OCT 4TH - THE HARRY STRUTTERS JAZZ AND BLUES BAND
This highly acclaimed band with MARLENE HILL, vocals; MAURICE DENNIS, banjo; MEGS ETHERINGTON, trumpet; TONY CARTER, reeds; MARTIN LITTON, piano; GRAHAM COLLICOT, drums; and ALLAN SOKELL, sousaphone, specialises in recreating the jazz and hot dance band music of the 1920s and 1930s with its characteristic drive, wit and allure.
NOV 1ST - EDANA MINGHELLA
Steyning Jazz Club warmly presents EDANA MINGHELLA, a wonderfully sensitive vocalist who brings a programme dedicated to songs and singers that have excited and moved her, and the evening will feature, among others, the songs of Bille Holiday. Performing with an emotional intensity, her singing has been described as faultless, stylish and utterly captivating. EDANA is in constant demand throughout the UK, and has recently performed to sell-out evenings at Ronnie Scott's and Soho Pizza Express. Her musical companions are, as ever, MARK EDWARDS, piano; PETE MAXFIELD, double bass; and LEE GOODALL, alto sax.
DEC 6TH - THE LEON GREENING QUARTET
Pianist Leon Greening, whose fluently assured hard-swinging style epitomises the best on the contemporary UK Jazz scene, is accompanied by ALEX GARNETT, one of the UK’s leading alto and tenor players, DAVE CHAMBERLAIN double bass, with his renowned driving swing, and MATT SKELTON drums, whose wide ranging career has taken him from Ronnie Scott’s with Cleo Laine to playing with Alan Barnes, Damon Brown and the Pasadena Roof Orchestra. These four of the finest musicians are in constant demand and we are delighted to have them playing for us here at Steyning.