Liane Carroll at Frinton Jazz Club

Liane Carroll is a Vocalist and Pianist who has been described as "A force of nature, an astonishing vocalist, pianist, songwriter and an all round brilliant musician" by Award winning trumpet and composer Guy Barker.
In 2005 Carroll won two awards in the BBC Jazz Awards: Best Vocalist and Best of Jazz.
In 2006 she won the Marston Pedigree Jazz Award for best vocalist.
In 2008, she received the award for Jazz Musician of the Year in the Parliamentary Jazz Awards.
In 2012 her album Up and Down won in the Jazz Album of the Year category at the Parliamentary Jazz Awards.
In 2016 she won a Gold award from the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors
Jazz critic Dave Gelly of The Observer described Carroll as "one of the most stylistically flexible pianists around, with a marvellous, slightly husky singing voice".
According to John Fordham of The Guardian, she is "a powerful, soul-inflected performer with an Ella Fitzgerald-like improv athleticism and an emotional frankness on ballads".
Peter Quinn of Jazzwise said, "Liane Carroll has that rare ability to meld effortless, often transcendent vocal and piano technique, with heart stopping emotion and soul bearing power."