“Embraceable Ella” with Joanna Eden
Joanna Eden presents a 'labour of love' show celebrating the music of her vocal hero Ella Fitzgerald. From the throw-away A Tisket A Tasket which brought Ella to fame in the forties with the Chick Webb Orchestra to later songbook album classics like Porter's Every Time We Say Goodbye and Gershwin's Someone to Watch Over Me , Joanna launched Embraceable Ella to much acclaim at the London Jazz Festival and tours this heart-warming collection of songs and anecdotes around jazz clubs and live music venues all over the UK and Europe..
Also featuring Paul Higgs on trumpet, Chris Ingham on piano, George Double on drums and Marianne WIndham on bass.
“Bloody marvellous” DAME CLEO LAINE
Opening set from the Farnham Big Band
Enjoy outstanding musicianship in the relaxed atmosphere of this most beautiful of settings. Most people bring picnics and the garden kiosk will be open for drinks (including beers and wines) and snacks. We would like to thank everyone at Loseley for allowing us to hold this event in the garden at no cost to the charity.
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EVENT INFO
Doors open 4.30pm, music 5pm to 8pm
Feel free to bring a picnic and picnic chairs/rugs. There are details at the bottom of the page on how to find us.
Every penny raised at this event supports GUTS, fighting bowel cancer
The evening will open with a set of fantastic big band swing from our friends in the wonderful FARNHAM BIG BAND.
Guests are welcome to bring picnics, rugs and chairs and garden gazebos as necessary. The garden kiosk will be open where refreshments, including alcohol, will be available
TICKETS
Tickets £20 (£18 for Guildford Jazz Members)
Group booking for 4 people £75
Under 18s free
WHO'S PLAYING?
joanna eden
Joanna has loved all-things Ella since growing up in Lincolnshire listening to her RAF Musician Dad John’s record collection. “Ella was the soundtrack of my childhood. Her voice has such a warm quality that I immediately feel calm and soothed when I hear it. I’ve called the show Embraceable Ella because I love her rendition of Gershwin’s ‘Embraceable You’ and because her voice feels like an embrace; a lovely warm hug!”
Ella Fitzgerald’s popular nickname “First Lady of Song” betrays the deep affection and admiration audiences had for her work. On her death at 79 years of age in 1996, the New York Times called her simply “the voice of jazz”. Her six decade career took Ella from smoky clubs in Harlem to the Carnegie hall, to concert halls in Europe and - thanks to her virtuosic, heartfelt and intimate recordings - into living rooms all over the world.
Joanna Eden’s ability to combine jazz vocal dexterity with heartfelt emotion and great storytelling gives her all the skills necessary to pay a fitting tribute to such a legendary artist. She also has a fantastic band to accompany her in the form of the Chris Ingham Trio featuring Chris Ingham on piano, George Double on drums and Marianne WIndham on bass.
Joanna has performed her show ‘Embraceable Ella’ all over the world receiving standing ovations and even generous praise from Ella’s curator at the Smithsonian Museum, John Hasse.
“Sophisticated, stylish vocals” JAZZ JOURNAL
"A fitting tribute, the full house clambered for more" London Jazz News
Paul Higgs - trumpet
Former Artistic Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company and The National Theatre, Paul Higgs is a trumpeter with a sublime tone and breath-taking technique. He has performed around the world with Johnny Dankworth, Lulu, Tony Hatch, John Williams, Peggy Lee and Nancy Wilson
Chris Ingham - piano
Whether leading his REBOP band playing the music of Miles Davis and Herbie Hancock; hosting his Jazz At The Movies group, or performing the stories, anecdotes and music of greats such as Hoagy Carmichael, Stan Getz and Dudley Moore, Chris’ concerts deliver pure joy, entertainment and great music to sold out audiences.
"Ingham has a warm and generous way with music..his style is based on rhythmic presence and dynamic propulsion" DOWNBEAT
George Double - drums
Marianne WIndham - bass
farnham Big Band
MD James Adams
DIRECTIONS
The address Loseley Park, Guildford GU3 1HS
Directions: take the B3000 New Pond Road and the main entrance is in Stakescorner Road, signposted ‘Loseley House’ on a brown sign. The turning to the Loseley estate is then on the left after a few hundred yards.
SEATING
Please bring your own picnic chairs/rugs/garden gazebos