Stafford UK » jazz http://stafforduk.com Events and activities in Stafford, UK Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:11:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Live Jazz Evening http://stafforduk.com/2011/07/live-jazz-evening/ http://stafforduk.com/2011/07/live-jazz-evening/#comments Thu, 28 Jul 2011 20:56:08 +0000 Cohan Robinson http://stafforduk.com/?p=7967 Pies, Ale, Jazz? Sounds like a rather splendid night to me!

Dominic J Marshall – Pianist/composer”He plays with real beauty and sensitivity and his compositions are really very imaginative. Echoes of EST.” Chris GumbleyIn early 2010 one of Dominics original compositions Counting Pennies was broadcast on BBC Radio 3’s Jazz Line-Up, and in summer he went on to win the prestigious LCM Piano Prize. Since relocating to Amsterdam in autumn of the same year he has continued to build his international profile as composer-performer whilst continuing formal studies on the Conservatoriums Masters program. In April 2011 he received The Countess of Munster Musical Trust Award for young British musicians of exceptional ability

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Fascinating Rhythm is a new collaboration between four accomplished Midlands musicians whose aim it is to bring the Great American Songbook, and jazz in its most accessible form, to new audiences. This show features their own concise and carefully-crafted arrangements of classics by Gershwin, Irving Berlin, Dave Brubeck and the like, as well as a couple of striking originals.

Here are some of the classics which regularly feature in their live shows:
Fascinating Rhythm (Gershwin)
Cheek to Cheek (Berlin)
Summertime (Gershwin)
Take Five (Paul Desmond)
I Love Being Here With You (Peggy Lee/William Schluger)
It Ain’t Necessarily So (Gershwin)
I Loves You Porgy (Gershwin)
Blue Rondo a la Turk (Brubeck)
I Got Rhythm (Gershwin)
Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most (Tommy J. Wolf Jnr.)
Dreams of You (Dave McGarry)

Tickets: Fascinating Rhythm

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]]> http://stafforduk.com/2011/02/fascinating-rhythm/feed/ 0 Millennium Eagle Jazz Band http://stafforduk.com/2008/12/jeff-milners-delta-friends/ http://stafforduk.com/2008/12/jeff-milners-delta-friends/#comments Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:19:43 +0000 Cohan Robinson http://www.staffordian.net/2008/12/jeff-milners-delta-friends/ Stafford District Arts No related posts.]]> Title: Jeff Milner’s delta Friends
Location: Stafford Ranges FC Social Club, Marston Rd
Link out: Stafford Jazz
Description: “Matt palmer brings the band for the second time this season. The exceptional young percussionist Jack Cotterill will amaze you with his solo performances”
Start Time: 12:30
Date: 2008-12-07
End Time: 14:30

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