
CHARLOTTE KEEFFE wears her love for all sorts of Music-making/freely improvising on her (brightly coloured shirt) sleeves. Whether performing regularly as a trumpet/flugelhorn soloist (Sound Brush), or leading a variety of different ensembles, including her RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW Quartet, she meticulously carves out spaces for the free movement of ideas and individual expressions.
She describes her instruments as Sound Brushes as her approach to playing them is inspired by (abstract) painters.
“Keeffe shows notable strength of character as she runs the sonic and emotional gamut..."
~ Kevin Le Gendre, JAZZWISE
Keeffe’s debut album ‘Right Here, Right Now’ is where you’ll find her exhibiting a passion for vibrant soundscapes, from solo sets to orchestral adventures (London Improvisers Orchestra) captured during live performances. Released in 2021, on Discus Music, she earned international critical acclaim carving out a niche on the imprint. She leads, composes and performs for/with a number of Discus Music projects and artists, including; Anthropology Band, Hi Res Heart, Paul Dunmall, Julie Tippetts, Matthew Bourne, Alex Ward and more.
Keeffe’s 2nd album, ‘ALIVE! in the studio’, features her RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW Quartet (with Ashley John Long on double-bass, Ben Handysides on drums and Moss Freed on guitar) performing a live set in Goldsmiths University Studios, London. ‘ALIVE! in the studio’, was released in September 2023 on Discus Music. Receiving rave reviews, it landed on several Best of 2023 Album Releases lists/charts, including Readers’ Digest.
RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW’s recent performances include Cheltenham Jazz Festival, London Jazz Festival, Southbank Centre’s Purcell Room, Café OTO, Lancaster Jazz Festival (Keeffe was Lancaster Jazz Festival’s 2024 Artist in Residence), Manchester Jazz Festival, Birmingham Symphony Hall, Cambridge's LISTEN!, Jazz North East and more.
Keeffe’s international recent performance adventures include; Switzerland’s Ear We Are Festival, Vienna’s/Wien Modern Festival, Poland’s/Poznan’s Spontaneous Music Festival and SWIATLODZWIEKI Festival, Austria's/Graz’ STIO Fest, Switzerland’s JazzChur Festival, Belgium’s Free JazzBlazzt, Saarbrücken’s Free Jazz Festival in Germany plus various other concerts, festivals and studio recording sessions in Belgium, Holland and Copenhagen.
Her music has been featured significantly on BBC Radio 3, Jazz FM and BBC Radio 6, where she's been described as a 'prolific', 'dynamic' and 'excellent improviser!', by the likes of Corey Mwamba, Stuart Maconie and Jez Nelson.
Keeffe is part of Serious’ (producers) Take Five 2022 cohort (Serious Artist).
She performed a duet with the mighty City of London as part of world-renowned trumpeter Dave Douglas' Festival of New Trumpet Music in 2022.
Harnessing the power of art for social change is a crucial part of Keeffe’s musical identity; she has served as Assistant Musical Director of the London Gay Big Band, champions gender and diversity equality, as part of the Parliamentary award-winning Women in Jazz Media team, and played in Marin Alsop's Taki Concordia Orchestra at the World Economic Forum 2019, in front of world leaders and celebrities including Sir David Attenborough.
From stepping on Glastonbury and Wilderness stages alongside Charlotte Church, Laura Mvula and Kate Nash, to broadcasting to an international audience live from her bathroom during the pandemic, Keeffe understands that embracing individuality and letting go of inhibitions is the surest way to grasp the transformative power of music.
Wikipedia:
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlotte_Keeffe
Bandcamp:
https://charlottekeeffe.bandcamp.com
Facebook:
Charlotte Keeffe Music
Instagram:
@CharlotteKeeffeMusic
X (Twitter):
@CharlotteKeeffe
Right Here, Right Now ALIVE! in the studio:
https://discusmusic.bandcamp.com/album/alive-in-the-studio-160cd-2023
Right Here, Right Now:
https://discusmusic.bandcamp.com/album/right-here-right-now-107cd-2021
Charlotte Keeffe’s RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW Quartet live at Jazz in the Round:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtyMOcsh1zo
Charlotte Keeffe’s Sound Brush;
Duet with the City of London for the
Festival of New Trumpet Music 2022: