Birmingham Royal Ballet’s regular triple bills have been the perfect opportunity for this first class company to give audiences an in-depth glimpse of their ingenuity and versatility.
Now extended to a quintet, the former duo Fret and Fiddle played a wide range of classic and modern jazz with the occasional foray into other genres of music when they appeared at Lichfield Blues and Jazz Festival.
If you take two of the county’s leading acoustic and jazz guitarists, a strong and musically flexible rhythm section, and a magpie’s sense of genre borrowing, you have a concert that is packed full of dynamic, and imaginative music making.
Local jazz ambassador Nick Dewhurst brought his talented band and special guest Derek Nash to play an exemplary set of originals and well-chosen covers when they appeared at Lichfield Blues and Jazz Festival.
Double bassist and composer Alison Rayner led her impeccable band through a series of high-octane jazz numbers and delicate ballads when they appeared as part of the 2019 Lichfield Blues and Jazz Festival.
