Ela Southgate and Matt Wall

Singer Ela Southgate has a beautiful rich voice and subtle phrasing that will take you to beautiful places. In her hands swing tunes make you snap your fingers and tap your feet, ballads break your heart and bossa novas evoke a lifetime of summer days.

Accompanying Ela on guitar is Matt Wall. He can sound like an entire band on his own, whether he's providing languid South American rhythm, sophisticated chordal accompaniment to a ballad or tearing up the fretboard on an uptempo swing number.

Ela and Matt complement each other beautifully. They have long shared a passion for the jazz standards, show tunes and bossa novas that comprise their ever expanding repertoire. As well as unearthing some rare gems from these genres they also bring their fresh approach to some of the more well known songs; 'The Girl from Ipanaema' and 'Georgia on My Mind' can still sound great no matter how often they have been performed.

The duo are more than willing to provide a relaxed and unobtrusive musical backdrop while party guests dine or mingle, while they are equally adept when taking centre stage. Ela and Matt also perform in larger ensembles with other professional musicians and are more than happy to organise a larger band if asked.

You can listen to Ela and Matt perform the beautiful Cole Porter number I Concentrate On You and Matt's tune Someone Sweet.

If you are interested in hiring Matt and Ela then you can contact Matt by email: mattywall@gmail.com, by telephone: 01273203791 or mobile: 07914627886.