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Fleur Stevenson

A familiar face on the London jazz scene, Fleur Stevenson is gifted with a honeyed tone, an offbeat sense of humour and a naturally charismatic stage presence. Fleur creates an instant rapport with her audience through sparkling narrative and an unerring instinct for choosing the right material to showcase her talent.

Her phrasing, use of space and improvisational ability nod to obvious influences from the greats such as Shirley Horn and Anita O’Day but Fleur is carving a niche all of her own with her surprising yet stylish interpretations of jazz standards and her tender, heartfelt delivery of romantic ballads.

Fleur works with many of the UKs top musicians including Gareth Williams, Art Themen, Pete Billington, Frank Harrison, Dave Newton, Clark Tracey, and Brandon Allen to name a few. She performs at many prestigious venues across the UK, including the legendary Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club, 606 Club and Pizza Express Jazz Club, Soho.

Fleur's latest album (2022) with multi-instrumentalist Pete Billington called 'For All We Know' received much critical acclaim and is included in the prestigious Jazz Views Best Albums of the Year Award, and also featured as one of Jazz Fuel's Best 30 Jazz Releases of 2022.

After a well received EP, Fleur launched her debut album at Pizza Express Jazz Club, Soho in July 2019. The album entitled 'Follow Me' features arrangements of well known standards, as well as jazz arrangements of some lesser known vintage pop songs. Highlights include a samba arrangement of King Crimson’s ‘I Talk to the Wind’ and a tender jazz ballad treatment of the Presley classic ‘Can’t Help Falling in Love’.

'Follow Me' reviewed some top reviews:

"There is attention to detail in every track and very clear nods to the composers, yet each number is also imbued with originality… This album is class.” Something Else

50 minutes of charming vocal jazz.” Roger Farbey, All About Jazz

"This is an absolutely delightful album from Fleur Stevenson... and will appeal to all who appreciate top drawer vocal jazz.” Jazz Views

''The honey-toned voice is a delight, excellent diction, feelingly sung, and the trio perform really well, with lots of space for piano solos.'' Bebop Spoken Here


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Fleur Stevenson: Follow Me

Read "Follow Me" reviewed by Roger Farbey


There are plenty of standards adorning Fleur Stevenson's debut album. This comes in the wake of her career-launching salvo, an EP entitled Introducing Fleur Stevenson, released in 2016. Stevenson possesses an appealing voice and, on the breezy opener “Beautiful Love," proves she can scat as deftly as she can sing Haven Gillespie's memorable words. While the majority of the album's eleven tracks are derived from the Great American Songbook, there are a couple of obvious outliers included here. Tim Hardin's ...

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"Fleur Stevenson is a wonderful singer with a great musical ear and natural jazz feel."
Claire Martin OBE

“Fleur has a great voice and sense of timing, and her ability to scat is quite phenomenal. The song choice is fantastic, and she really knows how to present them.”
London Jazz News

“Stevenson is in possession of a voice which has power - yet she has the control to drop down to a caress in a heart-beat. And she can scat; boy, can she scat!”
Something Else

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Primary Instrument

Vocals

Willing to teach

Beginner to advanced

Credentials/Background

Fully CRB checked. Associate of Trinity College London (Jazz) diploma and ABRSM Grade 8 singing.

Music

Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

For All We Know

Fleur Stevenson
2022

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Follow Me

Fleur Stevenson
2019

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Introducing Fleur...

Fleur Stevenson
2016

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