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Louise Balkwill

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Louise is a reputable jazz singer based in London, reimagining repertoire from the golden era of swing and beyond.
Singer (Alto)
London
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Louise Balkwill is a jazz singer living and performing in London. She was born in Tooting and raised in Leicester by her hard working single mum of three, Vanessa, who encouraged and inspired her to pursue her interest in music from a very early age. Born into a family of musicians, Louise has never been short of inspiration and was raised as a multi instrumentalist before turning her interests to singing at the age of 16. Louise formed her first jazz ensemble at the age of 17 and later obtained a scholarship at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance. "Totally bowled over by Louise Balkwill’s incredible vocals and engaging stage presence" - Sarah Chaplin, Jazzwise Magazine, 2015 Since moving to London in September 2012, Louise has had the pleasure of learning from and working with musicians such as Pete Churchill, Trudy Kerr, Brigette Beraha, Malcolm Earle-Smith, Ofer Landsberg, Simon Purcell, Liane Carroll, Sophie Bancroft, Sara Colman, Barry Green, Tina May, Nia Lynn, Anita Wardell, Nick Weldon, Martin Speake and Phil Peskett. In the autumn of 2015, Louise formed her quintet with Stefan Melovski (guitar), Johnny Woodham (trumpet), Twm Dylan (bass) and Rod Oughton (drums). The quintet play fortnightly at Oliver's Jazz Bar in Greenwich, where Louise runs a Monday night jazz singers' jam. “Louise’s happiness on stage is contagious!” – Brigitte Beraha Louise has performed in top venues all over London, such as Pizza Express Jazz Club, Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club, The Archduke, Charlie Wright's and Oliver's Jazz Bar to name a few. “A true new talent, shining right here…” – Ian Shaw Currently, Louise directs and sings with The Old Jelly Rollers, a New Orleans style second line band that she founded in 2016 whilst in her final year of studies at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance. The group maintain an exciting blog and education resource that illustrates their pilgrimage to New Orleans and features interviews with some of the most celebrated jazz musicians in the western world. Since the summer of 2017, Louise has been the featured singer of The Old Fountain Jazz Orchestra, a big band founded and led by celebrated prodigy Ryan MacKenzie. Named by multi award winning jazz singer Liane Carroll as a singer to listen out for.

Musicianship

Louise's Song list

- A -
All Of Me
All Of You
Almost Like Being In Love
Always
Anything Goes
At Long Last Love
Autumn Leaves
All The Things You Are
A Foggy Day
A House Is Not A Home
Ain't Misbehavin'
Alice In Wonderland
A Fine Romance
After You've Gone
A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square
- B -
Baby Get Lost
Beautiful Love
Believe It, Beloved
Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered
Blame It On My Youth
Body and Soul
Butter And Egg Man
But Beautiful
But Not For Me
Ballerina
Bourbon Street Parade
Beale Street Blues
Billie's Blues
Bye Bye Baby
Bye Bye Blackbird
- C -
Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man
Call Me Irresponsible
Centerpiece
Cry Me A River
Cheek To Cheek
Change Partners
Caravan
Careless Love
Come Fly With Me
- D -
Dancing On The Ceiling
Dancing In The Dark
Detour Ahead
Do It The Hard Way
Don't Fence Me In
Days Of Wine And Roses
Dream
Dream A Little Dream Of Me
Don't Explain
Don't Get Around Much Anymore
Day In, Day Out
Don't Let It Go To Your Head
Do You Know What It Means
Down By The Riverside
- E -
Easy Living
Easy To Love
Everything Happens To Me
Everything I Love
Every Time We Say Goodbye
Embraceable You
Exactly Like You
- F -
Fever
Fly Me To The Moon
From This Moment On
Funny (Not Much)
Fine and Mellow
For All We Know
- G -
Georgia On My Mind
Garden In The Rain
- H -
Honeysuckle Rose
How About You?
How High The Moon
How Deep Is The Ocean?
- I -
I Can Dream, Can't I?
I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me
I Can't Give You Anything But Love
I Could Write A Book
I Didn't Know What Time It Was
I Get A Kick Out Of You
I Got Rhythm
I Know Why And So Do You
I Love Paris
I Thought About You
I Won't Dance
If I Have To Go
If I Loved You
If I Should Lose You
In The Still Of The Night
In The Wee Small Hours
It Could Happen To You
It Don't Mean A Thing
It Happened in Monterey
It's Alright With Me
It's A Sin To Tell A Lie
It's De-Lovely
It's Only A Paper Moon
It's Like Reaching For The Moon
I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter
I'm In The Mood For Love
I've Got The World On A String
I've Got You Under My Skin
I've Never Been In Love Before
I'll Be Tired Of You
I'm Gonna Laugh You Right Out Of My Life
I Wish I Were In Love Again
I Wished On The Moon
I Can Dream, Can't I?
I Know That You Know
I Should Care
I Love You
It Might As Well Be Spring
- J -
Just A Closer Walk With Thee
Just Friends
Just One Of Those Things
Joe Turner Blues
Just You, Just Me
- L -
Let's Do It
Let's Fall In Love
Lil' Darlin'
Lil' Liza Jane
Love For Sale
Lullaby Of Birdland
Let's Misbehave
Let's Face The Music And Dance
L-O-V-E
Let There Be Love
Lulu's Back In Town
- M -
Make Someone Happy
Mack The Knife
Moaning Low
Mood Indigo
Moonlight In Vermont
Midnight Sun
My Baby Just Cares For Me
My Foolish Heart
My Funny Valentine
My Heart Belongs To Daddy
My Heart Stood Still
My Man
My One And Only Love
My Romance
My Shining Hour
Misty
Moody's Mood For Love
Memories Of You
Making Whoopee
Mona Lisa
More
My Way
- N -
New York, New York
Night And Day
Nature Boy
- O -
Oh When The Saints Go Marching In
Our Love Is Here To Stay
Over The Rainbow
Old Devil Moon
On Green Dolphin Street
On The Sunny Side Of The Street
- P -
Pennies From Heaven
Picture In A Frame
- R -
Robbin's nest
- S -
September In The Rain
So In Love
Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise
Someone To Watch Over Me
Star Eyes
Stardust
St James Infirmary
Summertime
Sunbonnet Blue
Sway
Sweet Georgia Brown
Swingin' Down The Lane
Smile
- T -
Take Five
Take The A Train
Take Me Home
The Best Thing For You
The More I See You
The Most Beautiful Girl In The World
The Nearness Of You
The Preacher
There Is No Greater Love
There Will Never Be Another You
These Foolish Things
They Can't Take That Away From Me
Time After Time
The Way You Look Tonight
Taking A Chance On Love
Too Marvellous For Words
Tea For Two
Thou Swell
This Can't Be Love
Too Young
They Say It's Wonderful
They Didn't Believe Me
This Time The Dream's On Me
Twisted
Two Sleepy People
- U -
Until It's Time For You To Go
Unforgettable
- W -
Wave
What Is This Thing Called Love?
When You're Smiling
Welcome To The Club
We'll Be Together Again
Where Or When
Walking My Baby Back Home
When I Fall In Love
When I Grow Too Old To Dream
Where Are You?
What's New?
What A Little Moonlight Can Do
We Could Make Such Beautiful Music Together
- Y -
You Go To My Head
You Make Me Feel So Young
You Must Believe In Spring
You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To
You're The Top
You're Getting To Be A Habit With Me
You Brought A New Kind Of Love To Me
You Don't Know Me
You Took Advantage Of Me
You Leave Me Breathless
You're Looking At Me

Louise's Reviews

From customers:

LC
Liane C
9 years ago

A singer to listen out for!

BB
Brigitte S
9 years ago

Louise's happiness on stage is contagious!

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