Jason Isaacs (born 3 October 1967) is an English singer and songwriter.
Biography He was born on 3 October 1967, in Killingworth, Northumberland where his parents still reside.
Isaacs was the first person to win the ITV1 Peoples Crooner of the Year competition in 2010, part of the Alan Titchmarsh Show.Nicola Juncar. "Crooner Jason Isaacs visits his old school". ChronicleLive, 25 March 2010.
They call him the North-East's (UK) 'Ambassador of Swing',The Journal, 29 March 2010 also referred to as 'Britain's Answer to Michael Bublé'.Encore Magazine, September 2010
A self-taught saxophonist who in the late 1990s focused more on singing.The Weekly News, April 2010 Having spent more than ten years touring the world playing bars and clubs as far afield as Bangkok, Switzerland and New York City, he settled back in his hometown to set down roots and develop his career.Accent Magazine, April 2008 His first album, Fever was self-released in 2009. He found some commercial success with his first single, a cover of the Irving Berlin classic "Let's Face the Music and Dance" in Autumn 2010 following ITV1's 'UK Crooner of the Year' competition on the Alan Titchmarsh Show.Evening Chronicle, 8 March 2010 The prize included the recording at Abbey Road Studios. The single, released by Decca, a division of Universal Records saw some chart success and several sell-out tours, most notably at Newcastle City Hall and at the Edinburgh Festival at the famous Assembly Hall. Decca's head of A&R Tom Lewis described him as having "the voice of Dean Martin, the looks of George Clooney and the swagger of Robbie Williams."Evening Chronicle, 25 March 2010
This was not Isaacs' first brush with TV talent shows, having made it as far as bootcamp on the X Factor in 2005.Evening Chronicle, 20 September 2005
Isaacs toured constantly with his big band The Ambassadors of Swing, with guest vocalists including Faye Tozer of pop group Steps,Northern Echo, 17 May 2011 as well as the Fenner Sisters and more recently Steve Norman of Spandau Ballet.
Isaacs is a keen cricketer and plays for the Old Record Players Cricket Club based in Newcastle upon Tyne.
References
External links Official site ITV1 Alan Titchmarsh Show Fansite