Jazzlines

Sunday 20th September 2009 at 2.30pm
New Walk Museum, Leicester
Tickets: £6 (Children £3) on sale from New Walk Museum Shop 0116 225 4920 11am-4pm
VISA, Mastercard, Delta and Switch cards accepted
Online booking available

Come and join ViVA's jazz ensemble for a jolly jaunt through the history of jazz.

ViVA's jazzers featuring Dave Ayre on double bass, Matt Dunn on clarinet, Tim Gunnell on percussion and Jack Ross on guitar and your guide for the concert, will transport you on a journey through jazz starting with a work song from the slave music tradition in cotton fields in the 19th century, through blues and gospel to the big band music of the 1930s and 40s with Glenn Miller's In the Mood and Gershwin's Summertime. There will be plenty of bopping as they take you on a whistle stop tour of bebop with Dizzy Gillespie's A Night in Tunisia prior to moving to the Latin inspired classics and on to the funky jazz of the 70s – 90s, before finishing the tour by bringing you totally up to date with a brand new piece by Jack Ross.

This concert promises to be full of fun and participation! Don't forget to bring your voices!

Supported by Rolls-Royce plc and Arts Council England