In a set list that mixed pop tracks with fiery jazz playing and improvisation, The Nick Dewhurst Band certainly raised the temperature when they appeared at Lichfield’s Cathedral Hotel.
Although they are five releases and ten years into their career, the sea-shanty singers The Longest Johns received a boost to their profile due to a recent trend on Tik-Tok.
With a set list that took in their own original tunes and strong selections from the be-bop tradition, trumpet player Nick Dewhurst and Italian saxophonist Tommaso Starace played a gig that mixed heartfelt playing with moments of stunning technical facility.
With a set list that encompassed some well-known pop and folk tunes, the talented musicians of The Staffordshire Jazz East Big Band filled the early Saturday afternoon slot of 2022’s Lichfield Blues and Jazz Festival.
The Midlands Youth Jazz Orchestra, for many years a strong developer of musical talent, brought their collective and individual abilities to a show that featured many classics from the big band songbook.
The lively three-piece ensemble 52 Skidoo played a series of classic songs from the 1920s and the jazz songbook when they appeared at The Hub at St Mary’s.
The Alter Comedy club kept up the standard of comedy set by their debut night when four more acts from the national circuit appeared at the Hub at St Mary’s.
The historic Sandfield Pumping Station proved to be the ideal setting – visually and acoustically – for a concert by local singer-songwriter and composer Rosie Tee.
Three performers showed that the local music scene is in good health when they appeared at The Hub At St Mary’s in the latest Friday Night Folk concert.
