‘Sarah Moule has a voice that inspires and comforts at the same time. The quality of her vocals makes you realize all is well in the jazz world.’
Sammy Stein, SomethingElse.com
Sarah Moule has enjoyed a long and fruitful musical partnership with the American lyricist, the late Fran Landesman and British composer and pianist Simon Wallace, to whom Sarah is married. This unique repertoire which stretches back in a direct line to the Great American Songbook has been the well-spring for Sarah’s five critically acclaimed CDs. Her first two albums, It’s A Nice Thought (2002) and Something’s Gotta Give (2004) were for prestigious Scottish label Linn Records and these were followed by A Lazy Kind Of Love (2008) and Songs From The Floating World (2014) for Red Ram Records, which garnered five star reviews in The Observer and All About Jazz. Her latest record, Stormy Emotions, was released in Spring 2021 on 33Jazz and brings to 45 the total of Landesman/Wallace songs Sarah has introduced on her albums. Stormy Emotions featured in four Best Of 2021 critic’s lists and received rave reviews in the UK and USA.
Sarah’s singing career began with six years as featured vocalist with the John Wilson Orchestra during which she performed for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II at the Royal College of Music. She has broadcast with the BBC Concert Orchestra and performed extensively with ensembles ranging from symphony orchestra, big band to duo with pianist Simon Wallace. She made her Southbank Centre debut as a featured artist in 2010 and Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club in 2011. In 2018 she recorded with big band in Abbey Road Studios legendary Studio 2.
Since her recording debut Sarah has performed with a trio featuring Wallace on piano, bassist Mick Hutton and drummer Paul Robinson. She has been joined on performances and recordings include luminaries from the British jazz scene such as Norma Winstone, Ian Shaw, Alan Barnes, Jim Mullen, Tim Garland, Rod Youngs, Mark Armstrong, Pete Wareham, Nigel Price and many more of the finest British jazz musicians.
Sarah toured the Mediterranean with John Critichinson’s Tribute To Ronnie Scott playing opposite legendary bebop duo Jackie & Roy. She also collaborated with Bob Dorough on his final two UK tours, alongside Simon Wallace and vocalist Trudy Kerr. She has made numerous appearances at the EFG London Jazz Festival and has performed the music of Duke Ellington at St David’s Hall for the Welsh Proms and at Brecon Jazz Festival.
In A NIGHT OUT WITH FRAN LANDESMAN, at the Southbank Centre, London, Sarah was a featured artist together with actors Imelda Staunton and Phil Daniels, Bob Dorough and singers Ian Shaw and Gwyneth Herbert, alongside Simon Wallace and Fran Landesman herself. The show was reprised with Sarah, Simon Wallace Gwyneth Herbert, Ian Shaw and Nicki Leighton Thomas for the Art Of Song Festival in 2011.
In addition to the forty-five Landesman/Wallace songs she has so far introduced on record Sarah has toured sellout shows around the UK featuring the music of Peggy Lee, Ella Fitzgerald and Duke Ellington. She has also written and performed the hugely popular cabaret show Songs For Scarlet Women.
Listen to Stormy Emotions and read the reviews.