WestSideJazz & Friends
WestSideJazz & Friends at George IV, London
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WestSideJazz & Friends £15.00
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About the show
Come join us for a night of fabulous jazz: toe-tapping swing, soulful blues and sultry Latin vibes. With Richard Cook on vocals, Marcus James on piano, Jamie Royan on double bass, and Paul Teesdale on drums, they will a be joined for this special show by Jeremy Robinson on trumpet and flugelhorn, and Stuart Ashton on tenor sax.
WestSideJazz and Friends were formed out of Jazz Café sessions at MEHR Clef 2024. Singer Richard Cook studied jazz vocals at Richmond Jazz School, singing with Cuban band Havana Good Time for ten years before forming Brazilian group ‘Blame It On The Bossa Nova’. Marcus James studied jazz piano at Leeds College of music influenced by Keith Jarrett, Bill Evans, and Wynton Kelly. Jamie Royan is active in the West London music scene playing with ‘59 de Ville’, ‘Jazz Mondays’ &’The Ealing Very Senior Hot Jazz Orchestra’. Paul Teesdale studied drums at Richmond Jazz School and plays drums with ‘’Anacousis, ‘Kewdos Jazz Orchestra’, Havana Good Time, & ‘What You Will’. Jeremy Robinson plays cornet and flugelhorn in ‘59 de Vill’e and as a guest of ‘WestSideJazz’. His experience spans small group 1920s jazz, 18-piece big band swing, and post-bebop combos. Whatever you like in classic jazz, we’ll have it: “Jeannine”, “Stolen Moments”, “Georgia on My Mind” “Señor Blues” and many more besides.