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MON 19TH:
OSCAR BROWN JR. TRIBUTE featuring CAROL GRIMES Legendary British jazz singer pays tribute to the great Oscar Brown Jr, American singer, songwriter, playwright, poet, civil rights activist, and actor. Brown Jnr who was famed for his deftly crafted songs was one of the very first song-writers to add lyrics to the jazz hits of the day, famously writing the lyrics to such standards as "Dat Dere", "Afro-Blue" and "Work Song" and inspiring the likes of Jon Hendricks and Bob Dorough to follow suit. Grimes is joined by pianist Dorian Ford, bassist Neville Malcolm, drummer Winston Clifford and trombonist Annie Whitehead. |
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| TUES 20TH - SAT 24TH: JAMES TAYLOR QUARTET Famed for their upbeat, energetic live shows, British jazz-funk stalwarts, and hugey influential jazz/pop cross over stars, the James Taylor Quartet return to Ronnie Scott's. Their relentlessly entertaining tunes take their inspiration from boogaloo funk of the sixties and the rare-groove style funk of the seventies |
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| SUN 25TH: A SALUTE TO THE BIG BANDS WITH THE RAF SQUADRONAIRES "A GALA FUNDRAISING EVENING FOR THE VETERANS OF THE ROYAL AIR FORCES ASSOCIATION". The Royal Air Force Squadronaires is one of the United Kingdom's finest Big Bands, with a world-wide reputation for musical excellence. Expect a fine evening of classic big band swing and elegant jazz from one of the UK's most enduring musical institutions. |
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| MON 26TH - TUE 27TH: ROBERTA GAMBARINI "Gambarini is a true successor to Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, and Carmen McRae." - BOSTON GLOBE. Grammy- Nominated Italian singer Roberta Gambarini has performed with jazz greats including Michael Brecker, Ron Carter, Herbie Hancock, Roy Hargrove and Toots Thielemans among many others. Her UK debut with the Dizzy Gillespie Alumni showed her as a dynamic performer with virtuosic vocal chops and she continues to draw rave reviews and enthusiastic fan support wherever she performs. |
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| Every Friday 10-11pm! The Ronnie Scott's Radio Show on Jazz FM If you haven't tuned in to our weekly show on Jazz FM yet, then now is the time to get hooked. Every Friday night between 10-11pm Jumoke Fashola presents the Ronnie Scott's Radio Show, featuring some classic Jazz, back stage interviews, all topped off with exclusive live recordings from the club. In this week's show we talk to Curtis Stigers and James Hunter. You can still listen again to last week's show, New Zealand saxophonist Nathan Haines in conversation. You can tune in tonight online at www.jazzfm.com, on DAB Digital Radio, on Sky channel 0202 or Freesat channel 729. Past shows can be heard on-demand: (at this link). The Ronnie Scott's Radio Show. Every Friday night at 10pm. On Jazz FM. |
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