New band added to Scarborough Jazz Festival line up - early bird ticket offer now open
We wanted something special to fill a gap in the Friday afternoon programme,’ said festival director Mike Gordon. "And I think we’ve got it with the seven-piece band Wild Card.
"Their music is dynamic, exuberant and flamboyant appealing to jazz fans and more mainstream music lovers alike."
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Hide AdCritically acclaimed guitarist Clement Regert's Wild Card is a melting pot of musical ideas, fusing urban rhythms and grooves with a Latin attitude.
Trumpet, sax, trombone, guitar, Hammond organ, drums, and American vocalist Corina Kwami. should have a tremendous impact in the Spa Grand Hall.
Wild Card have made a name for themselves on the European jazz scene in the last few years and have a residency upstairs at Ronnie Scotts.
This year’s festival takes place at Scarborough Spa over the weekend of September 20 to 22.
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The line-up
Alan Barnes + 11
Alec Dankworth’s ‘Spanish Accents’
Bonsai (formally Jam Experiment)
Clark Tracey Quintet
Dave Newton
Freddie Gavita Quartet
Jasmine
Jeremy Sassoon’s Ray Charles Project
Jim Mullen’s Volunteers
John Law Quartet
Kate Peter’s Big Band
Liane Carroll
New Jazz Extempore
Partisans
Sam Rapley’s Fabled
Tony Kofi Quartet
Wild Card
Tickets can be purchased via Scarborough Spa’s box office 01723 821888 and website: www.scarboroughjazzfestival.co.uk