Georgia Mancio
In March 2021 Georgia releases her 8th album, Quiet Is The Star, co-written with long-standing musical collaborator, the double-Grammy-winning jazz pianist and composer, Alan Broadbent. The release is accompanied by the publication of 'The Songs of Alan Broadbent and Georgia Mancio' – a book of their 33 co-written works to date.
It follows their seminal Songbook (2017), launched at a sold out headline show at Ronnie Scott’s (“unequivocally, one of the gigs of the year” Jazzwise) with subsequent performances across Europe and the US, including famed New York clubs Dizzy’s, Kitano and Mezzrow and international jazz festivals in Rochester (NY), Krakow and London.
In 2019, Finding Home, co-produced with pianist/composer Kate Williams and her acclaimed Four Plus Three ensemble with special guest classical guitarist John Williams, was awarded Best Album in 2020 UK Parliamentary Jazz Awards.
From 2010-2014 Georgia produced her now iconic 'ReVoice! Festival' in association with the Pizza Express Jazz Club. Across 5 multi-venue editions she presented over 160 artists including: Rebecca Parris, Tuck & Patti, Raul Midon, Gregory Porter (his first UK booking), Beady Belle, Carleen Anderson, Carmen Souza, Karin Krog and Diana Torto/Kenny Wheeler/John Taylor and performed 44 sets herself.
Since 2017 Georgia has produced 3 editions of her new series, 'Hang', showcasing her ever- evolving creativity as a curator and collaborative kudos and versatility with artists including Ian Shaw, Liane Carroll, Nigel Price, Nikki Iles, Alina Bzhezhinska, Gareth Lockrane, Trish Clowes and Tom Cawley.
Georgia’s other credits include 2019 BBC Proms (soloist and UK Vocal Assembly), Bobby McFerrin, Bobby Wellins, Gwilym Simcock, Jason Rebello, Robert Mitchell, Darius Brubeck, Pat Metheny (lyric approval) and multiple nominations in the Parliamentary, British Jazz and Urban Music Awards.
Awards
Best Album 'Finding Home', UK Parliamentary Jazz Awards (2020) First Prize Brussels International Young Jazz Singers' Competition (2005)
Tags
Album Review
- Silhouette by Bruce Lindsay
Interview
Album Review
- Come Rain Or Come Shine by Bruce Lindsay
JazzLife UK
Album Review
- Live At ReVoice! by Bruce Lindsay
- Songbook by Bruce Lindsay
March 29, 2021
Mancio & Broadbent: Quiet Is the Star
August 14, 2017
August 19, 2011
Georgia Mancio's ReVoice! Festival returns to the Pizza Express,...
August 18, 2010
“[Mancio] has everything covered – technical mastery, expressive range and a remarkable versatility” The Observer 4****
“the archetype of a modern singer who can style-hop at will and produce…thoroughly musical and textually convincing versions of – er – anything” London Jazz News
“a warm, rich playful sound with intimate, hip phrasing and spot-on intonation…Mancio brings grace and wisdom to each song. Her lyric-writing is sophisticated and sensitive beyond her years” Jazz Wax (US)
Primary Instrument
Voice / vocals
Location
London
Willing to teach
Beginner to advanced
Credentials/Background
Visiting Voice Teacher, City University, London 2019-current
Jon Hendricks
voice / vocalsIrene Kral
voice / vocalsAbbey Lincoln
voice / vocalsCarmen McRae
voice / vocalsAnita O'Day
voice / vocalsRebecca Parris
voice / vocalsElis Regina
voice / vocalsPhotos
Album Discography
Life on Mars
From: TrapezeBy Georgia Mancio