Catherine Summers and her 5-piece swinging jazz band brings you the songs and stories of the Queen of Jazz, Ella Fitzgerald.

 

Enjoy a show from Perth's own premier Jazz Songstress, Catherine Summers as she presents a host of toe-tapping Ella Fitzgerald favourites, from her nursery rhyme first no. 1 hit to classic songs from her Duke Ellington, Irving Berlin and The Cole Porter songbooks.

 

Spirited singer Catherine Summers delivers emotive performances of Ella's well-known classics around tidbits of history from Ella Fitzgerald's incredible career. Hear about Ella's early life in Harlem on the streets, her painful shyness, a lucky chance encounter with Marilyn Monroe to becoming the first African American women to win a Grammy.

Kickback and take a load off and escape the hectic as popular jazz songstress, Catherine Summers brings you this show of classics paying homage to the most iconic divas that have shaped and inspired jazz. Billie Holiday, Nina Simone, Dinah Washington, Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald, Etta James, Lena Horne, Peggy Lee & more

 

This 5-piece jazz ensemble showcases ‘The Most Iconic Jazz Divas’ performing songs such as Cry Me A River, My Baby Just Cares For Me, Mad About The Boy, At Last, The Lady Is A Tramp and more..

 

Enjoy historic stories weaved around effortlessly delivered well-known classics of love, fun and adventure, heartbreak, loss and remorse.  You’ll feel right there in the 30's and 40's when these great songs first heard.

Be transported into a Parisian jazz club for an enchanting show presented by Catherine Summers and her band. Come and get lost in the magic of yesteryear in Paris, featuring performances of French classics such as Edith Piaf’s ‘Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien’, ‘La Vie En Rose’, ‘Milord’ and Charles Trenet’s ‘Que Reste-t-Ii’ plus many more songs reminiscent of the era, such as Ella Fitzgerald’s rendition of ‘April in Paris’. 

 

Presented to you by a group of exceptionally talented musicians, helmed by songstress Catherine Summers, who weaves through the history of this era as through laneways in Paris. Summers presents anecdotes and stories from the time with warmth, humour, and a candour which sees the audience leaving feeling as if they are old friends.

It's a Cotton Club Charleston extravaganza. This lively show mixes up old standards, cool jazz, an abundance of French songs as well as songs featured from the Great Gatsby Soundtrack. For example, traditional jazz versions of Beyoncé’s 'Crazy In Love' and Amy Winehouse's 'Back To Black'

 

Catherine Summers with her 5-piece jazz band showcases tap along, up-beat, fun songs. You’ll hear the likes of Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Benny Goodman, Amy Winehouse, David Bowie, Frank Sinatra and many more.

Catherine Summers and her lively 5-piece pop band present a 2-set show of Britain’s iconic music intertwined with tid-bits of history from the 60s to today’s anthems.

 

From artists such as The Beatles, Elton John, Coldplay, Oasis, Bowie, Ed Sheeran, Kate Bush, Adele, George Michael and Amy Winehouse and more!

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Catherine Summers is one of Perth‘s premier vocalists. Her rich honeyed voice, broad vocal range, engaging stage presence and ‘instantly familiar’ candour has given her a title of a ‘delight to watch’. As an ex-pat Brit herself (now proud AU citizen), is excited to bring these songs to life alongside a 5-piece band featuring some of Perth’s premiere musicians. A night, weaving world-class music with stories of her life growing up in the UK. 

Elton/Bowie/Beatles is an homage to some of the greatest cultural and musical exports from Britain ever.

 

Summers emulates the low notes of Bowie, Lennon, McCartney and John and she actually hits the high notes better in some cases (for example, in covering Elton’s Bennie And The Jets, Catherine gets really high in the chorus the way Elton used to – alas, he can’t now since having had a particular throat operation).

 

The 150-minute long set includes most of the bigger hits from each of the three artists – too many songs to list here but let’s just say it’s one hell of a magical history tour. There are also a couple of medleys that defy the usual ‘naffness’ of the very word ‘medley’. The way Cathrine and her band segue snippets of songs is far classier than any ‘Stars on 45’-type mash.

‘Salute To The Noughties’ – a party night of hits of the 2000s to 2010. This is the period that saw the start of the dominance of Coldplay, the breakthrough of Lady Gaga and Adele, the age of Duffy, Estelle, Amy Winehouse and Lilly Allen. From the infectious sounds of Florence & The Machine to the era of Britney and Beyoncé.

 

Step back in time with ‘Salute To The Noughties’, a musical journey that revisits unforgettable tunes between 2000 and 2010. This spectacular evening includes classics like ‘Brightside’ from The Killers, ‘Sunday Morning’ by Maroon, Sophie Elis-Bextor‘s ‘Murder On The Dancefloor’ and Lady Gaga’s ‘Poker Face’

 

Enjoy a show that immerses audiences in a vibrant era from disco nostalgia to Indi anthems that shaped a generation.