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Mary May

I started singing on the club scene aged 17 but when I first heard jazz in my early 20's I became an avid fan and from then on, have only been interested in singing this type of music. I undertook summer schools and jazz workshops with incredible vocalists like Sheila Jordan and Mark Murphy, who has been my favorite singer throughout my life. Over the past few years I have sung at Jazz Clubs and Festivals across the UK and last year had a sell-out show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with my show 'Mary May sings Bilie Holiday' and this year I recorded my debut CD 'This is What You Are.' This year we return to the fringe with a new show 'Lady Jazz'.

Mary May: This Is What You Are

Read "This Is What You Are" reviewed by Chris Mosey

by Chris Mosey
July 23, 2015

When Mary May heard Sarah Vaughan sing “If I Loved You" it blew her away. “She sang in a way I had never heard anyone sing before." Then came Anita O'Day, Nancy Wilson and Marion Montgomery. They all made May yearn to follow in their footsteps. But Scots being--famously--careful people, it took a long time before May would opt for a career as a jazz singer, scarcely the most steady of occupations. She continued ...

' The tone of her singing was perfect ..' Southside Advertiser