Sarah Moule
Biography Sarah Moule
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 four 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. Her new record, Stormy Emotions, out on CD 19th March 2021 and Download 3rd May 2021 brings to 45 the total of Landesman/Wallace songs Sarah has introduced on her records.
Sarah’s singing career began with six years as featured vocalist with the John Wilson Orchestra. 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 at 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 thirty-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.
In 2014 Sarah’s fourth CD, Songs From The Floating World, garnered widespread critical acclaim, 5 star reviews in The Observer and AllAboutJazz.com, and 4 stars in Jazzwise Magazine and Jazz Journal Magazine. The launch at Pizza Express Jazz Club was accompanied by a 21 date UK Jazz Services supported tour and a performance at Scarborough International Jazz Festival.
