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Artist
Lovely Laura
12+ albums
about
The musical journey began for Laura with playful banters between herself and her grandfather on the piano. Her family soon discovered that Laura had a natural ear for music when at an early age she was found by her parents scatting along with their Ella Fitzgerald recordings, all this in perfect pitch and with extraordinary finesse. Being born into a musical family, she was soon encouraged to take up the piano, and in middle school developed her taste for the clarinet, which in later years eventually lead her to the saxophone player that we know of today. All this did not automatically take Laura into a musical career, as it was only after entering an art degree that she realised her passion for music was stronger and had to be fulfilled. Five years on and she landed a Jazz degree at the prestigious Leeds College of Music, where she was awarded the coveted Spud Murphy trophy for Saxophone. Whilst studying, Laura was also fortunate enough to take up her childhood passion for singing. Since those days Laura has been building up her exhilarating career as a saxophonist and vocalist, with a respectful and loyal fan base in both the Jazz scene and Dance clubs throughout the UK and beyond. In 2007, after winning ITV Yorkshire’s very own ‘Calendar’s Got Talent’, she was invited to support Take That alongside Sophie Ellis-Bextor on their ‘Beautiful World’ tour and also with The Stylistics on their visit to the UK, performing her own original material. ‘The Lovely Laura’ as many k
