Jazz Notes, Jazz Conversations and more - The Music Continuum CIC Episode 12 - Wendy Kirkland

Episode 12 A Conversation with pianist and vocalist Wendy Kirkland

Pianist and singer Wendy Kirkland has been a mainstay of the UK Jazz scene since the late noughties, but it was her first album, Piano Divas, released in 2017 that began her ascent to wider recognition as a “Singing Pianist”, as dubbed by Jazz Journal.

During lockdown from March 2020, Wendy and guitarist/bassist husband Pat Sprakes entertained with a daily dose of Latin American music on Facebook which they entitled Latin Lockdowns. After 86 such performances they decided it was time to move on to other musical endeavours, but were amazed and pleased to receive daily messages from people who described the videos in such terms as “a ray of sunshine” in their lockdown situations.

Along with husband Pat Sparke (guitarist bass player Wendy runs Chesterfield Jazz Club

Artists featured on Wendy’s recordings are guitarist and bass player Pat Sprake, vibes player Roger Beaujolais and trombonist Dennis Rollins. 

“SHE’S A JAZZ PIANIST AND SHE’S A JAZZ SINGER, AND DOES BOTH WITH FEELING AND FLAIR.”★★★★ NIGEL JARRETT, JAZZ JOURNAL

“WOW. WOW! A CRACKER – AND BRILLIANTLY DELIVERED.” – LINLEY HAMILTON, BBC RADIO

“THE BEGINNING OF MUCH DESERVED RECOGNITION.” ALAN BARNES

Excerpts included in this Episode are:

https://wendykirkland.com