Welcome to Greensand Jazz. Bringing the best in live jazz to Bedfordshire.
"There are few events where it is possible to have such a rapport with the performers"
Established in May 2013, Greensand Jazz promotes live jazz in and around Bucks and Beds, featuring some of the UK's leading musicians, many with international profiles.
Artists who've appeared at Greensand Jazz events include Claire Martin, Jim Mullen, Omar, Perico Sambeat, Peter King, Bobby Wellins, Alan Barnes, Bruce Adams, Tony Kofi, Clark Tracey, Tina May and many more…
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"There are few events where it is possible to have such a rapport with the performers"
Established in May 2013, Greensand Jazz promotes live jazz in and around Bucks and Beds, featuring some of the UK's leading musicians, many with international profiles.
Artists who've appeared at Greensand Jazz events include Claire Martin, Jim Mullen, Omar, Perico Sambeat, Peter King, Bobby Wellins, Alan Barnes, Bruce Adams, Tony Kofi, Clark Tracey, Tina May and many more…
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Coming up:
At Ollie Vee's
Chetrio - The Music of Chet Baker
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Featuring leading trumpeter Neil Yates and British Jazz Award-winning guitarist Nigel Price, Chetrio celebrates the legacy of the great Chet Baker - the songs he sang so bitter-sweetly and his ever melodic interpretations of the jazz standard repertoire. Chet had a huge influence on Yates, both his sound on the horn and his ear-led approach to improvisation.
Yates' singing too reflects Baker's lyrical and plaintive style without being a pure imitation. Chetrio seeks to crystallise something of Chet's influence in a respectful homage.
In his later years Chet chose to work without drums, preferring the more intimate trio setting. Once, when he was recommended a drummer by a friend, he famously said, "He'd have to be a truly amazing drummer to be better than no drummer at all!"
The repertoire features songs that Chet made his own, tunes he brought to life again and again, and a few "what if" conjectures, wondering how Chet might have approached the music of today had he not met his infamous fateful end in Amsterdam.
