That illustrious rota of jazz A-Listers isn't closed - hopefully it never will be - and on Feb. 27 at the Glasshouse, SSBB host yet another big hitter in the form of Italian born, New York raised, UK resident, clarinet and sax star Giacomo Smith.
GS first came to my attention when he was part of a storming gig by Kansas Smitty's House Band back in 2018 at the Glasshouse which was then known as 'The Sage'. Come Covid and among the few highlights of that dark period were the livestreams by KSHB with Giacomo 'Smitty's virtuosity well featured.
More recently, at Ronnie Scott's, he's led his own big band interpreting Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite. Whether any of those arrangements will be played at the Glasshouse is a matter of conjecture. However, irrespective of the material, big band fans can be assured that they're going to hear a band at the top of its game with one of the UK's top soloists strongly featured and, for good measure, there'll be vocals by Alice Grace. Book now. Lance 
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'Book now' indeed! Levels 1 & 2 are all but sold out and Level 3 is selling well. S/he who hesitates...
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