While listening to Orsino's Songs it struck me that Clare Teal not only has the voice to carry the songs she chooses but that it is her personality and the transfer of it t…

Muddy Field Management is very proud to announce that one of our clients UK Jazz singer Clare Teal is the first artist signed to Candid Records to be booked for the famous Glastonbury Festival. Clare and her band will be on stage around lunchtime on Saturday 28th June (we will confirm the exact times as soon as we know them). Tickets for Glastonbury go on sale on Monday 31st March.. here is some information about tickets and a notice from the official Glastonbury website: "Tickets will be put …

Mark Crooks joins the Clare Teal Band Following the departure of regular reeds player Trevor Whiting to join The Chris Barber Band, we are proud to announce that top Sax and Clarinet player Mark Crooks has joined The Clare Teal Band as a full member. Mark has taken up the post already and can be seen live with Clare as she tours the country. Mark will also be featuring heavily on Clare’s third album for Candid Records that is to be recorded this May for release in September 2003. Mark bega …

An interesting experience last evening (Tuesday): The Concorde Club at Eastleigh, (perhaps the best U.K. provincial jazz club in terms of facilities and ambience) had the first of a new series of "Jazz Diva" evenings.The Club, which promotes various types of jazz on different evenings each week decided that 'the jazz diva genre' is becoming so popular that a dedicated night could be tried. The opening event, last evening, had Clare Teal, with her usual accompanying quintet. It attracted a …

Over the last 18 months a new wave of young trendy jazz musicians has been sweeping the UK. The leaders of this new group are rapidly turning into a new Jazz Rat Pack - winning awards, selling out concerts, crossing over into national newspapers, national TV and Radio and international sales. Singers Jamie Cullum and Clare Teal are the most high profile, while Dennis Rollins, Dylan Howe, Ben Castle, Soweto Kinch and others are all challenging the conventional underground jazz business, breaking …