A Celebration of Clarinet and Saxophone highlights of the classic jazz era from New Oleans through to the Swing Era and beyond performed by Trevor Whiting with the Craig Milverton Trio.
Petite Fleur, Body and Soul, Stomping at The Savoy, Embraceable You…. as made famous by Sidney Bechet, Coleman Hawkins, Ben Webster, Charlie ‘Bird’ Parker and many more.
Featuring Trevor Whiting and the Craig Milverton Trio.
Trevor Whiting is one of the most in demand reed players on the British Jazz scene. He combines masterful, spontaneous improvisation with a rich sound that makes his lyrical playing both exciting and beautiful. Whilst he principally leans towards mainstream jazz he is equally impressive playing classic jazz, blues and ballads and all the way to bebop. He is a self-taught musician who switched to the clarinet from the Tenor Horn on hearing the distinctive sound of Sidney Bechet as a teenager.
He is a current and former member of the Big Chris Barber band, and was formerly in Clare Teal’s band and features on her early recordings.
He is also a member The Bateman Brothers Band, whose recent album was a previous winner of the British Jazz Album of the Year award, as well as working with Martin Litton, and with singers, including Cate Cody, who delight in his sensitive accompanying style. Trevor has often enjoyed working and recording with visiting Americans including Al Casey, Art Hodes, Wild Bill Davison, Scott Hamilton, George Masso, Rande Sandke, Marty Gross, Greg Abate and Duke Heitger. Since moving with his family to Dorset he has become a member of a first rate classic ensemble, the Sunset Cafe. He also has a busy freelance schedule.
His playing has been compared to that of Ben Webster, Scott Hamilton and Johnny Hodges, to whom one of Trevor’s own haunting compositions is dedicated. He is passionate about Jazz in all its forms, about nature and the environment, and about spending time with his two young sons.
Craig Milverton
Craig was born in Bexley, Kent and took piano lessons from the ages of 7 -12, but has no formal jazz training. Craig’s main influences are Oscar Peterson and Bill Evans. In 1994 he toured across California, including performances at the Sacramento Jazz Festival. From 1995 -1998, Craig was part of Terry Lightfoot’s Jazz Band. Regular UK and European tours followed. He also toured twice across the Middle East and played two broadcasts for ‘Jazz Notes’.The year 2000 saw Craig and clarinettist Julian Stringle perform the first ever jazz concert in Albania in a marble pyramid! The years 2000-2001 saw Craig performing regularly with the Post Office sponsored group ‘First Class Sounds’ and an extended feature and front cover in May’s edition of Jazz Journal International. and from 2002-2007 was the backing unit for the late George Melly, recording 3 acclaimed CD’s and including 4 month long residencies at Ronnie Scotts. The year 2003 saw him on the front cover of Jazz Journal International with a feature article and his CD ‘It’s a Jazz Life’ was CD of the month in The Observer.In 2005 his trio CD ‘Three Flow’ was reviewed by Richard Palmer (Biographer for Oscar Peterson’s ‘A Jazz Odessey’) and was his choice for CD of the year for Jazz Journal International.In February 2007 he performed in New York with saxophonist Carol Sudhalter and was asked to play the same week at the birthplace of modern jazz, Mintons Playhouse in Harlem. Craig continues to perform in a host of musical situations.s through and he is a natural at whatever he plays.
Ashley John Long is an awarding virtuoso double bassist and composer active in a wide range of genres. He is an active performer in jazz and free improvisation, regularly performing and recording with some of the leading figures in both fields. He has toured internationally with a wide range of artists and is much in demand as a session musician. He has carved out a reputation as a composer of innovative scores that balance fine detail with freedom and flexibility, whilst retaining a strong melodic sense in a sound world which embraces diverse musical ideas. Recent commissions have ranged from works for solo flute to chamber operas and he was recently a young composer with theLondon Philharmonic Orchestra in 2018/19.
Nick Milward is one of UKs leading jazz drummers. He is well known for being the drummer who powered the rhythm section of Kenny Balls Jazzmen from 1999.
Performance starts at 7:30pm, doors from 6:30pm with bar available.
Tickets:
General admission: £20
Students: £10
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