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Natalie de Jager is the daughter of my old Aussie chum, Garry de Jager. When Garry and his wife Roberta visited us during a trip to the UK last August they told us Natalie is a jazz singer.
So here, especially for Jazz&Jazz followers down under who live in the vicinity of Brisbane, is news of a very special concert on Sunday, 17th April, featuring Natalie and Sarah Collyer.
And here is where you can book tickets!
Peter M Butler
Editor & Proprietor Jazz&Jazz
Trevor Stent emailed me “Dizzy Birds are a superb group in my opinion!”
So as Trevor has booked them as one of the star turns for Fest Jazz, 2016, I took a look and came across this magical YouTube which surely evokes the mood and musical frivolity of this wonderful annual festival at Châteauneuf-du-Faou in Brittany, France.
Plus their very latest YouTube which Francois Perdriau has just supplied:
A truly international band, Dizzy Birds’ young musicians are based in Berlin but come from Denmark, Spain, France, Germany and the USA. Established as recently as 2013, the band interprets New Orleans Jazz and Ragtime with a flourish and energetic free style that attracts younger audiences right back to Jazz. They started out busking on the streets of Berlin but now play at clubs and prestigious jazz festivals throughout Europe.
Darktown Strutters Ball
“What I see are six young men playing the oldest jazz in the world. These are the Dizzy Birds, and they are part of the great revolution in jazz and swing music that is bringing back to the forefront a music that is far from dead.… They are playing Darktown Strutters Ball (Shelton Brooks, 1917) with dexterity and style within the tradition of New Orleans jazz music from the 1920s… they are having fun and they’ve tapped into the roots of what made jazz music hot 100 years ago.”
Patrick Faurot, Just Jazz, April, 2016.
Band Members
Eldar Tsalikov (RUS: alto saxophone and clarinet); Laurent Humeau (C.I.: guitar, soprano sax and clarinet); Paul Voit (GER: guitar, banjo); Francois Perdriau (FR: bass drum, cymbal, woodblock and bell); Flocko Motion (GER: double bass and tuba); Carlos St. Ana (ESP: piano and trombone)
This year Fest Jazz falls on the weekend of Friday, 29th till Sunday, 31st January.
Book NOW and we’ll see you and Dizzy Birds there!
Peter M Butler
Editor & Proprietor Jazz&Jazz
BOOKING
Booking online for the Festival only
Brittany Ferries have once again teamed up with Fest Jazz Organisers to offer a special weekend ferry crossing plus reduced entry to the festival.
Special weekend ferry crossing plus ticket offer.
Don’t delay, book online NOW!
Peter M Butler
Editor & Proprietor Jazz&Jazz
(YouTube & photo courtesy of Dizzy Birds)
See also:
“Beauty” and Ben Holder Set to Enthral Fans at Fest Jazz 2016
Fest Jazz 2016 Preview: Joan Chamorro & The Sant Andreu Jazz Band at Fest Jazz 2014
Newly Released YouTubes of The Sant Andreu Jazz Band Herald Countdown to
Fest Jazz 2016
Prelude to Fest Jazz, 2016: “I Remember Clifford” Eva Fernández, at Fest Jazz 2014
Re-Release! Fest Jazz 2016 to Feature Joan Chamorro’s Incredible Sant Andreu Youth Band
Jazz Promoter Ian Wallis is backing up his pledge to improve and encourage music in and around Milton Keynes with the second of his MK11 Jazz Club’s monthly events.
Special guest Craig Milverton will play with Ian’s House Band on Wednesday, 20th April.
“I am a small music promoter in Milton Keynes and have just started a Jazz Club at MK11 Live Music Venue. We have two fantastic house bands that will alternately play alongside a soloist on the third Wednesday of every month.”
L to R: Jesper Larson (clarinet), Brian Turnock (bass), Dan Vercruysse (trumpet), Emile Martyn (drums), Paul Sealey (banjo), Philippe de Smet (trombone)
Brian Turnock’s New Orleans Z’hulus began their Spring, 2016, UK Tour with a stunning session at a packed Olney Jazz Club on Tuesday, 5th April, with each and every number rapturously applauded. Here Jazz&Jazz YouTubes present just two on their numbers.
Full Tour: 15 Great Venues on The New Orleans Z’hulus’ 2016 UK Spring Tour
Peter M Butler
Editor & Proprietor Jazz&Jazz
(Photos & YouTubes © Peter M Butler, Jazz&Jazz)
Rumours of Bill Freeman’s retirement were not so exaggerated after all!
The Band: Derek Scofield (clarinet, saxophone), Ted Barker (bass), Andy Moran (trumpet), Cyril Bass (drums), Jonny Leighton (banjo)
Indeed, Bill has laid up his trumpet but his legacy lives with the re-formed “Happy Jazz Band” which includes the nucleus of his former team of wonderful musicians. Booked by Smiffy for Lemsford Jazz Club a while ago, it is understandable that they were announced in the six-monthly programme under Bill’s name. And why not!
So now Jazz&Jazz is pleased to present The Happy Jazz Band’s first performance at Lemsford Jazz Club on Sunday, 3rd April, along with YouTubes taken on the day.
Peter M Butler
Editor & Proprietor Jazz&Jazz
(Photos & YouTubes © Peter M Butler, Jazz&Jazz)
Forgive me Ben, for the perhaps not so subtle implication, but imagine featuring at a jazz festival which also stars the “intoxicating” Taimane Gardner.
No need to imagine it, Jazz Fans and festival goers. Ben Holder and Hawaian Taimane Gardner will be star acts at Fest Jazz in July this year. They may not share the same stage but we can promise dynamic performances to conjure up vivid memories.
Taimane is the international star of the ukulele. She has played for George Clooney, John Travolta and the Dalai Lama … now she is playing at Fest Jazz! A rare European concert for this amazing young talent.
Taught classically from the age of six, Ben studied at the Birmingham Conservatoire and is one of the most gifted and exciting young jazz violinists in the UK with an innate sense of swing rhythm inspired by greats such as Grappelli and Joe Venuti.
Below are just two YouTube previews but book quickly for Fest Jazz 2016 at Châteauneuf-du-Faou to see them live along with a host more amazing bands and musicians.
BOOKING
Booking online for the Festival only
Brittany Ferries have once again teamed up with Fest Jazz Organisers to offer a special weekend ferry crossing plus reduced entry to the festival.
Special weekend ferry crossing plus ticket offer.
Don’t delay, book online NOW!
Peter M Butler
Editor & Proprietor Jazz&Jazz
(YouTubes © Peter M Butler, Jazz&Jazz, & Courtesy of the San Diego Ukulele Festival, 2014)
See also:
Fest Jazz 2016 Preview: Joan Chamorro & The Sant Andreu Jazz Band at Fest Jazz 2014
Newly Released YouTubes of The Sant Andreu Jazz Band Herald Countdown to Fest Jazz 2016
Prelude to Fest Jazz, 2016: “I Remember Clifford” Eva Fernández, at Fest Jazz 2014
Re-Release! Fest Jazz 2016 to Feature Joan Chamorro’s Incredible Sant Andreu Youth Band
