Groove Crusade

Set up in 2019, just before the worldwide pandemic lockdown, Groove Crusade exists solely to celebrate the enduring legacy of the Crusaders, for nigh on 50 years the group of US musicians who developed, indeed pioneered, the links between jazz, blues, soul and funk.

The players in Groove Crusade have, collectively, over 250 years’ experience in the music business, including studio and live work with artists as ridiculously diverse as Max Bygraves and Tony Christie at one end of the spectrum to Sting and Jack Bruce at the other, via a host of great jazz names. And venues? Sydney Opera House, Carnegie Hall, Hollywood Bowl, Glastonbury; one or other band member has worked stages such as these at some point.

What brought Groove Crusade together is a common love of the music of the Crusaders, and an acknowledgement of how that has influenced their own individual professional careers, playing , writing and arranging. If ever a band was a labour of love, this is it.

Drawing on the Crusaders’ entire recording career, from early days as a Texas hard-bop band to international renown as live and session musicians, Groove Crusade strives to recreate as best it can the feel – above all the groove – for which the Crusaders were justly renowned.

We hope you can feel it.

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The box office is able to take bookings for one gig at a time, but do make a note of the dates which are of interest to you during our forthcoming season so that you can make your bookings at the appropriate time.

If possible, make your requests via email, but don’t forget to give us a little bit of notice if you know that you are going to be unable to attend.  We appreciate that there will always be unavoidable, unforeseen circumstances, but clearly we want to make places available and fill all possible seats, particularly for gigs in high demand.

We are not a profit making organisation, but we do want to keep breaking even in order to keep music live.

Booking Enquiries

Call Keith on 07990 703 787

email jazz@davenham.co

Please do not assume that your places are confirmed unless you have had a response from J@D and, if you have not, then contact us again

Doors & Bar 7.30pm   Gigs start @ 8pm   Tickets £13 unless stated

If you are suffering from Covid symptoms please do not attend and in any case advise us if you are unable to attend for any reason.

From JAZZ@DAVENHAM TEAM

GREAT GIGS

FABULOUS BANDS

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