NICK FITCH & JAMES HUDSON

THURSDAY AUGUST 20

9.00 PM PARIS / 8.00 PM LON / 3.00 PM NY / 12.00PM LA

TICKET PRICE €10.00 / £10.00 / $13.00

Nick Fitch is a freelance guitarist and musical director based in London, his wide skill-set and experience in a variety of genres has led to working with a range of jazz and pop artists such as Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Professor Green, Guy Pratt (Pink Floyd), Claire Martin, Jim Mullen, Nicole Henry, and Tina May. In addition to his work as a sideman, Nick is often found on various commercial West End shows, touring shows and studio sessions. He is currently the guitarist on BBC Radio 2 Sound Of The 60s Live with Tony Blackburn. 

Channeling influence from the organ trios of George Benson, Wes Montgomery and Jimmy Smiht, Nick's trio has performed at multiple jazz festivals and venues all across the UK, plus multiple support shows at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club in 2018-2020, supporting artists such as Claire Martin and the Ronnie Scott's All-Stars.

London-based jazz vocalist James Hudson is an assured and charming performer with a passion for singing jazz standards. James has performed to sold-out crowds at the world-famous Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club and Pizza Express Jazz Club Soho. He has appeared at the EFG London Jazz Festival, Leeds Jazz Festival, Wigan International Jazz Festival and the Snape Proms.

Following in the footsteps of many of the UK’s finest jazz musicians, James is an alumni of the National Youth Jazz Orchestra where he first met Nick Fitch. For well over a year, they have been working on James’s debut album which is set for release in late 2020 and will be the biggest milestone of James’s career so far.

During this show, expect to hear favourites from The Great American Songbook made famous by the likes of Tony Bennett, Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald and Nat King Cole, plus a preview of some songs from the upcoming debut album.

On the 28th of August, James Hudson will be releasing 'It Had to Be You' - the first single from his upcoming debut album. James re-imagined this song by Isham Jones together with Nick.

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NEL BEGLEY

FRIDAY AUGUST 21

9.00 PM EUROPE / 8.00 PM UK / 3.00 PM NEW YORK

TICKET PRICE €10.00 / £10.00 / $13.00

Nel Begley…vocals Chris Bland…piano

Nel Begley is a rising star jazz vocalist and songwriter currently living in London and working and performing in the UK and Europe. She has performed at a large list of festivals including Manchester Jazz, Latitude, Bestival and Boom Town, and has appeared alongside Callum Au. She headlined at the Mas i Mas Festival Barcelona.

Her ever-growing love of music has led her around the world to pursue a passion to sing, and share her music making with an ever-growing audience.

Chris Bland has been involved with many award winning projects; performing with the National Youth Jazz Orchestra whom he now works for as an ambassador, composing for and leading educational programs in Wales and South East England. 

At the Guildhall London, he has written and arranged music for the conservatoire’s Big Band and Jazz Singers for a concert celebrating the music of John Coltrane, performed by Steve Williamson and Cleveland Watkiss. 

Chris plays regularly, on London’s rich music scene, at the capital’s most prestigious music rooms including Ronnie Scotts, Steinway Hall and The Vortex as a pianist and singer, and has shared the stage with Elliot Mason, Joe Stilgoe and Callum Gourlay. He now leads his own 12 piece band performing original songs: exploring a fusion of the double rhythm sections of Ornette Coleman 

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DAVID BERKMAN

SATURDAY AUGUST 22

9.00 PM PAR | 8.00 PM LON | 3.00 PM NY | 12.00PM LA

TICKET PRICE €10.00 / £10.00 / $13.00

David Berkman has been an essential part of the New York jazz scene for over 30 years, as a creative and swinging voice on the piano and as a gifted composer, arranger and bandleader.  Originally from Cleveland, Ohio, he currently divides his time between teaching in N.Y. and performing with world renowned jazz artists at home and abroad. Berkman has performed with numerous jazz luminaries including: Sonny Stitt, Tom Harrell, Brian Blade, the Vanguard Orchestra, Cecil McBee, Dave Douglas and Chris Potter. His 10 recordings as a leader have appeared on numerous “Critic’s Best” lists. Berkman is a tenured professor at the Aaron Copland School of Music, C.U.N.Y. in New York and has published three books on jazz with Sher Music Publishing which are used in jazz schools worldwide.

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WILL BARRY

SUNDAY AUGUST 23

9.00 PM PARIS / 8.00 PM LON / 3.00 PM NY / 12.00PM LA

TICKET PRICE €10.00 / £10.00 / $13.00

Will Barry is an award winning rising star pianist from London.

At just 27 years of age he is part of numerous projects internationally, most prominently touring with Phronesis bassist Jasper Høiby’s group ‘Fellow Creatures’ in Turkey, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Denmark, Holland and also extensively in the UK.

Winner of the prestigious MUSICIANS COMPANY " JAZZ YOUNG MUSICIAN AWARD 2017", he has performed at the North Sea, Love Supreme, Green Hours and Umbria Jazz Festivals, and appeared alongside Madison McFerrin, Perico Sambeat and Eddie Henderson as well as Cuban musicians Julio Montalvo, Yoel Paez and Issac Delgado Jr.

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