A SPECTACULAR programme of jazz to suit all tastes comes to Morwellham Quay on the banks of the Tamar tomorrow (August 20).
?Down By the Riverside? organised by Plymouth Jazz Club features The Richard Bennett Band, Joy Parke and Her Trio, Original Rags, Mas Bajo, Jazz and Company and Afterglow.
The event is from 6pm and the audience can enjoy strolling and picnicking to five different styles of jazz at this atmospheric venue.
After several years leading the highly successful New Orleans Jazz Band, Richard Bennett will be leading a fresh ensemble at Morwellham this year.
Another outfit cranking up the atmosphere is the seven-piece Mas Bajo featuring Claire Hoinville on vocals.
Jazz and Company is a quartet formed in 1989 led by Terry Sloggett on alto sax while Original Rags consists of Steve Graham on trumpet and mandolin and Mike Denham on piano and swanee whistle. They first collaborated three years ago on a programme called A Hundred Years of Rags.
Their performance embraces ragtime, the sounds of Bix and Louis, the popular melodies of Irving Berlin and Fats Waller plus the driving rhythms of boogie woogie.
Joy Parke has built a reputation as the Sophisticated Lady of British Jazz and proved to be one of the most popular artistes to appear on the scene in recent times. Joy, who will be accompanied by her Trio, specialises in the delightful compositions of Cole Porter, Duke Ellington, George Gershwin and Sammy Cahn.
In what is her second visit to this riverside venue Joy will be accompanied by Dave Soby on keyboard, Clive Morton on double bass and Peter Cox on drums.
Incidental music will be by Afterglow.
For more information contact Morwellham Quay 01822 832766 or Plymouth Jazz Club on 01752 721179.