Date: Friday, 20 November 2026
Venue: PizzaExpress Live, Chelsea, London
Greek-born, London-based jazz singer and songwriter Eleonora Kouneni launches her new EP Independently Blue with a release-day show at PizzaExpress Live Chelsea, joined by her band and longtime musical partner, pianist Chris Lee.
Eleonora started singing professionally in Athens as a teenager, opening for well-known Greek vocalists at major festivals, before moving to London and building her name on the city’s jazz circuit. Her style mixes jazz phrasing with a Mediterranean warmth that many in our community will recognise straight away.
Independently Blue is the second part of her Great American Songbook project with Chris Lee, following This Eager Heart, which sold out the same venue earlier this year. The new EP has already picked up a four-star review from Music Republic Magazine, and its first single, Love Me or Leave Me, was chosen as a Jazz FM Featured Track of the Week. She has also been interviewed on BBC Radio London and recently played a sold-out set at Durham Jazz Festival.
On the night expect songs from the new EP, originals from her debut EP If You Just…, tracks from This Eager Heart and a first listen to new, unreleased material. Doors open at 6:30pm and the show starts at 8pm. A great chance for the Greek community in London to come out and support one of our own.
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