Jeremy Sassoon

We're delighted to welcome back Jeremy, one of our most popular singer pianists, to host his London album launch over two nights at PizzaExpress Live Soho. His brand new studio album, 'Older & Wiser' is his first for some years and showcases his outstanding arrangements, taken from his extensive jazz, blues & soul repertoire.

Jeremy is widely acclaimed for his natural, soulful voice, dynamic piano playing and his entertaining and witty repartee as a frontman. He brings a stellar band line up featuring Chris Rabbitts (bass), Pat Illingworth (drums) and Harry Greene (guitar, sax)

Jeremy Sassoon is one of the UK's most in-demand singer/pianists. Either solo, or accompanied by his band, he captivates audiences with his natural, soulful voice, his charismatic personality and his arrangements of jazz, blues, groove and soul classics. This show kick starts the lead up to the release of his much anticipated new studio album in April, an album recorded with the same trio line-up as tonight, and with the addition of several exciting guest musicians.

Jeremy has headlined sell out shows at Ronnie Scotts, PizzaExpress Soho, the 606 Club and the Jazz Café. He has performed at the North Sea Jazz Festival, The Iridium Jazz Club in New York and headlines twice a year at Berlin's premier jazz club The "A Trane".

He is the UK's foremost artist tributing the music of Ray Charles with his big band "Ray Charles Project". He played the main stage at the renowned Love Supreme Festival 2019 with this band alongside Lauryn Hill & Jamie Cullum. More recently he headlined the Buxton International Festival 2024

In 2014, his version of the beautiful Marc Cohn song "The Things We've Handed Down" was featured on BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs as the castaway's favourite and then hit number 1 in the iTunes vocal download chart.

Jeremy's CD "Jeremy Sassoon & Friends Live", was recorded live at PizzaExpress, Soho with his 5-piece band, and was chosen by respected German jazz publication Jazzthetik as one of the best albums of 2018.

"Jeremy Sassoon's MOJO" (Musicians Of Jewish Origin) was launched in 2019 and it
recounts the history of 100 years of Jewish songwriters from George Gershwin to Amy Winehouse and beyond. It has received rave reviews and the show has performed 3 runs at the Edinburgh Fringe to rave reviews, most recently in 2025. It has recently won contracts to perform on Viking Ocean Cruises worldwide, and is touring South America in March 2026.