Allison Adams Tucker
Presented by: Fougou Music| 0 | TORQUAY: Livermead Cliff Hotel (info) |
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| P | Thursday 24th July, 2025 |
| N | Door time: 7:30pm Start time: 8:00pm |
| . | All ages (under 18s must be accompanied by an adult) |
| C | Music - Jazz/latin |
Event information
Acclaimed California jazz vocalist Allison Adams Tucker returns to Fougou Music performing with her UK Quartet featuring Dale Hambridge keys, Jim Rintoul bass, and Andy Tween drums.
Given 4 stars by DownBeat, nominated 5 times for Best Jazz Artist by the San Diego Music Awards, and described by The Examiner as “lustrous in any language – a vocalist who clarifies every note within a hair’s breath”, Allison creates a unique travel memoir in music with jazz driven songs that span countries and genres in 6 languages with music from Cole Porter to Jobim, David Bowie to Astor Piazzolla, the Beatles to Michel Legrand, and far beyond. LondonJazzNews — “Marvellous articulation, great tonal accuracy, and dynamic drive.”
Born in San Diego to classically trained musical parents, Allison started singing before she could speak and began performing in front of audiences at age 5. Growing up on the border with Mexico, Allison was exposed to intermingling cultures, and her love for languages and world cultures also began at an early age. Allison’s vocal palette has been colored by her experience in a variety of musical genres throughout her life, from classical to punk rock and even a cappella Elizabethan madrigals, and in 2005 she found her home in jazz.
In addition to Allison’s discography of 4 albums and 3 EPs recorded in New York, Paris, and San Diego respectively, Allison’s voice can be heard on various other album collaborations, TV commercials, and on the video game “The Saboteur” soundtrack singing French jazz in the company of Nina Simone, Ella Fitzgerald, Madeleine Peyroux, & others. She has toured in Japan, Europe, Mexico, and the US, including performances at the Blue Note New York, Ronnie Scott’s London, Herb Alpert’s Vibrato Los Angeles, San Jose Jazz Fest, Tula’s Seattle, East Hawaii Jazz & Blues Fest, Hawaii Public Radio Honolulu, Lucca Jazz Donna Festival Tuscany, Music Inn Rome, Le Baiser Salé Paris, Takatsuki Jazz Street Festival Osaka, and Body & Soul Tokyo, among others.
