Episode 37. Norma Winstone (Vocals) - 'Joy Spring'

About this episode

Geoff interviews jazz singer and lyricist Norma Winstone about her musical journey and influences.

Geoff is in the coastal town of Deal in Kent to meet with the wonderful jazz singer and lyricist Norma Winstone. A childhood steeped in radio, a cinema crush on Lena Horne, and a record collection that swung from Ella and Louis to Sinatra’s ‘Only The Lonely’—Norma charts how a voice finds its own gravity. We talk about the hinge moments that redirected the road: pub sit‑ins that led to John Taylor, the New Jazz Orchestra and Michael Garrick inviting the voice into instrumental roles, and Kenn...

People in this episode

Host: Geoff

Guest: Norma Winstone

Topics covered

• jazz
• music history
• lyricism
• career journey

Keywords

• jazz singer
• lyricist
• John Taylor
• New Jazz Orchestra
• Michael Garrick

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Ella and Louis, Sinatra’s ‘Only The Lonely’

Books & works: Joy Spring, Only The Lonely’—Norma

Places: Deal, Kent

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