Stratford Jazz, White Swan, Sundays, 8.00pm. Live Jazz – Free!
Gigs / Programme / Booking / Info: Roy: 01789 298607
Venue: White Swan Hotel Hotel Details Rother Street,
Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, West Midlands CV37 6NH
About Us
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those of you who aren't regulars, here's a bit of background information
about Stratford Jazz, which has been putting on top quality modern
Jazz at the White Swan Hotel in Stratford every Sunday evening for
over 20 years. "Old- timers" who've been knocking around the nation's jazz clubs for decades say it's virtually unique in its ability to keep up such a high standard without charging for admission. Within the last year there have been visits by such names as Mark Nightingale, Gilad Atzmon and Martin Speake, and in January we pulled off a bit of a coup in attracting living legend John Dankworth for a special evening in the larger "back room". There was a small charge for this one, and there are plans to put on similar events two or three times a year in future. Coming up later this year we have visits from acclaimed players like Alan Barnes, Geoff Eales and Stan Suizmann, plus singer Lee Gibson. Although the life blood of the club is still the |
amazing
pool of fine musicians in the area. Of course, his means regular appearances
from Birmingham/West Midlands luminaries like Chris Bowden, Bryan
Corbett and Tom Hill, and Stratford's location means we can also draw
on catchment areas like Oxford (bass player Steve Kershaw with his
connections in Scandinavia, Russia and Cuba), Northampton (Denise
Gordon) and even Bristol (alto player Kevin Figes and Hammond maestro
John- paul Gard). The musicians certainly enjoy playing the White Swan, with its intimate, oak-lined setting and appreciative audience. One recently described it as "a legend", while another expressed amazement at how it manages to keep going just on the strength of the half-time raffle. The raffle is in fact what enables us to survive, which is why we're always asking for generous contributions. Quite simply, without it we wouldn't be able to pay the musicians and would be forced to close. Regular attendees say they sometimes have to pinch themselves to realise how lucky they are to have such high quality music week-in and week-out. It does sometimes seem implausible, but keep going it does. |
No Admission Charge! Stratford Jazz is self-funding.
Musicians are paid solely from the raffle proceeds so...
please give it your full support to keep live jazz, Live!
Updated: Sunday, 2 December, 2007
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