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George Montague has won the new Decca records-backed Cheltenham Jazz Festival unsigned talent contest. The singer/songwriter from the Cotswolds, described by the BBC’s Stephen Morris as “Ben Folds-meets-Mika-meets-Jamie Cullum”, performed a short free stage set at the festival earlier this month with his Notsobigband as part of the process after he came to the attention of a panel of industry figures. Montague has already released a debut album Have You Met George and for a complete unknown has achieved the feat of clocking up millions of YouTube hits. Cheltenham Jazz Festival director Ian George commented: “In the first year of the talent search competition we are delighted that George, a local talent, was chosen from some stiff competition."
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