by Nick Hart | Jun 8, 2022
Bassist/bass guitarist Dave Storer is a graduate of the Birmingham Conservatoire and vastly experienced in a variety of styles, from accompanying Katherine Jenkins to playing in bands at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, taking in jazz and rock music en...
by Nick Hart | Jun 8, 2022
Patron of the Jazz Festival and a distinctively melodic trumpeter, Digby Fairweather has taken up a sequence of causes during his long career. As well as leading such bands as the Great British Jazz Band and his ever-popular Half Dozen, Digby has devoted himself to...
by Nick Hart | Jun 8, 2022
With a repertoire encompassing the melodic and jazzy sounds of the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s, the Eureka Jazz Band appears in various forms, from a trio to a full marching band, with flexibility and entertainment value always top priorities. Eureka Jazz Band will...
by Nick Hart | Jun 8, 2022
French-born, but London-based, Florence Joelle covers a wide field in her appreciation of jazz. Among other things she works as an A&R record label consultant and gives talks as a jazz expert on Zoom. However, it’s as a chanteuse with echoes of Edith Piaf and...
by Nick Hart | Jun 8, 2022
Garry Allcock is known as a highly experienced and accomplished drummer and leader of the All Stars Big Band. During the Festival he can be heard in various roles, notably anchoring the rhythm section for visiting...
