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SPRING 2015

SATURDAY 21ST FEBRUARY 7.30PM

CAFE JAZZ AND BLUES 

ANDY FAIRWEATHER LOW & LOW RIDERS

 Andy Fairweather Low first came to prominence at the vanguard of the new youthful expression of music as the lead singer in Amen Corner. The ‘60s saw them clock up hit after pop hit. Songs such as ‘Bend Me Shape Me’, ‘Hello Suzy’, ‘(If Paradise is) Half As Nice’ are internationally remembered to this day. Since the early days Andy has gone on to work with many artists including Eric Clapton, George Harrison, Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, David Crosby, Elton John, Roger Waters, Richard and Linda Thompson, Dave Gilmour, The Who, BB King, Joe Cocker, Steve Winwood, Emmylou Harris and hundreds more. Now following a solo path, his first solo album in 24 years Sweet Soulful Music was released late in 2007 followed by The Very Best of Andy Fairweather Low which was released in the UK in June 2008 and the Live DVD followed hot on its heels. A world tour as musical director with Roger Waters band then a European tour with Bill Wyman’s Rhythm Kings might be difficult to top for most people – but not for Andy Fairweather Low who just segued smoothly into a major solo tour last summer with some of the world’s finest musicians in his band, The Low Riders.

Tickets: £20 call the Box Office on 01472 355025

SATURDAY 7TH FEBRUARY 7.30PM

AN EVENING WITH SILHOUETTES

A Miscellany of Songs from

the Shows

Including:-

Jesus Christ Superstar, Phantom, Hello Dolly, Sister Act, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Stop the world - I want to get off, Love never dies

As well as solos and vocal ensembles.

Tickets:   Circle £10, Stalls £8, 

            Children (Under 16) £8

Available from the Box Office,

call 01472 355025

 THURSDAY 12TH FEBRUARY 7.30PM

GRIMSBY CONCERT SOCIETY

PRESENTS

"DANTE QUARTET"

The renowned DANTE (STRING) QUARTET is winner of the 2007 Royal Philharmonic Society Award for Chamber Music.  The Quartet is acclaimed for its performances at major venues and festivals throughout Europe.  It has a host of successful recordings and its CD of quartets by Frank and Fauré won The Gold award in France and the 2009 BBC Music Magazine Award for Chamber Music.  The Quartet holds its own annual festival in the Tamar valley.

Tickets: £18

(£5 for full-time students and Reg. Job Seekers) 

Available from the box office

Tel: 01472 355025

SATURDAY 7TH MARCH 7.30PM

GRIMSBY CONCERT SOCIETY PRESENTS

"JI LIU"

JI LIU is a brilliant pianist who was born in 1990.   He studied at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music and started winning international prizes and appearing as soloist at major venues and festivals internationally from the age of 15. He has performed at the Royal Festival Hall, the Concertgebouw (Amsterdam), Carnegie Hall (New York), Rachmaninoff Hall (Moscow) and Opéra de Monte-Carlo , to name a few.  He performed JS Bach’s Goldberg Variations at the Gstaad Festival.  His debut CD, Piano Reflections, was released by Classic FM in January 2014 and immediately went on to become No.1 in the classical charts.

 Tickets: £15

(£5 to full-time students & Reg. Job Seekers)

Available from the Box Office

Tel: 01472 355025

FRIDAY 13TH MARCH

CAFE JAZZ & BLUES

NICOLA FARNON TRIO

With Nicola's trio you get a lot of musical talent that manages to pack a mighty punch for a seemingly small outfit as, although there are only three, between them they cover vocals, double bass, piano, sax, drums and percussion. Nicola Farnon manages to combine her exceptional talents of singing and playing bass with a delightfully original and very inclusively warm and witty performance: Piero Tucci - 'a jazzer's dream, as unpretentiously skilful on keys as he is on sax." Sandman magazine -  is breathtaking to behold - especially when he decides to play both instruments simultaneously; and Phil Johnson drives the whole performance with an intense and propulsive drumming feel that allows the overall song to shine through.

Ultimately these three musicians combine to give a performance that will startle you with it's genuine love of music and melody. 

TICKETS: £12 CALL THE BOX OFFICE

SATURDAY 11TH APRIL 7.30PM

CAFE JAZZ & BLUES

DIGBY FAIRWEATHER &

LEO SOLOMON TRIO

 Digby Fairweather has been a professional jazz musician for thirty-eight years and recorded over seventy albums as leader and sideman.  Since l995 he has led his award-winning Half-Dozen touring and recording with blues-legend George Melly (2003-7) and Paul Jones (Manfreds/Blues Band 2007-present). Digby played a founding role in the establishment of the MU Jazz Section in l992, as well as the Association of British Jazz Musicians (l987) and National Jazz Archive(l987) and broadcast widely on jazz for the BBC and Jazz FM (l986-1998) before returning to fulltime playing in l998; from 2009-2011 he broadcast again for UK Jazz Radio in a new edition of the ‘Best of Jazz’. Over the years his awards have included: British Jazz Awards (for trumpet l992/Services to Jazz,l993);  Benno Haussmann Award (Services to Jazz, l993) and the Freedoms of London and Southend-on-Sea(2000). 

Leo has been playing the piano since he was eight years old. His serious and abiding interest in jazz began at fifteen when he became a band leader.  Leo’s reputation as a soloist and accompanist is international. He has accompanied over one hundred of the world’s greatest exponents of jazz. Among British musicians, he has worked with Kenny Baker, Don Lusher, Humphrey Lyttelton, George Melly, Tommy Whittle, Bill le Sage, Martin Taylor, Dave Shepherd, Alex Welsh and Roy Wiliams.  International stars with whom he has worked include Peanuts Hucko (ex-Glenn Miller), Harry ‘Sweets’ Edison (Count Basie), Peter Appleyard (Benny Goodman, Frank Sinatra etc.), Jimmy Witherspoon, Sonny Stitt, Wild Bill Davidson, Billy Butterfield and many more.

Tickets: £12 call 01472 355025