PERFORMING ARTISTS & THE SCHEDULE
THURSDAY 14TH AUGUST
GOSPEL RISING
East Grinstead Summer Jazz Festival kicks off with a Gospel Workshop followed by an uplifting free Concert in which workshop participants join in.
6-7pm Gospel Workshop at ST SWITHUN’S CHURCH, Church Lane, RH19 3BB.
Tickets £10, to be obtained in advance from Ticket Source.
7:30-9pm Free Concert at ST SWITHUN’S CHURCH by Gospel Rising Sponsored by St Swithun’s Church. Gospel Rising, created and directed by Joanne Miller, is a growing beacon of unity, love and peace. This powerful group bring joy wherever they sing!
FRIDAY 15TH AUGUST
BILL EVANS
Conversations with Bill.
Presented by composer/songwriter/producer and arranger Dr Adrian York with Paul Whitten (bass) and Mark Fletcher (drums). Special guest Dave O’Higgins sax.
7:30pm, ST SWITHUN’S CHURCH, Church Lane, RH19 3BB (doors open 7pm). Tickets £20 from Ticket Source
ADRIAN YORK
Adrian brings you his new project which is a show with his trio ‘Conversations with Bill’, an exploration of and dialogue with the repertoire and recordings, compositions and piano style of one of the greatest and most distinctive of all jazz pianists, Bill Evans.
DAVE O'HIGGINS
Dave O’Higgins Sax.
'O’Higgins plays with quite exceptional fluency and his fund of ideas never runs out’
The Observer
SATURDAY 16TH AUGUST
JAZZ WORKSHOPS
LINLEY WEIR -JAZZ VOCAL WORKSHOP
Saturday 10am-12pm Jubilee Community Centre, RH19 2HL
Sponsored by RH & RW Clutton.
Jazz vocal taster workshop with Linley Weir.
Linley has been performing and teaching for more than 20 years. She has been teaching at Richmond College since 2008. Linley will give you the tools you need to express the best of you through your singing. Contact Linley here.
All levels welcome. Tickets £10, to be obtained in advance from Ticket Source.
JANE TUFF - SAX WORKSHOP
Saturday 10am-12pm Jubilee Community Centre, RH19 2HL
Sponsored by RH & RW Clutton.
Sax workshop with Jane Tuff
Tickets £10, to be obtained in advance from Ticket Source.
East Grinstead-based Jane Tuff is a freelance woodwind performer and teacher of
saxophone, clarinet and flute. Jane runs the sax group Saxville that meet once a week in East Grinstead. For more info click here.
SATURDAY 16TH - THE JAZZ TRAIL
PLEASE NOTE ALL TRAiLS ARE FREE.
THE SUSSEX STOMPERS
Saturday 10am-12pm: Follow the Sussex Stompers from outside 1 Middle Row along the High Street and finishing at midday in Queens Square.
Sponsored by East Grinstead Town Council
Richard Boswell trumpet, Alan Cresswell clarinet, Paul Busby sousaphone, Tony Still marching snareA Sussex-based band, toe-tapping ensemble playing numbers all in the New Orleans tradition.
THE DRAWTONES
The Drawtones, Jazz Funk
Sponsored by Old Dunnings Mill
Saturday 1-3pm: OLD DUNNINGS MILL, Dunnings Road, RH19 4AT
Rod Pooley Hammond organ, Simon Bates saxophone, Andy Williams guitar, Daniel Dotor bass, James Chapman drums
Featuring seasoned jazz artists, The Drawtones relaxed and groovy, bluesy and funky, the sax/guitar/organ combination gives them access to the hippest tunes from the 50s and 60s jazz era to the dance floor iconic instrumentals of the 70s and 80s.
MIKE PIGGOTT AND NILS SOLBERG
Mike Piggott and Nils Solberg, Gypsy Jazz
Sponsored by The Engine Room
Saturday 6-8pm: THE ENGINE ROOM specialising in real ales and craft beers.
Performance outside 1st Floor, The OldMill, 45 London Road, RH191AW
Mike Piggott violin, Nils Solberg guitar.
They bring their own entertaining combination of gypsy jazz, swing and blues as inspired by the Hot Club de France which featured violinist Stéphane Grappelli with guitarist Django Reinhardt.
‘One of the best jazz-fiddlers active anywhere…’ New York Jazz Times
‘Master of the jazz violin….’ Jazz UK
www.mikepiggott.com
CIYO BROWN
Ciyo Brown, Guitar-led Jazz/Soul
Sponsored by The Crown
Saturday 8-10pm: THE CROWN, 35 High Street, RH19 3AF
Ciyo Brown guitar, Adrian York piano, Neville Malcolm bass and Rod Young drums.
An in-demand musician , Ciyo’s ongoing collaborative works cover a range of genres. Working alongside a parade of internationally-acclaimed artists.
This list includes: MicaParis, China Moses, Courtney Pine, Jim Mullen, Martin Taylor, YolanDa Brown, Linda Lewis,Annie Lennox, The i-Threes (Marcia Griffiths, Judy Mowatt and Rita Marley), CarleenAnderson and Wayne Hernandez.
THE JIVE ACES
Saturday 12-1:30pm: High Street Market Square
Sponsored by the Jive Aces
The Jive Aces - renowned worldwide for their high-energy spectacular showmanship, their viral video ‘Bring Me Sunshine’ and for being the first live band to reach the final rounds of ‘Britain’s Got Talent’.
The Jive Aces have firmly established themselves the UK’s no.1 Jive & Swing band.
Find out more at: JiveAces.org
ELEONORA CLAPS
Eleonora Claps Goes 80s
Sponsored by The Ship Inn
Saturday 3-5pm: THE SHIP INN, Ship Street, RH19 4EG
Italian-born/ London-based Eleonora Claps presents a set featuring her own original
compositions, alongside a selection of 80s pop songs reimagined for jazz quartet.
Accompanied by a band featuring Simon Wallace piano, Andy Hamill bass and Andres Ticino percussion, Eleonora is on vocals and drums to perform a setlist of evergreen hits,
dancefloor fillers, and romantic ballads from the so-called ‘decade of decadence’.
Jazzy arrangements are inspired by the synth sounds, drum machines, and chorus pedal effects of the era.
TERRY SEABROOK AND JANE TUFF
Jane Tuff and Terry Seabrook, Background Jazz.
Sponsored by Carlo Lounge
Saturday 7-9pm: CARLO LOUNGE, Unit E, Queens Walk, RH19 4DW
Relaxed early evening in this café, bar and restaurant.
Jane Tuff sax
Based in East Grinstead, Jane is popular on the jazz scene and has played for Jenny Green on a number of gigs including the Jazz Club.
Terry Seabrook piano
Terry Seabrook is a pianist and bandleader from Brighton. Terry promotes jazz events and his own bands (Milestones, Cubana Bop, Triversion) in and around Sussex.
JAZZMONICA
Catch Jazzmonica busking around the town from 1.30 to 3pm
SUNDAY 17TH
JAZZ BRUNCH WITH DAVE WARREN ORGAN TRIO
Jazz Brunch with Dave Warren Organ Trio
Sponsored by The Dorset Arms
Sunday 11am-1pm: DORSET ARMS, 58 High Street, RH19 3DE
Dave Warren brings his brilliant organ trio to the Festival featuring Steve Ashworth organ,
Buster Rymes drums, and the award-winning sax player Joe Fooks.
‘Great lines, swinging playing … that’s improvising!’ Peter Bernstein, internationally renowned jazz guitarist
JAZZ LUNCH WITH JENNY GREEN QUARTET
Jazz Lunch with Jenny Green QuartetSunday 1-3pm: CHEQUER MEAD CAFE, De la Warr Road, RH19 3BS
Sponsored by IPS Construction
Ticket £20 includes lunch platter.
Tickets https://www.chequermead.co.uk/shows/jazz-lunch/
Chequer Mead Box Office 01342 302000
Jenny Green sings with her East Grinstead Jazz Club House Band – Adrian York piano, Paul Whitten bass and Vince Dunn drums.
Come and enjoy lunch on the lawns of The Apron Garden, Chequer Mead Theatre whilst sitting back and enjoying live jazz as part of the East Grinstead Jazz Festival.
Expect a cocktail mix of classic jazz and swing standards along with cool Latin Bossa to while away your Sunday afternoon.
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