Luca Manning
Luca Manning (born March 31, 1999 in Glasgow ) is a British jazz singer and songwriter .
Live and act
Manning learned guitar and piano as a teenager and sang in a choir. He initially wanted to be a rock musician before he discovered jazz at the age of 16 at a workshop of the Strathclyde Youth Jazz Orchestra . First he appeared at the jazz festivals in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Dundee, but also with the BBC . He moved to London where he studied jazz at the Guildhall School of Music . In 2018 he became a member of the London Vocal Project and singer of the National Youth Jazz Orchestra .
Manning led his own ensembles and has already been presented at London's Pizza Express Jazz Club and Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club . In 2019, he released the album When the Sun Comes Out under his own name, and the title Unchecked (2020) with the Glasgow nu-jazz band corto.alto . He has performed with Liane Carroll , Ian Shaw and Laura Macdonald . He has also worked as a singer in ensembles such as the Capital Orchestra and Queertes and as a background singer for Rosie Frater-Taylor.
Manning is the winner of the Rising Star Award at the Scottish Jazz Awards 2018 . In 2020 he was named Newcomer of the Year at the Parliamentary Jazz Awards .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b entry (All About Jazz)
- ↑ BBC Radio Scotland 2017
- ^ When the Sun Comes Out
- ↑ Corto.Alto
- ↑ Winners Announced for Parliamentary Jazz Awards 2020
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Manning, Luca |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British jazz musician (vocals) and songwriter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 31, 1999 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Glasgow |