Sarah L King’s unique brand of soulful jazz has already caught the attention of critics and fans alike. With her highly-acclaimed debut album Fire Horse (2024) under her belt and her second album due for release early 2026, King has catapulted onto the London Jazz circuit with her pure-toned vocals and sophisticated original compositions. Both King’s albums are produced by Claire Martin OBE and display a high level of musicianship in both her vocal and songwriting abilities. With her stellar regular line-up including maestro pianist and composer Jim Watson, arranger, band leader and world class bassist Laurence Cottle, and the wildly precocious Jamie Murray on drums, King and her quartet have created a masterful groove-led sound. King’s own compositions display her gift for songwriting, with lyrics that resonate long after the listening experience.

 

King started singing in soul and gospel choirs before emerging as a solo artist. Her music regularly features on Jazz FM including ‘Single Of The Week’, and also on BBC3’s Jazz Requests. Influenced from an early age by her father, a jazz trumpeter and bandleader, and her grandmother, an orchestral conductor and gifted pianist, King has inherited a good ear for harmonies and a highly intuitive melodic instinct. With shades of Karn Carpenter, Joni Mitchell and Roberta Flack in her vocal style, King draws on influences from jazz, soul, acid jazz and disco in her original compositions and creates a highly polished ‘Donald Fagan vibe’ in her recordings. A regular on the London circuit at venues including Pizza Express Soho, 606 Club, Hampstead Jazz Club, and touring in Stockholm in summer 2025, King is definitely making deserved waves in the jazz world.