Soho Jazz festival in London.
Whilst in Singapore she worked extensively performing at high end hotels including Raffles Hotel, Banyan Tree Resorts, Four Seasons and the Raffles Hotel for the NY Eve Millennium.
Since moving to London she has played with some of London’s leading jazz musicians with consecutive sell-out gigs at the Pizza on the Park, Knightsbridge and at Cleo Laine and John Dankworths' Stables Theatre.
Her corporate clients have included:
Microsoft - in Evian France
Daimler Chrysler - in Berlin
Daimler Chrysler - in Cape Town
British Airways - A Taste of London Regents Park
Bloomberg – Seven Deadly Sins Party
Visit London Awards 2007 - Indigo The Dome
CIPD Awards - South bank
Prudential - Old Billingsgate Market London
Prologis Europe 10th Anniversary
SKY TV - Syon House
BNP Paribas - Saatchi Gallery London and many others who continue to invite her band to Europe, most recently France and Germany as well as Asia.
"A lovely singer Highly Recommended."
Michael Parkinson, BBC Radio 2 UK"Refreshingly Good"
Sholto Byrnes, The Independent"Once in a Lifetime is certainly the real Karen Lane. I know of no-one else who sings with what I can only describe as her demure abandon. It's wholehearted but at the sametime restrained, precisely phrased but not studied a fine and distinctive singer."
Dave Gelly, Musician Magazine UK"When you hear her softly Latinised account of On Green Dolphin Street here, the band resembles Astrud Gilberto in some kind of unannounced encounter with the MJQ. She swings gracefully on Devil May Care, and is sensually funky on a soulful Love Me or Leave Me."
John Fordham, Jazz UK Magazine"Karen Lane is a fresh voice and presence on the UK jazz vocal scene. She has a rare combination of musicianship, technique and just plain "feel": one can sense that, even at this early stage of her European sojourn, her potential is that of someone who could command a worldwide, rather than a merely local, audience."
Keith Shadwick, Jazzwise"Lane is one of a new breed of singer. She uses subtlety, intimacy and controlled phrasing to get a song across.. This is a fine recording that should satisfy the ears of many listeners. Her inviting voice, intimate delivery and a rock solid band make this one to have in the repeated listening stack."
Randy McElligott, Chuo FM Canada"This is an exotic treasure chest of subtle styles which will please all Brazilian fans... compares favourably to my first Astrud Gilberto album ... but Karen Lane sings much better than Astrud did. One of the best vocal albums I have heard in a long time."
Wes Gillespie, www.euroclubdejazz.com"She has a remarkably adaptable voice. No sooner had I categorised it as crystal clear, for it to turn breathy and sensual. It sounded cool and sophisticated, only to develop a thin, haunting quality, remini-scent of Billie Holliday."
Sue Anderson, Wiltshire News Live Review
