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A very special lunchtime jazz to kick off the New Year Programme with not one but three award-winning musicians!Tenor saxophonist Jo Fooks studied at the Guildhall School of Music before securing a scholarship to the Berklee College of Music in Boston. She has performed at leading venues across the UK and Europe and is best known for her work with the legendary Humphrey Lyttelton Band. Jo’s influences include jazz greats such as Illinois Jacquet, Sonny Rollins and Dexter Gordon, yet her sound is unmistakably hers.
Deirdre Cartwright is an award winning guitarist and composer who became well known presenting the BBC TV’s ground-breaking series ‘Rockschool’. She has written seven books on guitar playing, was head of the guitar syllabus for the Rockschool exam series and presented her own radio show on Jazz London Radio. More recently she has toured and recorded three albums with ARQ who won Best UK jazz group in the Parliamentary Jazz Awards and British Jazz Awards in 2018. She won the public vote for Best Guitarist at the 2019 British Jazz Awards and in 2020 was awarded Services to Jazz with Blow the Fuse at the Parliamentary Jazz Awards.
Fleet Jazz anchor Marianne Windham completes the line-up on bass.
Doors: 11.20am / Bar: 11:20am / Show: 12.00pm noon
Tickets: £10 (cash or card) on the door.
No pre-booking needed.
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The Harlington Centre, 236 Fleet Road, GU51 4BY Fleet, United Kingdom, 236 Fleet Road, Fleet, GU51 4, United Kingdom
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