Jazz Fugue & Groove

The Fugue & Groove trio comprises the dexterous and versatile talents of

Rich Hughes on piano

Simon Smith on bass and

Steve Street on drums

Individually they have performed throughout the UK and toured internationally, working alongside such varied artists such as Kenny Ball, Ringo Starr and Dave Stewart. They have performed at venues and festivals which include Umbria Jazz Festival, Lincoln Centre (New York), Ambassadors Theatre, Glastonbury Festival, South by Southwest and La Bâtie Festival (Geneva) amongst many others.

F&G have played together for many years and provide the rhythm section for award winning jazz soloists such as Alex Clarke, the violinists Ralph Allin and Sally Minchin. All three players bring with them a variety of stylistic influences making for a diverse and rich musical tapestry. Rich’s musical background in particular has straddled both classical and jazz styles of music. He had the idea to feature this cross-pollination of styles and formed the trio about a year ago.

Since then Fugue and Groove have performed at venues across the country to rapturous acclaim.Their programme consists of fresh and inventive arrangements of familiar classics such as ‘Meditation’ by Massenet, Mozart’s Turkish March’ and Dvorak’s ‘Humoresque’. Solos provide opportunities to display their individual versatility, invention and synergetic musical interaction. The music ranges from  the lyrical to fast and driving swing and there will be melodies that everyone will recognise, albeit in disguise!

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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.

Bookings :  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, please contact us again

OR

call Harry on 01606 74502 or 07717 224 238

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

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