JO FOOKS tenor sax
STEVE WATERMAN trumpet & flugel horn
BUSTER BIRCH drums
with SIMON COOK piano
RUDY COOK double bass
7:30 pm Friday 14 March
The hard-swinging warm-toned tenor and flute player, Jo Fooks, whose mellow tone is often compared to Stan Getz and Zoot Simms, won the 'Young Scottish Musician of the Year' and went on to study at the Guildhall in London and the prestigious Berklee School of Music in Boston, before being recruited by the late Humphrey Lyttelton into his eight-piece band.
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Steve Waterman is one of the top British jazz trumpet players both at home and on the international scene. He began his career while studying at Trinity College Of Music, and since then has worked regularly on the British and European jazz scene. Steve is a prolific composer, and has recorded several critically acclaimed CDs under his own name.
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Buster Birch studied in London and New York. He has performed at virtually every major concert hall and jazz club in London and toured in over 30 countries and recorded over 30 CDs. He is an award-winning jazz educator. He has his own critically acclaimed show Buster plays Buster featuring his jazz quartet playing live to screenings of classic Buster Keaton films.
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