Angela Verbrugge Quartet Available for Europe dates in April 2027

Swing, chemistry and charisma

JazzTimes Readers’ Poll-winning Canadian Jazz vocalist Angela Verbrugge  will return to Europe for a third tour after sold-out performances in her 2023 and 2024 trips.  She often performs with acclaimed New York Pianist Ray Gallon (Ron Carter, Lionel Hampton), depending on his availability. The talented duo is looking forward to continuing to showcase their successful songwriting collaborations  to live audiences in England, Germany, Austria, France, and the Netherlands while working with the best local rhythm sections.

Verbrugge and Gallon began collaborating in 2018 with Verbrugge setting intelligent and witty lyrics to current original bebop material resulting in a series of successful recordings including the Night We Couldn’t Say Goodnight,  their recent effort Love for Connoisseurs, the latter of which has been included in a number of critics’ Album of the Year lists including Scott Yanow’s 25 most memorable new releases of the year and positive reviews in JazzTimes, JazzWise, Syncopated Times, Jersey Jazz, JazzLives and others. Angela’s top song on Spotify has close to 900,000 listens.

In 2020, Verbrugge won Best Female Vocalist award in the prestigious JazzTimes' Magazine Readers' Poll (the poll included finalists including Diana Krall, Cecile McLoren Salvant and Veronica Swift).

Take a listen to her original lyrics on "This is Manhattan", a love story set in a crowd in New York City as the world falls away when the couple reveals their feelings for each other, below, or listen to her performance from the Embassy of Canada in Tokyo.

CLICK HERE TO READ WHAT THE CRITICS SAY

“...a gem of a vocalist who makes all her chosen material sound magical.”  —Toronto Music Report 

 

"…a sure sense of emotional direction through finely performed songs. Verbrugge is a literate and

articulate song-writer as well as a fine singer.” — MusicWeb International

 

“An interpreter and composer of rare sensitivity. — Jazz in Family, Italy

 

“Verbrugge possesses a winsome, brightly burnished, pliable voice, ample emotional intelligence, considerable

song-writing skills and conspicuously good taste. No maybes; for Verbrugge, now is definitely the time.” —JazzTimes 

 

“Voted JazzTimes Readers’ 2021 “best female vocalist”, the Canadian-vocalist composer draws on

a repertoire that includes originals, vocalese, the work of new jazz composers, and classics

 with elements of chanson, bebop and blues, yet with a style all her own.” — Jazzwise

 

“Her originality is completely affirmed with this project <and she has> a 

very personal way of with an interpretation. ” — Couleurs France 

 

“…beautiful and original. ” — Marc Myers, JazzWax

About Ray from Jazz Giants

Ron Carter, the Grammy-Award winning most recorded jazz bassist in history (2,221 records); Ron was a member of the Miles Davis Quintet

“On many occasions, Mr. Gallon has performed and toured with me as part of my Quartet, Quintet, and Nonet. We have performed in clubs as a duo, we've been sidemen together, and we've been involved in recording sessions. Mr. Gallon is a very fine pianist who is not only a wonderful jazz player, but also a gifted accompanist. His versatility and knowledge of the tradition have allowed him to work with a diverse group of bandleaders including Lionel Hampton, Art Farmer, Les Paul, Grady Tate, Gloria Lynne and T.S. Monk.”

Visit Ray’s website

Enough's Enough
Music by Ray Gallon, lyrics by Angela Verbrugge
Recorded in Vancouver with Miles Black, Jodi Proznick, Joel Fountain, Dave Say

I'm Running Late 
Music by Ray Gallon, lyrics by Angela Verbrugge 
Recorded in NYC with Ray, Cameron Brown, Anthony Pinciotti

Below: Original lyrics by Angela for a composition by NYC bassist Neal Miner’s composition recorded in Vancouver in 2021.