D E B S H A N C O C K
A b o u t
Welsh Jazz vocalist Debs Hancock discovered her smooth and expressive jazz voice only in recent years, but in that short time has explored her new interest with a keen passion that has been inspired by the great jazz performers of the 20th Century.
Live performances include
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BBC Radio Wales The Jamie Owen show
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BBC Radio Hereford The John Hellings Jazz Show,
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Radio Cardiff A Slice of Jazz with Rhys Phillips
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Swansea International Jazz Festival Fringe 2016
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The Cheltenham Jazz Festival Free Stage 2017
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Abergavenny’s wall2wall Jazz Festival 2017, 2018 and 2019, 2020
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Aberjazz Festival Fishguard 2018
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Brecon Jazz Festival 2019, 2022
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In 2017, Hancock wrote, performed and toured her own show celebrating the career of Ella Fitzgerald@100. Performed to packed audiences.
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In 2017 Debs wrote and collated an evening celebrating Jazz @100 with the Liam Dunaghie Trio, Ben Waghorn and Jonny Bruce. Narrated by Jazz Journalist Nigel Jarrett and including a live streamed interval discussion with Mike Rose (The National Jazz Archives) and Nod Knowles of (The Jazz Promotion Network on the future of jazz.
Debs is a key promoter at Black Mountain Jazz Club and helps to organise it's annual wall2wall Jazz Festival in September.
R e v i e w s
Renowned Jazz Reviewer The Jazz Mann describes Debs Hancock as a jazz singer with an increasingly impressive reputation, who has become a great favourite with jazz audiences in South Wales and the Borders."
But the best was saved until last, a stunning ballad interpretation of Thelonious Monk’s “Round Midnight” with Hancock bringing a real ‘torch song’ intensity of feeling to the piece with Shotton providing suitably sensitive accompaniment.'
Black Mountain Jazz Club Review
The Jazzmann April 23rd 2017