Biography

Born in Kingston Upon Thames into a musical family (her parents were singers, her stepfather a saxophonist). Liz has performed all over Europe, the Far East and USA.

Influenced by Peggy Lee and Julie London with a love for Ella and Chet Bakers’ phrasing, and a passion for Marvin Gaye, Donny Hathaway, the Crusaders and many of the early fusion bands, Liz developed her own style. She has recorded three solo albums to date - Mellow Mania - Liz Fletcher Live In The Park and Blue Afternoons which were collaborations with the song writer, Rupert Wates. Check Liz's recordings page for sound bites.

Liz has been involved with various contemporary projects including, the world music combo - Loop Guru, 45 Dip where she cowrote the successful Trip Hop single “Lizzie’s Balloon” , the Latin/House band ‘Los Ladrones’ which was run by Composer Chris Bemand. With Phil Parnell on his electronic album “Do your living in the night" from which the single “Run Away” with vocals by Liz was released in May 2003. The song was highly acclaimed by Radio 1 DJ Giles Peterson and Mr Scruff and was well received in the USA, Germany, France, Canada and Ireland.

Liz has performed in Jazz Clubs and Festivals such as Ronnie Scotts, Pizza Express Dean Street, The Festival Hall, The Prucell Rooms, Pizza On The Park, The 606 Club, Ealing Jazz Festival, Southport Jazz Festival, Swanage Jazz Festival, Scarborough Jazz Festival, Glastonbury; working with some of Britain’s most respected musicians such as - Alan Barnes, Tony Coe, Jim Mullen, Julian Siegel, Gilad Atzmon to name but a few. She supported Nina Simone at a festival in Greece with Loop Guru.

In 2004 Liz had the privilege to be asked to record an album written by world class saxophonist Alan Barnes and the highly acclaimed British play-write Alan Plater called ‘Songs For Unsung Heros’. This was followed by a second album, ‘The Seven Ages Of Jazz’ in 2006. To her joy, Liz also recorded and toured this work. “Never have I learned so much and laughed so much as when working these two extraordinarily talented men. I am forever grateful”.

2006 found Liz involved in a writing project with Mobo award winner, Ceri ‘Sunship’ Evans, the pianist and founder member of the ‘The Brand New Heavies’ who she began her jazz singing career with. They performed some of this material at reunion gig headlining at the Ealing Jazz Festival.

In between gigs and festivals around the UK, 2007 saw Liz working with documentary film maker Oliver Hodge and composer Patrick Wilson. She wrote and performed the lyric to a tune which was translated into Spanish and used in the prize winning film, Garbage Warrior. Liz’s voice can also be heard on other tracks in the film.

Currently, Liz is writing and doing preproduction for a new album.