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Lyth Jazz Exchange 08 - 4th June 2008

19th May 2008

Photograph of Lyth Jazz Exchange 08 - 4th June 2008

Lyth Jazz Exchange June '08
featuring Jacqui Dankworth, Ian Shaw & The Caithness Big Band

Lyth Arts Centre www.lytharts.org.uk
- 4th June 2008

Ticket prices include a cold buffet served at 8.40pm
Ordinary price �24.00
Members �20.00
OAPs �20.00
Children, students, unwaged �8.00

limited to 50, only available by postal application and prepayment

This will be a gala evening of jazz featuring two of Britain's top jazz vocalists and the 17-piece Caithness Big Band. For this tour Jacqui, daughter of Cleo Laine and John Dankworth will have two guitarists Mike Walker and Chris Allard as an intimate backing to accompany her choice of standards - "In the Mood for Love".

"she sounds fantastic all the time" - Michael Parkinson

www.jacquidankworth.com

Ian Shaw, voted BBC Best Jazz Vocalist '07, uses his unique voice, considerable piano skills and irrepressible sense of humour to entertain audiences with his own distinctive compositions as well as material from the pens of some of the best singer-song writers.

www.ianshaw.biz

The Caithness Big Band just gets better and better, its polished performances matched only by its boundless enthusiasm.

www.caithnessbigband.org

 

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