The return of this top quality Jazz/Funk act, where does he find these great professionals and how does he persuade them to come to Hungerford.
As usual we will be in for a real treat, Catch them here as no Marlborough Jazz this year, so no big tent appearance. Buy Tickets
The Band
Matt Holland – Trumpet
Matt is an old Hungerford favourite having played with the Jazz All Stars and the Adam Winslet band, he has also has been performing all around the world for the Last 20 years with the likes of Van Morrison, Lisa Stansfield, Marti Pellow, The Hoosiers & Burt Bacharach. http://www.matthollandmusic.co.uk/about-us
Jim Watson – Piano
Jim Watson is a freelance Pianist, Keyboardist Composer and Improviser. I studied at Leeds College of Music (BA Hons) then at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.
London/Suffolk based I’m currently working with Manu Katche. Recent work includes Sting, Katie Melua, Richard Bona, Raul Midon, Zero 7, Incognito, Meshell Ndegeocello amongst others.http://www.jimwatson.net
Simon Price – Drums
Simon is highly regarded as one of the most musical and versatile drummers around having played with Chuck Berry and is a very busy sideman to many jazz musicians of high repute
Ralph Mizraki – Bass
Raph Mizraki was for several years a member of the mediǽval and renaissance band the Dufay Collective, in which he played oud, rebec, viol and mediǽval percussion, and was also frequently employed on violone with some of London’s leading early music ensembles such as His Majesty’s Sagbutts and Cornets and The Gabrieli Consort. He has also taken part in many cross-cultural projects with African and Arabic musicians, and toured extensively with Maddy Prior and the Carnival Band. He eventually gave up all this tomfoolery to concentrate on jazz and funk, and he is currently house bassist at the Spin in Oxford.
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