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.
