Summer Special - 25th Birthday Celebration

Southport’s own superb trumpet star forsakes the big band stand and brings his newly formed piano-less sextet to the party. Expect some classy arrangements of favourite jazz tunes especially penned for this excellent ensemble.

Jazz Buffet starts 5pm

Andy Hulme & Anthony Ormesher (guitars) with Ed Harrison (double bass) pool their considerable jazz talents for this special anniversay occasion.

Alan Barnes and Gilad Atzmon, two of Britain’s most celebrated virtuoso reed players, join forces to promise the ultimate jazz night in British history.

Despite their different backgrounds and approaches, the two men share a passion for performance and a firm belief that a jazz audience is there not to be educated but to be entertained. They also share a healthy sense of competition. Says Barnes: “I love our gladiatorial, or even ‘Giladiatorial’ exchanges; the music is lit by shafts of wit”. Atzmon concurs: “I like few things better than playing a good set with Alan, and then shaking him warmly by the throat.” An evening of humour and superb music by a hand-picked band of stars. There is CD is in the pipeline.