"While Paddy has never been to New Orleans, I can honestly say he is going to take the town by storm. I met him in Ascona and never laughed so hard in all my life.

As a trombonist, he’s world-class, but I suspect there's a grand marshal hiding inside that mischievous smile.

His antics with Ellen Birath are as close to those of Louis Prima and Keely Smith as anyone I have ever seen.

(Armand “Sheik" Anderson in his book A Fire in My Lens - See the book page at the bottom of this webpage ↓).

"We are in homage, never in imitation (except a humorous nod).

We especially bring to life music that gives a lot of happiness and pleasure. The two fellows are perfect accomplices..."
— Hot Jazz

"... Paddy sings, plays the trombone, walks around, challenges people. Ellen sings and comments on Paddy's performance — in English or French with her succulent Swedish accent. Their chemistry is difficult to explain, but it’s very good..."
— Hot Club de France

On October 19, we attended a concert by Paddy Sherlock (tb, voc) and Ellen Birath (voc), a trio evoking the repertoire of Ella and Louis (from the famous albums of 1956 and 1957: Ella & Louis, Ella & Louis Again), with César Pastre (in the role of Oscar Peterson…).

In the basement of the Tennesse-Paris pub (Paris 6th), there was a very small stage around which an audience, already fans of the performers, had gathered. It felt more like a meeting between friends. The first set was devoted to the re-creation of the legendary duo (“Can’t We Be Friends?”, “Isn’t It a Lovely Day?”, “They Can’t Take That Away From Me”), but through the lens of Paddy and Ellen’s personalities. We are in homage, never in imitation (except with a humorous wink). Above all, they joyfully bring to life music that gives enormous happiness and pleasure. The three friends are perfect, all in complicity: Paddy, always colorful; Ellen — who is more often heard in a soul repertoire — establishes herself as an excellent jazz singer, whose timbre is perfectly suited to evoking Ella. César, serious as a pope, wraps everything in beautiful harmonies.

For the second set, the great team moved away somewhat from their initial theme, notably presenting a lovely version of "Dansez sur moi" (Nougaro/Neal Hefti) by Ellen Birath, which gave way to another French version, "Fever" by Marie-Laure Célisse (voc), who worked to raise the temperature of a Paddy Sherlock in great form! A very nice evening!
— JP, Jazz Hot Magazine

"The whole audience was in the palm of their hands, and the atmosphere was electric."
— Mary Black

"I was happy to be present at a gig that comfortably fits in my greatest-ever gigs basket. Paddy Sherlock did a straight-through two-hour gig, and it was a model of a well-thought-out repertoire that took us on a journey from 'St. James Infirmary' to 'Raglan Road.'

Paddy has lived in Paris for the past thirty years, fronting a six-man band of rabelaisian Irish and French characters, so he knows his trade...

Paddy plays trombone, which acts as punctuation and percussion.

The best entertainer I’ve seen for a long while…"
— Shay Healy