Multi-award-winning jazz vocalist, lyricist and producer, Georgia Mancio, is a supreme storyteller, creating work of authenticity, adventure, beauty and bite!

Multi-award-winning jazz vocalist, lyricist and producer, Georgia Mancio, is a supreme storyteller, creating
work of authenticity, adventure, beauty and bite. Whether interpreting her own luminous originals or
standards, Georgia’s evoking performances connect deeply with her audiences and linger long in the
mind.
Her copious industry acknowledgements include consecutive wins at the Parliamentary Jazz Awards:
Best Vocalist (2021) and Best Album for Finding Home with Kate Williams' 'Four Plus Three' (2020),
alongside several nominations at the Jazz FM, British Jazz and Urban Music Awards.

Her revered partnership with Grammy-winning pianist/composer, Alan Broadbent, has yielded two albums
(Quiet Is The Star, Songbook), a book (The Songs of Alan Broadbent and Georgia Mancio) and
engagements across Europe and the US, including Ronnie Scott’s and Jazz at Lincoln Center. Other
credits include: BBC Proms, Liane Carroll, Ian Shaw, Kate Williams, Nigel Price, Pat Metheny (lyric
approval), Bobby McFerrin and her own festivals ReVoice! and Hang.

Tonight’s performance – uniquely curated for this year’s LJF – spotlights Georgia’s favourite lyrics and
lyricists, including Jon Hendricks, Abbey Lincoln and Milton Nascimento, alongside her own works with
award-winning pianist/composers, Alan Broadbent and Kate Williams.

Georgia Mancio - vocals
Kate Williams - piano
Andrew Cleyndert - double bass
Dave Ohm - drums

“[Mancio] has everything covered – technical mastery, expressive range and a remarkable
versatility” - The Observer
“Impossible not to fall in love with her voice … a magnificent example of strength and talent”
Jazz In Europe
“a warm, rich playful sound with intimate, hip phrasing and spot-on intonation…Mancio brings grace and
wisdom to each song. Her lyric-writing is sophisticated and sensitive beyond her years” - Jazz Wax