Tag: Jazz

Catherine Lima – The Allure of Miss Lee

Catherine Lima – The Allure of Miss Lee

Friday 1 December 7:30pm

The Allure of Miss Lee explores the life and songs of jazz icon, Peggy Lee. From humble beginnings in North Dakota Peggy Lee proved that ambition, drive and sheer hard work paid dividends. She became a prolific songwriter, was in the entertainment industry for over 60 years and is known as one of the great female jazz innovators.

Performing some of Peggy Lee’s original arrangements, Catherine is backed by an excellent quartet led by Paul Higgs on piano and trumpet.

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VIP Jazz feat. Martin Eaton

VIP Jazz feat. Martin Eaton

Friday 6 October 7:30pm

VIP Jazz features Martin Eaton on sax and vocals with John Parker on guitar, Andy Staples on Bass and Kevin Harris on drums.
Martin hails from the Norwich are and performs with several of the big bands in the area providing vocals and Sax playing. He has a liking for the songs of Nat King Cole. Get ready for a well balanced program of vocal and instrumental tunes that’ll get feet tapping from bar one.

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Jazz – Nic Meier Trio

Jazz – Nic Meier Trio

Friday 1st September 7:30pm

Nicolas Meier Trio
featuring Demi Garcia on percussion
Kevin Glasgow on bass
Nicolas Meier on acoustic guitar and glissentar

UK-based guitarist Nicolas Meier has carved a reputation out as one of the world’s most original and uniquely talented guitarists. Drawing from a love of Turkish, Eastern & Middle Eastern music, Flamenco, Tango and more — all mixed with jazz — Meier’s versatility and musical fluency extends well beyond that

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The Matt Carter Octet

The Matt Carter Octet

Friday 2 June 7:30pm
The Matt Carter Octet is one of the most exciting young bands on today’s jazz scene. They’re on an album launch tour of the UK, and will be bringing music from their new album Read Between the Lines to Two Sisters Arts Centre for one night only!  The album was recorded at Livingstone Studios in north London in 2022, after a successful UK wide tour last summer. Now completed, they’ll play all ten tracks in their entirety as well as other material from their expanding repertoire.

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Jazz – THE SIMON BROWN TRIO

Jazz – THE SIMON BROWN TRIO

Friday 2nd December 7.30 pm

In a programme that pays homage to his jazz heroes, pianist Simon Brown is pleased to be joined by industry veteran Dave Olney on bass and multi-talented drummer Tom Jiggins. Their sophisticated but accessible programme will also include the trio’s own arrangements of the great jazz standards and punctuated as ever with anecdotes about the songs and their composers.

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