Ella Rooke

Highlights
* Classy Jazz vocalist
* Line ups ranging from duo to full 6 piece band
* Specialises in easy listening and background Jazz
* Fantastic value for money
* Friendly and amiable

You’d think that with a name like Ella it would all just come naturally. Well this Ella has worked admirably hard towards making the name famous all over again with her album – ‘When You Love Someone’. In 2004 she won sponsorship for a UK tour as the youngest vocalist Jazz Services had ever taken on board to a reception of rave reviews.

Ella has been deeply affected by music right the start and fell in love with the American Songbook at an early age. Originally Ella is a country lass from a small pennine village in Saddleworth. Ella recalls one of her earliest childhood memories was with her father composing songs. Dad would write the lyrics and Ella would write the tunes.

In 2000 Ella formed her own quintet building up a large repertoire with fresh sounding arrangements and began to gig regularly on the northern Jazz scene. This included a residency at Pizza Express South King Street in Manchester. Influenced strongly by Ella Fitzgerald and Jane Monheit she went onto develop her style at Trinity College Of Music under the guidance and inspiration of Trudy Kerr with determined enthusiasm. Ella has performed with various Jazz artists including Jean Toussaint Phil Robson and Russell Van De Berg.

In 2004 Ella recorded– ‘When You Love Someone’, which has recently been reviewed in Jazz UK Magazine, describing her as an impressive and extremely accomplished Jazz Singer. In September 2005 Ella was invited to sing with the Manchester Youth String Orchestra and rhythm section with Les Chisnall at The Blue Box Theatre, performing various arrangements of Cole Porter and including her title track – "When You Love Someone".

Venues and Previous Clients:
Ronnie Scotts
Vortex
606 Club
National Beauty Awards 2007
National Chef of the year 2011
Gleneagles Hotel
Edinburgh -  Redford Army Barracks Christmas Party
Cheltenham Jazz Festival
Isle Of Wight Jazz Festival
Southport Jazz Festival
Marlborough Jazz Festival
Beverley Jazz Festival
Henley regatta Festival
Leicester University Law students Annual Ball
Café De Paris (Leicester Square)
Theatre By The Lake, Keswick
Pizza On The Park, Hyde Park
North Wales Jazz Society
Olivers Jazz Club, Greenwich
Spice Of Life, Soho
Broadway Casino, Birmingham
Residency events held at;
Pizza Express, Loch Fyne, Harvey Nichols, Café Rouge
John Lewis Stores
Marks And Spencer Stores
Blackheath Halls, London
Albannach, Trafalgar Square, London
Cancer Research UK

Musicians:
Sam (Guitar)
Sam has been performing Jazz professionally since the age of 15 and a year later was a semi - finalist in the Young Jazz Musician Of The Year award. In 1998 he attended Leeds College Of Music, on their BA (hons) Jazz degree programme, which he completed in 2002. He was awarded the college Guitar prize and played in the LCM Big Band. He has gigged with the National Youth Jazz Orchestra (NYJO), recorded for BBC Radio 3 and studied with Howard Alden.

Garry (Bass)
A finalist in the Perrier Young Jazz Awards 2000, Garry has also performed with several artists including: Michael Abene, Lynne Arriale, Guy Barker and Alan Barnes.
 
He has played on Yorkshire Television, BBC Radio 3, appeared on Jazz line-up for BBC Live and has also performed at various festivals including: Glastonbury, Manchester and Hull Jazz festivals. Garry also works as a tutor at Leeds College Of Music.

"Garry Jackson is a strong and committed musician. He plays with the full intension of the musical pulse and works in sympathy with other members of the rhythm section. He is a responsive and interactive bass player ready for musical adventure, with whom I have had the pleasure of playing with."
- Julian Joseph, May 2001

Rob (Piano)
Rob's musical education started in his home city of Hull, England, where he studied from an early age. He played his first Jazz gigs in early teens, and worked with trumpet player Martin Jones and his free jazz project 'Trivial Pursuit.'

Rob has toured Germany, the USA and Italy with Big Bands.He has also appeared with soloists such as Kenny Baker, Mark Nightingale and Marti Webb. Recently he has held residencies at the Hilton Hotel on Regent Street, London and has toured Norway with a qurtet playing dates at the Moulde Jazz Festival.

What people have said:
"An Impressive and extremely accomplished Jazz Singer"
Jazz UK

"A vocalist who sings proudly and is reminiscent of Anita Wardell"
Jazzwise

"Ella has the magic of a great Jazz Singer. She swings effortlessly and delivers her
lyrics with finesse"
Trudy Kerr

"A great selection of music and a versatile talent"
Carol Kidd

"It's great, there's tons of enthusiasm and a real 'feel good' factor about the whole CD. Loads of fresh ideas"
Clare Teal

"... that Ella can sound so fresh and convincing on a vocal favourite like "What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life?" is perhaps the biggest testament to her ability"
James Taylor