Britain's Jazz FM Best Jazz Vocalist Nominee Polly Gibbons Celebrates Ella's 100th and New Album IS IT ME...? at Iridium, 4/25

Polly, who recently earned her second prestigious Best Jazz Vocalist Jazz FM Award Nomination, has been a staple of the UK Jazz Scene since the mid-2000s. In commenting on her new album, she states: "It's a massive melting pot, varied but beautifully linked because I love every style I'm singing.

Jazz would never have happened without the blues, which came out of the gospel tradition - and blues is the foundation of contemporary Western culture and pop/soul music, and so on. She's especially excited by the buoyant seven-piece horn section, which enhances both her R&B and big band swing vibes. The piano and most of the arranging are shared by long time-collaborator James Pearson (whom she performs with regularly at the legendary Ronnie Scott's Club in London, where he is musical director), and Tamir Hendelman, the Israeli born, L.A. based jazz pianist to the stars, including Barbra Streisand and the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra.