4 October 2024 @ 7:30 pm
Admission £25. Buy a ticket for both Festival events at the same time and pay only £45 (click continue shopping after first booking)
The Port Erin Jazz festival is back with a talent packed weekend of high-octane entertainment!
As ever, the event is being staged across 3 venues – The Erin Arts Centre, The Bay Hotel & The Falcon’s Nest Hotel and features a mixture of international jazz stars and home-grown talent.
John Coghlan, drummer for the legendary Status Quo for over twenty years, is taking a brand new look at some of the Quo compositions. His quartet reimagines the harmonies and musical feel of classics such as Pictures of Matchstick Men, Caroline and In the Army Now, maintaining the essence of the originals yet imbuing them with a lighter, more lyrical touch, with hints of jazz and even classical tones.Kickstarting the change and dynamic feel of the music, is the choice of instruments: Power chords on guitar and electric bass are replaced by jazz pianist Alex Steele and double bassist Paul Jefferies, whilst out front, vocalising and creating searingly powerful riffs and solos is one of Europe’s most exciting jazz violinists – Ben Holder.The whole package is presented by John and the trio present the whole package with great humour, story telling and pure joy for the music that set pop & rock charts alight throughout the world for so many years.
Support comes from the Blue Train Big Band. Led by multi-instrumentalist Mike Divers, the Blue Train Big Band’s slick choreographed playing (and Hawaiian shirts!) have made them the nailed on opening act for the festival. Imaginative, dynamic interpretations of modern big band tunes, guaranteed to get your feet moving.
This event is general admission with table seating.
Port Erin Jazz Festival is kindly sponsored by Ramsey Crookall with support from Bushy’s IOM
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