Featuring Count Basie’s music, Andy’s Big Band will be playing the iconic 1958 album ‘The Atomic Mr Basie’ in its entirety in the original arrangements. Taking over Basie’s piano stool is Roy Hilton, with Paul Whitten (bass), Phil Crabbe (drums), & vocalists Yvonne Lloyd & Dave Williams adding a little magic to more Basie classics.
The Adam Glasser Quintet – Adam is a leading exponent of the Jazz Harmonica.
He is originally from South Africa, where he was a prominent jazz musician with township bands as well as the country’s finest soloists, working with Hugh Masakela and Dudu Pukawana.
At the Fishermen’s he plays with Andy Panayi (sax/flute), Hannes Riepler (gtr), Nigel Thomas (bass) and Phil Crabbe (dms).
The Shireen Francis Quartet
Shireen Francis has developed her own unique blend of jazz with flavours of gospel, blues, calypso and reggae. Her band at the fishermen’s is Gunther Kurmayr, Andy Hamill and Phil Crabbe. “Quite simply, one of the best British jazz vocalists of this generation” BBC Radio