Madeline Bell Quartet

The Madeline Bell Quartet is made up of the American singer whose name it bears, Andrés Litwin on the drums, Francis Posé on the double bass, and David Lenker on the piano. The saxophonist from Tenerife Kike Perdomo will play as a guest artist.

Madeline Bell, originally from New Jersey, began her love affair with music in the choir of her church, always keeping with the influence of gospel. She began to tour when she was young and one musical –Black Christmas– brought her to Europe, where she decided to stay. In London during the late sixties, she started collaborating with the popular singer Dusty Springfield and, in very little time, she managed to record solo and become appreciated by many of the great British pop and rock stars of the time. She was a singer with the mythical band Blue Mink, in which the guitarist Alan Parker played along with bassist Herby Flowers and percussionist Ray Cooper – and her list of collaborations as a backing vocalist on different artists' albums is very extensive, ranging from the Stones themselves to Joe Cocker, John Lennon, Stevie Wonder, Donna Summer, and Elton John, with whom she collaborated on many of his best records of the seventies. All of them had her velvety voice on some of their recordings. She is currently working with some of the best European big bands and is a frequent patron of the mythical Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club of London.