Angela Verbrugge & Ray Gallon 2023 European Tour
Swing, chemistry and charisma
JazzTimes Readers’ Poll-winning Canadian Jazz vocalist Angela Verbrugge and acclaimed New York Pianist Ray Gallon will embark on a European tour this June beginning with a two-night return engagement at London's premiere jazz club, Pizza Express Soho on June 3 and 4. This talented combo is looking forward to continuing to showcase their successful compositions to live audiences in England, Germany, Austria, France, and the Netherlands.
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 300,000 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:
“If this is what the new generation of jazz diva has to offer, count me in. An all-original set and her whole presentation is a show stopper. Playing like a dream come true, this lass with class is just going to bowl you over.”
— Midwest Record, Chris Spector
Enough's Enough
Music by Ray Gallon, lyrics by Angela Verbrugge
Recorded in Vancouver with Miles Black, Jodi Proznick, Joel Fountain, Dave Say