Sara Dowling

Gifted with immensely emotional vocals. Born from a Palestinian mother and Irish father she was surrounded by the turning records of her father’s jazz collection. Influenced by Betty Carter and Sarah Vaughan, she is now one of the U.K’s leading jazz vocalist and performed at London’s prestigious Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club, Buxton International Festival, Swanage Jazz Festival, Isle of Wight Festival, as well as headlining festivals in Italy, Spain, France and Hungary (Budapest Jazz Club). She is known for her interpretations of classic ballads leaving audiences spell bound as well as the energy and vigor with which she tackles the up tempo standards from the American Song Book.    Sebastian Scotney - London Jazz News wrote "How soon before it will become normal to think about her as one of the best jazz singers this country has?  Sara’s album From Shadows Into Light received five star review from Jazz Journal who said  “A vocal with timeless quality” Mojo magazine wrote  ‘Enigmatic, beguiling and intensely musical’  Well known composer/Arranger Guy Barker wrote "Her voice has all the qualities that you find in the great singers”