Jazz Articles about Sarah L King

About Sarah L King

Album Review

Sarah L. King follows up her assured debut album, Fire Horse (ECN Music, 2024), with The Light Ahead. She maintains the format of the first album, mixing cover versions with eight of her own compositions. There is a clear shift in the tone of this release, with the focus being far more optimistic and celebratory. “I wanted to write something uplifting," says King. “All that matters is today -let's focus on that. Stop longing, stop wondering. Just be, and enjoy." ...

Album Review

Sarah L King: Fire Horse

Read "Fire Horse" reviewed by Neil Duggan

by Neil Duggan
January 27, 2024

Starting her musical path with coaching from Mike King, one of the UK's leading contemporary vocal coaches, Sarah L King (no relation), surfaced as a solo jazz vocalist, releasing an EP of standards and several singles. Her passage was helped by a family heritage consisting of an accomplished jazz trumpeter father and an orchestral conductor grandmother. An early career as a writer and director of short films provided the right impetus to be a compelling musical narrator. King's ...