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Join us for Jazz in the Vineyard at the stunning High Clandon Estate Vineyard on Saturday 8th June as trumpeter/singer Sue Richardson performs swinging tunes and sings the stories celebrating the unsung heroes of jazz: the women behind the sounds, the songs & the men!
An unmissable, feel-good show guaranteed to get your feet tapping!
“She plays swinging jazz trumpet and sings with a musician’s phrasing” – The Observer
With Jo Fooks - tenor sax, Neal Richardson - piano , Marianne Windhan – double bass, Buster Birch – drums
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EVENT INFO
Saturday 8th June
Matinee performance 13:00- 14:45
Evening performance 18:15-20:00
Picnics on the Lawn
Make the most of your time in the glorious surroundings by rustling up a delicious picnic to enjoy before the Jazz. Feel free to make your picnic as lavish or simple as you choose with drinks of your choice.
You’ll be served your complimentary glass of Elizabethan sparkling cuvée on arrival. Additional glasses can be purchased from the High Clandon bar that will be open throughout the evening.
Please bring anything else you may need to make your evening comfortable, such as tables, chairs and cushions.
TICKETS
Tickets £45 with all proceeds supporting the children and families who rely on Cherry Trees.
WHO'S PLAYING?
SUE RICHARDSON
Since being tipped for the top by Jazzwise magazine, Sue Richardson’s career has gone from strength to strength. Her most recent album, Too Cool, The Life & Music of Chet Baker, cemented her position in the jazz world – gaining four and five star reviews in the jazz press as well as internationally and sell out gigs at Ronnie Scott’s. It was also in The Sunday Times 100 Best Records of The Year 2013.
“Sue Richardson’s trumpet playing catches [Baker’s] combination of delicacy and strength, and her singing has something of his candid simplicity. She even writes the kind of tunes that he might have invented.” **** The Observer
Recently Sue has been performing with Ian Shaw (she guested on his current album dedicated to the work of Fran Landesman) and they performed a sold-out duo show of jazz standards bringing together all elements of their talents. Sue has ALSO been honoured to work with The Humphrey Lyttelton Band. Clive Davis writing in The Times compared her style to Humph’s: “When the cast of I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue led a high-spirited tribute to the late Humphrey Lyttelton at the Hammersmith Apollo, the trumpeter Sue Richardson was among the many musicians who helped to give the old man a stirring send-off. Some of his insouciant comic timing seems to have rubbed off on her as well: she is a breezy presence on the bandstand who is quite happy to make self-deprecating asides about the everyday problems of finding a lipstick that doesn’t leave sediment inside her horn. More to the point, she also possesses something of Hump’s flair for constructing a concise, neatly crafted melody. If Chet Baker and Clifford Brown are two of her main role models - her timbre is warm and full-bodied - her soloing, while avoiding high-note theatrics, evokes the generosity and exuberance of players from the swing era.” The Times
Touring with big bands by the age of 16, Sue’s musical journey has seen her gigging in over 50 countries in hotels, jazz clubs and on cruise ships. You can even hear her recorded version of The Girl From Ipanema being played in Rio in the famous bar where the song was written. She has worked for the BBC, performing at The Last Night of The Proms, and her gigs are a great combination of her original songs and imaginatively reworked standards, revealing her love of mainstream and 1950s jazz. The musicians in the band also take centre stage with well thought-out solo spots. The tightly-knit band have taken their special brand of modern jazz with a mainstream twist to many venues on the national and international circuits.
JO FOOKS
Born in Edinburgh, Jo began learning the saxophone at 15. After winning 'The Young Scottish Jazz Musician of the Year' she went on to study saxophone at the Guildhall School of music in London and also studied at the Berklee School of music in Boston after receiving a full fee scholarship for the summer jazz programme.
After recording her debut album "Here and Now!", the legendary British trumpeter Humphrey Lyttelton invited her to join his eight-piece band, with whom she toured and performed in some of the most amazing theatres and venues in Britain. Humphs fun filled and melodic approach to music was to be a huge influence. And through performing in his band Jo also recorded and worked with Acker Bilk and played alongside Tina May, Joe Temperley, Scott Hamilton, Elkie Brooks,and many others. Jo's other influences include Illinois Jacquet, Sonny Rollins, Dexter Gorden, Stan Getz and Cannonball Adderley. Her mellow tone is reminiscent of Stan Getz and Zoot Simms.
NEAL RICHARDSON
Neal is a powerful and rhythmic piano/vocalist playing jazz, blues and originals, and an award-winning Producer. A professional musician for over 25 years, Neal cut his teeth performing in jazz clubs, hotels, and on cruise ships in over 50 countries, from Rio to Raffles, Norway to New Orleans, Vietnam to Venezuela. He has entertained Royalty, Hollywood celebrities and VIPs at world-renowned venues, including a private party for George Clooney on his yacht at the Cannes Film Festival. Neal’s arrangements and original compositions display his wide-ranging tastes and influences, and he and his band have a great swinging style influenced by Oscar Peterson, Nat King Cole and Gene Harris. He has played in the London Jazz Festival many times, including launching his debut album “Better Than The Blues”, and selling out Ronnie Scott’s. His “Not” King Cole show sold out performances in the London Jazz Festival twice, garnering excellent reviews in the jazz Press, and headlined two Festivals in Germany in 2022 and 2023.
As a Producer he has made 20 albums for various jazz artists, including two at London’s Abbey Road Studios, and ran his own award-winning Label, Splash Point Records, for 20 years, winning 3 BBC Jazz Awards. He now runs the hugely popular Splash Point Jazz Club nights (@splashpointjazz), and heads-up Splash Point Music Ltd.
MARIANNE WINDHAM
The founder and driving force behind Guildford Jazz, and co-founder of Fleet Jazz, Marianne started her musical life playing cello, taking up playing bass later in life. She left a successful career in software consultancy to pursue learning bass full time and has since become a well established and in demand player on scene, and performs regularly with many of the UK’s top jazz musicians.
“A valuable player… Brown-like musicality and drive” - Peter Vacher, Jazzwise
BUSTER BIRCH
Buster is an award-winning drummer who has worked with many of the UK’s finest jazz musicians. He holds a post-graduate diploma in jazz performance from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and also studied at the Drummers Collective in New York City and privately with Jim Chapin and Joe Morello (of The Dave Brubeck Quartet). He has performed at virtually every major concert hall and jazz club in London as well as major international festivals, toured in over 30 countries and recorded nearly 40 CDs. He has been a member of three “world” music groups (Terza Rima, The Branco Stoysin Trio and Heads South) who he recorded and toured with extensively. He has played for The Royal Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra and The Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra and deputised on West End shows including the long-running "Blood Brothers". He created his own critically acclaimed show Buster Plays Buster which features the Buster Birch jazz quartet playing live to the screening of different classic Buster Keaton silent movies, for which he has arranged and scored over 4hrs of music to sync. In 2023 Buster plays Buster won the Audience Award at The Chichester International Film Festival, a major UK film festival featuring 110 screenings over 22 days.
DIRECTIONS
High Clandon Estate Vineyard, East Clandon, GU4 7RP