Merry Christmas!
Monday, December 21, 2009
Well, it’s that time of year when jazz clubs wheel out their annual Christmas residencies with the emphasis on party jazz, lots of Yuletide spirit and of course lashings of turkey.
Maybe not the most creative time of year musically but hey we all like a good time. Jazzwise will return with breaking news in 2010 but if you’re out and about at Ronnie Scott’s there’s Yuletide cheer with the likes of Ray Gelato, Liane Carroll and Gill Manly and a bumper New Year’s special – but you’d better be quick as tickets are going fast.
Over the road on Dean Street at Pizza Express Jazz Club Acoustic Alchemy are well into their annual Christmas residency and they line up with G-Funk for the New Year’s Eve special.
At the Vortex it’s the return of Ian Shaw on New Year’s Eve for what promises to be a hugely entertaining night and at Chelsea’s 606 house band Samara takes to the stage and of course there’s plenty of great food in store.
So whatever you’re up to over the holidays all of us here at Jazzwise hope you have a great time and wish all our readers the very best for Christmas and the New Year.