A two person cast, some fine singing and acting, and a lot of research went into bringing the tragic, eventful and world-changing life of Alan Turing to life at the Hub at St Mary’s.
The talented trio of drummer Aidan Amman, double bassist James Oasten and the BBC Young Jazz musician of the year finalist Nick Manz played a concert of concentrated jazz and their own complex compositions.
The nine piece Funky Velvet played a set of tunes by Tower of Power, Stevie Wonder and some soul classics when they appeared at Lichfield’s Blues and Jazz Festival.
The local trumpet player and composer Nick Dewhurst surrounded himself with a stage full of other talented performers when he appeared at the Lichfield Jazz and Blues Festival.
Best known for his work as a member of Soft Machine, the jazz bass and guitar virtuoso Fred Baker has been ploughing his singular field as a solo musician for a while now.
The Cathedral Hotel was filled by the sounds of Latin, samba and jazz when the group Del Camino played as part of this year’s Lichfield Jazz and Blues Festival.
Lichfield’s Jazz and Blues Festival continued with Chris Bowden and his trio of drummer Jim Bashford, bassist James Oaten and keyboard player Toby Walsh playing a set of chamber jazz .
Original song-craft, gentle, dextrous acoustic guitars and some fine singing were all enjoyed when the local duo Mourning Suns and solo singer songwriter Phil King appeared at the Hub at St Mary’s.
Lichfield Jazz continued its long tradition of bringing some of the finest musicians to play at the Cathedral Hotel when the Midlands Youth Jazz Orchestra took to the stage.
With their complex sound and lyrics of bruised romanticism, The Smiths changed the music scene of the 1980s – and their influence and music continue to matter, as the sold-out audience for Let Me In’s presentation of their work showed.
