Durham-born Jo Harrop now London resident is a jazz singer who has a refined mellow sound evoking the greats such as Anita O’Day, Nina Simone, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughn & Billie Holliday and has graced many prestigious stages and studios around the UK & Europe, including the Royal Albert Hall, The Sage, The 606 club, Jazz Cafe, Pizza Express Jazz Club, The Hideaway, Zedel, to name a few.
Before finding herself on the jazz scene, Jo began her career as a singer/songwriter and also provided backing vocals for international stars, such as, Leanne Rimes, Enrique Iglesias and Neil Diamond, as well as writing and recording a song for Acoustic Alchemy’s album “Radio Contact”.
'Songs For The Late Hours', is a collection of bittersweet jazz standards, sung straight from the heart, with feeling, soul, and depth, featuring Jo Harrop’s cool & swinging trio, rising jazz players, Will Barry (p), Harry Sankey (g) & Joe Downard (b) – inspired by the recordings of the greats, Julie London & Barney Kessel, Anita O’Day with Oscar Peterson & Ella Fitzgerald with Joe Pass.
The sleeve notes were written by Lance Liddle, of Jazz Blog, Bebop Spoken Here.
