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Music at Fourcroft Hotel
Fourcroft Sunday Jazz Brunches - 12 noon til 3pm
Tickets £12 per person - in advance only - including Fourcroft's famous brunch
Our next brunch on Sunday 19th February features The Amigos.
The best West Wales performers of gypsy jazz make a lauded & well overdue return to Fourcroft's Jazz Brunches.
For details of this or future events contact us on 01 834 842 886 or email us at jazz@fourcroft-hotel.co.uk
The last 12 months' performances included:-
Sunday 22nd January featured Cafe Jazz
Cafe Jazz played in their Dixieland style, featuring a tight line up of
banjo, bass, trumpet, clarinet and trombone. Solid jazz music, in a traditional
(not trad) manner. 'Feel good' Sunday music.
Sunday 20th November featured SaxPax
Saxpax was formed in 1983 as a sax quartet playing classical as well as
jazz music. The rhythm section - piano, bass, drums were added a short
time later. 28 years on the band is still going strong!
The music is varied and crosses over many of the styles of jazz including
swing, be-bop, latin, west coast, fusion etc. The players are: Rob Marks
- Soprano / Alto sax / arranger, Chris Ryan - Tenor / Alto sax, Royston
Massochi - Baritone sax, Mick Luck - Alto / Tenor Sax, John
Biggs - piano, Melt Kingston - Bass and Dave James - Drums.
Delicious, mellow sounds from great musicians & three sets with nearly
everyone staying right to the end. What a way to finish the 2011 brunch
series.
Sunday 23rd October featured Sarah & H 4tet
Sarah & H 4tet played a lively brunch for us on 23rd October. Sarah’s sweeping voice and Hywel’s cultured guitar even had some of the audience dancing at the last.
Sunday 25th September featured The Keith Little Trio
The Keith Little Trio, based in Cardiff, specialise in Jazz and Swing from the 30s and 40s in the style of Benny Goodman, Fats Waller, Duke Ellington and others. Led by Keith on piano, the Band featured Martin Butterworth on clarinet/saxophones/vocals and Mike Pincombe on drums. This lively three-piece played enough swing to have members of the audience dancing between the tables. With every toe in the house tapping, a moving gig for everyone.
Sunday 24th July featured The Milestones Quintet.
The music of Miles Davis performed by Jonathan Crespo on Trumpet; on Sax, Tommy Harris; on Piano, Jim Barber; on Bass, Ashley John Long; on Drums, Ian Poole. They played, quite simply, brilliantly. Nothing else needed saying.
Sunday 26th June featured Mojas
The new Mojas line up has Sam Christie on drums, Andy Parry on Guitar, Rachel Hargrave on percussion, Ajijo on bass and is fronted by Cenfyn Evans on trumpet and Pete Stacey on Sax's and Flutes.
A musical feast of Jazz via The Balkans to Africa, with a fish brunch menu to match – this was a Pembrokeshire Fish Week (and sell out) event.
Sunday 2nd May featured the Tommy Harris Quartet
With Dave Jones, on keyboard, Frank Hughes, on bass, and, on drums, Martin Webber, Tommy produced a crisp, clean gig with a devoted audience seeing it right to the end. Polished, mellifluous, professional music delivered with aplomb.
Sunday 17th April featured Kitty Bevan
Beverly Gough returned with her Billie Holiday/Dinah Washington mood inspiring singing, the gentle complementary notes of her alto sax & the superb jazz guitar of Rob Haddon. Gentle style & rythms, wih loads of polish.
Sunday 20th February featured The Tone Valley Jazz Band
Pembrokeshire's Tudor met up again with his Somerset mates to deliver Dixieland 'trad', toe-tapping, smiles and relish. Well, we delivered the relish.
Sunday 27th February featured The Dave Cottle Trio
Humour, banter & more than the occasional rendition, but with such aplomb, from these Swansea favourites. For videos of two tunes from their performance, look here or here.
Sunday 22nd January featured Li Harding with The Gary Philips Trio.
Diva standards & sassy attitude from Li knocked us out all over again.
for performers who have played in previous years, click here
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