JAZZ violinist Dan Baker will play the music of Stéphane Grappelli at Bridport Arts Centre on Friday, February 18 at 8pm.
The concert will feature music ranging from the gypsy jazz of Django Reinhardt and the Hot Club de France to Grappelli’s later collaborations with pianist Oscar Peterson.
One of the all-time great jazz violinists, Stéphane Grappelli’s consistently enthusiastic playing did a great deal to establish the violin as a jazz instrument. He met guitarist Django Reinhardt in 1933-they hit it off musically from the start, and together as Quintet of the Hot Club of France they produced a sensational series of recordings and performances.
As a musician, producer and sound engineer, Dan Baker has worked for big music companies such as EMI Studios and UB40’s studio, and supported bands such as Sly and the Family Stone and Jools Holland. As a founder member of soul band the Baker Brothers he has frequently toured Japan, and he is the violinist with gypsy jazz band ‘Petites Annonces’.
Dan Baker will be playing a variety of jazz from Stephane Grappelli’s illustrious career, accompanied by pianist Philip Clouts.
Tickets cost £14 or £12 for concessions. Call 01308 427183.
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