Thursday 13th June, from 6pmWe welcome Festival Patron Sir Karl Jenkins to a special celebration event marking his 80th birthday and the 75th anniversary of Swansea Jazz Club – this evening of good food, great company and the cool sound of jazz really is not to be missed!
Featuring Nigel Hitchcock/Mark Nightingale Quintet
NIGEL HITCHCOCK is considered by many to be the most talented musician of his generation.
He first came to prominence with the National Youth Jazz Orchestra (NYJO), becoming their lead alto at the age of 11. By 15, he was working as a professional musician doing studio work and numerous gigs around the country, and by the age of 21 he had worked with virtually every major band around.
Nigel has performed with many artists including Tom Jones, Wet Wet Wet, Beverley Craven, Hue and Cry, Swing Out Sister, Ray Charles, Robbie Williams, and Mark Knopfler and has released three solo albums, the first ‘Snakeranch Sessions’ in 1997 under Black Box, and the next two,’SmootHitch'(2013) and ‘Hitchgnosis’ (2019) released under his own Eight Inch Clock label.
Nigel is now resident in Germany and is flying over to be at the start of this year’s Swansea International Jazz Festival. He has collaborated on projects with Sir Karl Jenkins and will be leading the saxes at Karl’s concert on Friday.
Multi award-winning jazz trombonist Mark Nightingale is a firmly established favourite on the UK jazz scene and has gained a reputation as one of the top-flight jazz trombonists in Europe and worldwide. Mark has had longstanding musical associations playing in bands lead by John Dankworth, Cleo Laine, Stan Tracey, Kenny Wheeler, Andy Panayi, Clark Tracey, and Alan Barnes over the years. He also fronts various small groups and a big band of his own, featuring his own compositions and arrangements.
Mark is also a busy studio musician in London and has played on hundreds of movie soundtracks and has been fortunate to play and record with some of the greats in all genres of music. These include Ray Brown, Clark Terry, Scott Hamilton, James Morrison, Bill Holman, Frank Sinatra, Charlie Watts, Sting and Steely Dan.
He is best known to many young players for his growing catalogue of educational studies and short pieces published by ‘Warwick Music’ and used extensively by the ABRSM and Trinity/Guildhall in their music exam syllabi.
Swansea Council proudly brings you Swansea International Jazz Festival in partnership with Swansea Jazz Club.
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13 Jun 2024
18:00pm
