Sharón Clark / Mat­tias Nils­son (US/SE)

Sarah Vaughan 100

Afro-American jazz vocalist Sharón Clark and Scandinavian pianist Mattias Nilsson have been breaking down racial barriers by touring together, ever since they met at a jam session in New York, 2012. This includes concerts in Europe, Africa and Asia; performing a long list of renowned festivals and clubs in i.e. Sweden, Denmark, Estonia, Latvia, Taiwan, France and South Africa.

The duo celebrates the 100th anniversary of singer Sarah Vaughan's birth by performing Vaughan's productions in the concert.

Sharón Clark, sultry chanteuse world-renowned for her vibrato and incomparable tonality, has been acclaimed by every major newspaper including the Washington Post, the New York Times, and the Wall Street Journal. Few singers are compared to the great ones but Ms. Clark embodies the blessed ones who had the voices heard once in a lifetime. Hearing her live makes the listener feel the bliss of perfection.

Clark has performed as a featured soloist with the Duke Ellington Orchestra, Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra, the Richmond Symphony, and the Baltimore Symphony, and she has won first place in the Billie Holiday Vocal Competition.

The internationally acclaimed and award-winning Swedish pianist Mattias Nilsson, has with more than two thousand concerts in 34 countries around the world established himself as one of Sweden's most personal pianists with his very own voice. Nilsson incorporates the Scandinavian folklore and Nordic melancholy, with influences from classical, folk and jazz music. Through his improvisations and a very warm and personal approach, this becomes a unique expression and a musical landscape with completely new shades of color.

Sharón Clark, vocal
Mattias Nilsson, piano

"This girl can really sing" - Tommy Flanagan about Sharón Clark

"Sharón Clark belongs on the playlist of anyone who listens to Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday or Sarah Vaughan, she is that good!" /Mark Robbins – ALL ABOUT JAZZ (US)