Summer Jazz Evening
🎷🎶 Come and Join us for an evening of jazz in the courtyard.....
Time: Doors open at 5pm, first set at 6:30pm
Location: The Courtyard, The Chester House Estate
Attire: Elegant Garden Party Attire
You can also add one of our delicious tapas boards (served with focaccia and balsamic olive oil dip) to your ticket!
Please note: This is an outside event so make sure you bring something along to keep you warm
About the musicians:
Drawing on the skills of some of the finest session players in the country, The Heritage Saxophone Quartet bring a mixture of Jazz standards arranged especially for the group and original compositions by Pete Shelley. There will be something for everyone within the programme.
Pete Shelley - Soprano/Alto Pete has enjoyed a successful career as woodwind player: from cruise ships to the West End theatre and the studio. Highlights include Chicago, 42nd Street and he plays regularly with the Glenn Miller Orchestra UK. More recently Pete has developed a love for composition, writing music for a wide range of ensembles. His award-winning Yr Wyddfa was premiered by the Prince of Wales Band last year and he composed a complete Requiem Mass for Choir and Orchestra which also premiered last year.
Damian Cook -Soprano/Alto Damian has toured internationally with artists such as Palmoa Faith, Roy Wood, Mick Taylor, The Four Tops and The Temptations as well as working with bands including The Glenn Miller Orchestra UK, The Syd Lawrence Orchestra and the Empress Orchestra. He has also performed in the West End in shows such as Chicago, Avenue Q and The Rat Pack and was awarded the Outstanding Soloist Award in the BBC Radio 2 Big Band Competition in 2004.
Adam Bishop -Tenor Adam has performed and recorded with the likes of Tomorrow’s Warriors, Larry Bartley Septet, Duffy, Frank Sinatra Jr, The Syd Lawrence Orchestra, The John Wilson Orchestra, Kate Williams Septet, Jazz Xchange, Roberto Pla’s Latin Jazz Ensemble, the London Jazz Orchestra, The Rat Pack Orchestra and the RTE Concert Orchestra and Big Band. Adam is active in the West End show having performed in The Rat Pack, Guys And Dolls, White Christmas, Jersey Boys, Hairspray, Mrs Henderson Presents, La Clique and Annie.
Claire McInerney -Baritone Claire plays all the saxophones, flutes and clarinets, working in television, studio, West End shows, Big Bands and Symphony orchestras. She has been lucky enough to play in the house bands of the Michael Parkinson show, Strictly Come Dancing, X-Factor and the Royal Variety Performance. She has recorded with many artists including Taylor Swift, Gary Barlow, Jamie Cullum, Michael Bublé, Tom Jones, Barry Manilow and Dame Shirley Bassey. She is very proud to have played with the BBC Big Band, Syd Lawrence Orchestra, Heritage Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra and BBC Concert Orchestra amongst others.
