Hi: just a reminder that Keith Nichols brings his stunning ten-piece orchestra to the Saville Exchange, North Shields next Friday, September 11th, at 8.00pm.
The programme will be based mainly on the famous Chicago and Harlem big bands of the mid twenties to the mid thirties, with emphasis on the works of Duke Ellington.
Keith tells me it's the "A Team" line-up, and makes special note of the superb Rico Tomasso (the UK's living embodiment of Louis Armstrong) on trumpet and America's top-rated stride man, Jeff Barnhart, on piano. Keith himself will be playing trombone, the instrument on which he started his professional career, but the presence of two top-notch pianists promises some four-hands-at-the-keyboard fireworks at some stage of the evening! Add the powerhouse drumming of Richard Pite - who can forget his Gene Krupa display at the Sage last year? - and all indications are that we are in for a rare musical treat.
The Exchange box office team tell me that seats are going fast, so book now to avoid disappointment, as they say (phone 0191 643 7093).
See you there!
Mike Durham.
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