Trumpeter Steve Waterman’s Octet celebrates the music of Miles Davis - one of the most iconic and influential figures in the history of jazz - with a selection spanning his whole career, from Birth of the Cool through to Porgy and Bess and the Miles Ahead Gil Evans collaborations. Featuring some of the UK’s finest […]
The Mantecas are an electrifying eight-piece, London-based, Salsa, Latin Jazz and Boogaloo band known for filling dance floors wherever they play. From Glastonbury Festival to The Jazz Café, they’ve built a reputation for high-energy performances that blend infectious Afro-Latin rhythms, punchy brass and irresistible grooves. Guaranteed to blow your mind with a mesmerising mix of […]
Two of the UK’s world-class and most popular jazz musicians present a lunchtime special for the Guildford Festival. Saxophonist Alan Barnes has received over 25 British Jazz Awards and has twice been made BBC Jazz Musician of the Year, while pianist Dave Newton has been voted best Jazz Pianist in the British Jazz awards for […]
Having started his musical career while in his teens Dele Sosimi, the Nigerian-British Afrobeat Ambassador, Musician and Educator, has been at the heart of the global Afrobeat scene for over forty years. His blend of complex funk grooves, traditional Nigerian music, African percussion and an underlying sense of jazz combines with his virtuoso keyboard skills […]
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