Frank Griffith plays Ealing Jazz Festival
Friday, June 23, 2006
This year’s 22nd JVC Ealing Jazz Festival takes place from 26 July – 30 July at Walpole Park, London W5 and features over 200 musicians in one of Europe’s biggest free admission jazz festivals.
Leading the musical line this year is the Frank Griffith Nonet with their commissioned piece 'Agent W5.' Accompanied by singer Judy Kerr, Griffith’s Nonet pays tribute to the jazz soundtracks of 1960's spy movies recorded at the nearby Ealing Studios. Also in the festival line-up are Parliamentary Jazz Award Winning pianist Zoe Rahman, saxophonist Tim Whitehead and Ray Gelato. Dates are: Ken Baldock Quintet, Claire Davies Quintet, Frank Griffith Nonet (Main Stage, 26 July); Anjali Perin Group, John Bennet Big Band (Second Stage, 26 July); Chris Hodgkins and Harlem Airshaft, Roland Lacey’s Tenor Each Way, Ray Gelato and his Band (Main Stage, 27 July); Big Band, Branco Stoysin Trio, Tim Kliphuis with the Cigani Trio (Second Stage, 27 July); Don Burrell’s Orjam, Paul Carmichael’s Flight, Keith Waithe and the Macusi Players (Main Stage, 28 July); Trombone Poetry with Paul Taylor, Kevin Davy Group, Zoe Rahman Trio (Second Stage, 28 July); Vasilis Xenopoulos with LCMM students, Tommy McQuater and Friends, Andrew Butcher and Butcher’s Brew, Jack Honeyborne Quintet, Liz Fletcher Septet (Main Stage, 29 July); Open Mic with Ealing Acoustic, Peter Miles and His Band, Tim Whitehead Quartet (Second Stage, 29 July); Ken McCarthy Seven, Winston Morson’s Off The Cuff, Adrian Macintosh Quintet, Mike Hogh’s All Star Ealing Festival Jazz band, Dick Esmond’s Sound of 17 Big Band (Main Stage, 30 July); Strodes Big Band, Guillermo Rozenthuler and Rio Platenses, The Filthy Six (Second Stage, 30 July). For more information call (020) 8825 6640