Saturday 16th May — The Burt Bacharach Experience

Tickets £20.00

Gorgeous melodies from the pen of Multi-Grammy Award Winner Burt Bacharach

We’re delighted to welcome the brilliant ‘Burt Bacharach Experience’, an evening exploring the incredibly diverse compositions of Burt Bacharach. Everyone knows the music of Burt Bacharach, with hits including ‘The Look of Love’, ‘Raindrops Keep Falling on my Head’, ‘What the World Needs Now’, and oodles more. You’ll know the songs, but you won’t have heard them played like this before! Leading the quartet, pianist Alex Steele is a much sought after pianist for many genres; Catherine Sykes is the complete professional and she sings with the Glenn Miller Orchestra UK, and many more; Lyrical bassist Paul Jefferies is joint creator of this show with Alex Steele - his work as a bassist, educator and promoter of live jazz throughout Oxfordshire and the Midlands is highly regarded and Euan Palmer is a truly excellent drummer, his work with all styles of jazz, modern classical and contemporary folk music plays a big part in his subtle appreciation of the music making process - he is the perfect fit for this quartet, adding equal measures of nuance and rhythm to Alex and Paul’s arrangements.

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Saturday 18th July — The Sophie Holder Band

Tickets £20.00

A veritable ‘Assiette’ of Internationally Renowned French Chanson Tunes

For those culinary experts amongst you, you’ll know that ‘Assiette’ means lost of ways of interpreting one flavour - and the delightful Sophie (wife of the great jazz violinist Ben Holder) - being fluent a French speaker will sing some of the most gorgeous French songs (Chanson) at this very special concert. Expect melodies like “I Wish You Love’, 'La Vie en Rose’, 'Je Ne Regret’ and Charles Trenet’s ‘BOUM’. The whole show will be also peppered with classics from other countries - Spain, USA and Germany. Ben will be on piano for this concert (adding a touch of violin here and there), Paul Jefferies adds rhythmic bottom end on double bass and there will be drums! Wear your beret!!

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Saturday 22nd August— Chris Cobbson’s ’Township Express’ Quartet

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Afro flavoured rhythms and more from this highly regarded guitarist

Chris Santo Cobbson is a hugely popular name on the jazz circuit. Of Ghanaian heritage, growing up in London, Chris absorbed a huge range of musical styles from Jazz to Reggae and African rhythms to Soul and these influences have created a unique style that is reminiscent of the maestro Grant Green perhaps mixed with a little early George Benson. Chris performs regularly with 70s chart toppers Osibisa, ground breaking saxophonist Sir Courtney Pine and a host of other top names in the worlds of entertainment and Jazz, Blues and Soul. This show will concentrate on music that has African rhythms and ‘feels’ at its roots. On board will be pianist Maff Potts, drummer Keith Fairbairn and bassist Paul Jefferies.

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