JazzTimes Readers’ Poll-winning Canadian Jazz vocalist Angela Verbrugge and acclaimed New York Pianist Ray Gallon (Ron Carter, Lionel Hampton) will return to Europe for a second tour after sold-out performances in their 2023 tour.  This talented duo is looking forward to continuing to showcase their successful compositions to live audiences in England, Germany, Austria, France, and the Netherlands while working with the best local rhythm sections.

Verbrugge and Gallon began collaborating in 2018 with Verbrugge setting intelligent and witty lyrics to current original bebop material resulting in a series of successful recordings including the Night We Couldn’t Say Goodnight,  their recent effort Love for Connoisseurs, the latter of which has been included in a number of critics’ Album of the Year lists including Scott Yanow’s 25 most memorable new releases of the year and positive reviews in JazzTimes, JazzWise, Syncopated Times, Jersey Jazz, JazzLives and others. Angela’s top song on Spotify has close to 300,000 listens.

In 2020, Verbrugge won Best Female Vocalist award in the prestigious JazzTimes' Magazine Readers' Poll (the poll included finalists including Diana Krall, Cecile McLoren Salvant and Veronica Swift).

Take a listen to her original lyrics on "This is Manhattan", a love story set in a crowd in New York City as the world falls away when the couple reveals their feelings for each other, below, or listen to her performance from the Embassy of Canada in Tokyo.