Slinfold Village Hall
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Previous Event
Sunday 17th April 3:00 p.m.
Enjoy an afternoon of 1950's Nostalgia Jazz with
one of the leading live jazz bands in West Sussex
In May, they will be playing at the Brighton Festival Fringe,
and then at the Arundel & Chichester Festivals, later in the year.
This is a family show. The audience can select songs and join in.
Any jazz player in the audience with their instrument can join in a chorus or two.
The audience are encouraged to come in 50's dress and hair-dos.
Doors open 3:00 p.m. — Concert starts 3:30 p.m.
(duration approx. 2 hours, including interval)
Hot & cold drinks, beer and wine available.
Tickets
£7.00 at the door, or
£5.50 in advance from Slinfold Village Stores.
(50p of each ticket bought at the shop goes to the shop)
No charge for accompanied children under 12 (max. 2 per adult)
Enquiries: tel. 791554
All profits from the concert go towards Village Hall funds
We are grateful for the support of our sponsors
Lyons Farm Estate, Slinfold RH13 0QP
Tel: 01403-791011
www.maltmancosham.co.uk
in funding some of the publicity for this event.
about
The Cool Jazz NOSTALGIA show by Jazz Smugglers. Classic jazz songs you know from the 50's, and lots of audience fun. Beautifully played, the most watchable octet in Sussex. From the era of Stan Getz, Gerry Mulligan, Miles Davis, Dave Brubeck, Paul Desmond, the MJQ, Duke Ellington, George Gershwin, Jerome Kern -plus the Jazz Smugglers Trio. The beautiful small band sound.
This is the show that is being put on at the 200 seat theatre, in the Lanes as part of the Brighton Festival in May. It is also being launched at the Bosham Village Hall in June as part of the Chichester Festivities. We are also booked into the Arundel Festival in August.
Beautiful songs such as: All the things you are, Ella Fitzgerald; Girl from Ipanema, Stan Getz; Loverman, Billie Holliday; Blue Moon, June Christy; So What, Miles Davis; Watermelon Man, Herbie Hancock; How High the Moon, Les Paul; Summertime, 'everyone'.
Mostly the line up consists of two or three saxes, guitar, bass, drums and piano and a wonderful singer, but we play trios and quartets too.
"Being the keynote jazz band at the Chichester Jazz Festival was a highlight for us. We had a wonderful time, and 300 turned up to hear us that Saturday afternoon.
"Other highlights have been Priory Park Chichester, Hotham park bandstand Bognor, a lovely evening with the Bosham Friends of Old Meadow, a few plush weddings, amongst similar functions, anniversaries and private parties. We have played recently at a big charity gig at Patrick Moore's house and garden in Selsey."
[extracts from Jazz Smuggler's website and blog]
listen
Listen to some tracks from The Jazz Smugglers CD:
- Watermelon man (Herbie Hancock): A 4 bar bass intro, and a 4 bar piano riff and a jazz funk feel.
- Autumn leaves: The descending minor chords make this French song sound sad, but it is beautiful.
- All blues: Hear this Duke Ellington never heard his song played this way as a Ska with the bridge in swing.
- Perdido: Duke Ellington never heard his song played this way as a Ska with the bridge in swing.
- Blue Bossa: This song made Joe Henderson famous amongst jazz enthusiasts. In the final 16 bars the band jam.
- Love for Sale: Hear this Wonderful old Cole Porter song. We've added a Stevie Wonder riff to the Latin and Swing.
[All tracks are played from the Jazz Smuggler's website and require a program to play mp3 files]
reviews
Review from Chichester Observer, 3rd March 2011 (Click image for larger view):
[copied from Jazz Smuggler's blog]
Further information
Further information is available from:
- Jazz Smuggler's website: home page
- Jazz Smuggler's website: Band's page, with audio of 6 songs
- Jazz Smuggler's blog
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