PRESS
Amy London
London’s vocals are spot-on throughout. Her new vocalese passages on New York Afternoon, How Can You Lose? and You Blew Out the Flame in My Heart effortlessly fit in with the existing vocalese heard on the other tunes. The topicality of her lyrics for How Can You Lose? makes this a very contemporary album. This music is alive and tremendously enjoyable. — Cultural Attaché
BRIDGES
FiveCat Records
2017
She makes singing look incredibly easy ... her voice escapes her lips like "the warmth of living breath," praising her phrasing as "pure gold."
Jazz Da Gamma
Her performance on Oscar Pettiford's Bohemia After Dark as "one of the best vocalese solos by anyone ever." BeBop Spoken Here
ALTO MADNESS
FiveCat Records
2026
PARTY OF FOUR
Motema
2020
"An Entertaining gem. A masterclass for jazz arrangers and vocalists. — Downbeat
“When it comes to group jazz singing and the art of vocalese, The Royal Bopsters are keepers of the flame.” — Jazziz
“A lively celebration...with arrangements abounding with giddy delight.” — WBGO Radio
"Soulful vibes and a sense of bebop cool."
— Jazz Times
Rarely does one hear 4 part harmony executed so brilliantly. — Glide
"Vintage vocal jazz fun .. Go on put a smile on your face – ad look what the Bopsters have done so winningly." — Marlbank (UK)
"Their high-flying voices develop swing prowess enhanced by dazzling arrangements."
— Latins De Jazz (FRANCE)
"It swings, it lives, it is brilliant."
— Jazz Nicknames (FRANCE)
"An absolute gem of close harmony singing at its jazziest... cool as a crew cut was when a crew cut was cool, and yet as modern as tomorrow!... tasty." — Bebop Spoken Here
"Surrender to the swinging element of (the) music, close (your) eyes, abd listen to this magic in four voices." — JazzQuad (RUSSIA)
THE ROYAL BOPSTERS
Motema
2015
With special guests
MARK MURPHY, BOB DOROUGH, JON HENDRICKS, SHEILA JORDON AND ANNIE ROSS
“If this disc featured just the quartet, it would be sensational. The addition of the icons, showcased once each (with Murphy provided wider presence) and all in remarkably fine form, escalates it from valuable to priceless from piquant to landmark…”
Christopher Loudon — JazzTimes
"A magnum opus of jazz and song." — WBGO Radio
“When it comes to group jazz singing and the art of vocalese, The Royal Bopsters are keepers of the flame.” — Jazziz
“"It's the kind of recording where so much incredible detail flies by in every bar that you're immediately reaching for the replay button when the final track ends." — Jazzwise
"Extraordinary" and noted that the release "vividly makes the case for a revival of the art of vocalese."
Allen Morrison, DownBeat Magazine (4.5 Stars)
“More riveting music there has not been since the Manhattan Transfer recorded Vocalese in 1985…” Jazzdagama.com
"It swings, it lives, it is brilliant."
— Jazz Nicknames (FRANCE)