Real Divas - Café Society

Throughout the grand history of jazz there have been few pure jazz singers. It’s always been about voices that connect which have a feel for swing with controlled emotional context. Unlike their pop counterparts jazz singers emulate the spontaneous expressions of horn players. Ella Fitzgerald can sing a well stated solo with the same intensity and purpose as the musician next to her. Jazz has it boundaries and much like other genres a set of pre-conditions that keep it within accepted standards. Enter Real Divas.
Since the inception of the singing group a year and a half ago it’s been about the broader picture. It’s jazz when need be and full throated singing when demanded. It’s jazz, cabaret, pop, swing, maybe a hint of folk or the occasional blues. More than anything – it’s about the love of singing – the song, the performance – no labels attached!

Kinga Victoria, Josephine Biundo, Sophie Berkal-Sarbit and Lauren Margison began singing at an early age with a fascination for opera, jazz, pop, the Beatles, Frank Sinatra, Nina Simone, Sarah Vaughan. Together they have been able to explore the most traveled territory and chart a course of their own.

It all began at the Beaches Jazz Festival 2008 – on through to a special night at the Royal Ontario Museum – out west – Port Hardy, BC – Trail BC – Cranbrook – the Living Arts Centre in Mississauga -the National Jazz Awards 2009 – Beaches Jazz Festival 2009 – television: Breakfast Television twice – Canada AM - a debut recording – Café Society – great support from CBC radio – Fresh Air and beyond.

A year and a half a ago it was four young women meeting each other for the first time – today it’s about a enthralling musical journey that binds four terrific singers together.