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I HAVE JUST RELEASED A NEW ALBUM ON BANDCAMP!! “THE EARLY YEARS” https://estherbennett.bandcamp.com/album/the-early-years A selection of recordings of jazz and popular standards, made from 1999 – 2001 with pianist John China and guitarist Ramsay Mcinnes With these recordings and consequent demo tapes & CDs, I was able tostart working as a professional singer, on the… Read More »NEW ALBUM RELEASE “THE EARLY YEARS” MARCH 2026

 https://www.instagram.com/reel/DUvYiKQCHr-/?stkn=cjdtZHp2OXFyeDQ3 WHAT AN AMAZING NIGHT TO BE PART OF At Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club last Wednesday and the launch of their first-ever VOCAL JAZZ JAM A very warm welcome from and many thanks to the hosts Natalie Williams Emmanoushka Smithington & Jamie Safir and the musicians Flo Moore & Luke Tomlinson witin a beautifully refurbished warm… Read More »UPSTAIRS AT RONNIE SCOTT’S – MARCH 2026

MY NEW SINGLE FROM MY UPCOMING ALBUM IS OUT NOW! “DON’T EXPLAIN”  OUT NOW ON APPLE MUSIC  http://‎Don’t Explain – Single – Alhttps://share.google/wR561ZxeEZ6jCmF62        

https://youtube.com/shorts/Jlc3gCqjxbs?feature=shared Video : At Seventeen with Ian Shaw  It was great to start 2026 with being one of Ian Shaw’s guests at his Pizza Express Residency 

https://youtu.be/ehZV008r4T4?feature=share A video of highlights of the year in 2025

https://youtu.be/BnVwk-jA4kk?feature=shared IT WAS LOVELY TO PERFORM THE BEAUTIFUL BALLAD “YOU GO TO MY HEAD”  WITH SIMON WALLACE ON PIANO & PAUL CARMICHAEL ON BASS

HERE IS OUR BRAND NEW PROMO VIDEO FOR “THE DUNCAN LAMONT SONGBOOK” Filmed and Produced by TonyDay.tv Featuring our Musical Director Duncan Lamont Jnr. and singers Esther Bennett and Daniela Clynes – the video shows a selection of songs from the repertoire, performed recently and accompanied by a long list of some of our very… Read More »THE DUNCAN LAMONT SONGBOOK PROMO VIDEO

FABULOUS GIG With Beverley Chadwick and Jeff Hewer BIG THANKS to Craig Thomas, Ian & all involved at Lyceum Theatre Oldham Such a lovely evening!❤😎

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Great gig at Docker Brewery on Sunday for the #sundayservicejazzclub and lovely hang afterwards at Tpsfolkestone with Nicola Palmer who works so hard to generate this fab #jazzevent https://youtu.be/GwmPGaReT1M?feature=sharedBig Thanks 💛

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IS WAS GREAT TO BE  PART OF THIS SERIES OF JAZZ EVENTS IN BERMONDSEY SQUARE SE1 : SUNDAY AUGUST 3rd – 2-5pmNot least because I was working, once more with the brilliant Christian Vaughan and an array of London’s young jazz talent https://youtube.com/shorts/Vm8TjJjnp2M?si=AJbAs0rYfyb6snDX HANKS to Stephen Pierre for inviting me to perform at one of the… Read More »BERMONDSEY SQUARE JAZZ – AUGUST 2025

A fantastic gig at The Clarence Jazz Club Malaga with a fabulous trio of Malaga based Jazz musicians Juanlu Garcia on piano Fernando Toyos on double bass Sergio Diaz Muñoz on drumshttps://youtu.be/CPyMbI0R4vQ?feature=shared

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In March 2025 I started rehearsing “A Night Out” by Harold Pinter with my good friend and Drama Centre trained actor Adam Clifford  I did alot of theatre and television acting through the 90’s and early 2000’s and it was great to start exercising  these skills again

It was great to be on the Robert Elms Show BBC Radio London, talking about Jazz at the Red House Here I am with legendary jazz drummer Teddy Pope JAZZ AT THE RED HOUSE 13 Upton Avenue. E7 9PNJANUARY 29TH – 8PMI Love this clubhouse jazz gig ❤A #jazznight that has been going for a… Read More »JAZZ AT THE RED HOUSE – FEBRUARY 2025

A great review here of our Duncan Lamont Songbook gig at Jazz Cafe Posk  https://ukjazznews.com/the-duncan-lamont-songbook/

A brilliant last night, at the 606 Club on the 23rd A lovely musical happening with a glittering array of top jazzarati performing An absolute pleasure to be pictured here with Simon Wallace Paul Carmichael & James EdmundsAn amazing duo set from @jasonrebelloofficial & @timgarlandmuse and of course the hardest working musicians of the night… Read More »606 CHRISTMAS PARTY 2024

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