Scotts Jazz Club Presents: 1 July Louise Dodds

A much loved and highly respected figure on the UK jazz scene, Scottish jazz vocalist Louise Dodds released her first album in 9 years in March this year. The album, ‘The Story Needs an Ending’, was also Louise’s first fully original album. Since it’s launch at Pizza Express Jazz Club in London, Louise and her quartet have been performing the songs to audiences around the country. This month will be Louise’s first time performing in Northern Ireland, and she is delighted to be performing alongside the Scott Flanigan trio.

The album features 10 original tracks, written and arranged by Louise, that are rooted in jazz but also with the art of song writing at their core. They are all written about Louise’s own life experiences, touching on subjects such as grief, female intuition, emancipation and learning to trust life again, and are both moving and uplifting.

Prior to hitting the studio, 2020 saw Louise opening for Norma Winstone MBE as well as well as collaborating for the first time, one collaboration resulting in a single being released “Whispers” (Credits) with old friend and guitarist Ant Law.

2021 saw further collaborations, recording her original material with musicians from around the globe in a series entitled Songs From the Blue Room. Guests have included Elchin Shirnov (Avishai Cohen trio), Maurizio Congiu in Paris, Gro-Marthe Dickson in Norway(AMP Records), and fellow Scots Graeme Stephen and Alan Benzie. The series was even picked up by press in Russia, Azerbaijan and France.

Louise’s last album, ‘Fly’, featured UK jazz musicians John Pearce, Dave Green, Steve Brown and Martin Shaw and was launched at the London Jazz Festival.

“The 10 self penned tracks are strongly cathartic, a mood that’s served well by limpid unfussy arrangements and Dodds’s own clear, unforced vocals” – Jazzwise

Please Note:

The event is strictly limited in a room ordinarily accommodating 200, and complies fully with current government guidelines. The tables and chairs will be sanitised and reasonable social distancing from patrons is expected.