Once again St. James Studio, London, plays host to The Wonderful Music of The Jazz Greats - George Shearing, Duke Ellington, Fats Waller, Jelly Roll Morton and Louis Armstrong.

Next week will see the fabulous Fats Waller & Jelly Roll Morton featuring Keith Nichols.

The Wonderful Music of the Jazz Greats

St. James Studio, 12 Palace Street, Westminster, London SW1E 5JA

http://jbgbevents.com/

Tickets £19 & £23 - The Wonderful Music commences at 8pm

(Arrive early and dine in the Carrara restaurant at the St. James Theatre and stay late, after the show relaxing in the bustling café bar).

To book either call 0844 264 2140 or go online to www.stjamestheatre.co.uk

 (round the corner from Victoria Station and Buckingham Palace)

John Billett and JBGB Events are delighted to return to St James Studio with another jazz programme and their 2015 series of The Wonderful Music of the Jazz Greats, featuring leading UK musicians not only playing The Wonderful Music of George Shearing, Duke Ellington, Fats Waller, Jelly Roll Morton and Louis Armstrong, but also providing tales, stories and anecdotes from their lives.

We assure you of wonderful evenings at St. James Studio.

“The nominations for the British Jazz Awards is a virtual testimony of the great musicians you get to see and hear at JBGB Events with many of those wonderful artists nominated performing at them.”

Thursday 12th November

Fats Waller & Jelly Roll Morton featuring Keith Nichols

Thomas “Fats” Waller

Thomas “Fats” Waller was the prize pupil, and later colleague, of the great stride pianist James P. Johnson.

He grew to become an influential American jazz pianist, organist, composer, singer, and comedic entertainer, whose innovations to the Harlem stride style laid the groundwork for modern jazz piano with compositions “Ain’t Misbehavin’”, “I Can’t Give You Anything But Love” & “Honeysuckle Rose”. Jelly Roll Morton, was a New Orleans American ragtime and early jazz pianist, bandleader and composer. Widely recognised as a pivotal figure in early jazz, Morton was jazz’s first “arranger”, proving music rooted in improvisation could retain its essential spirit and characteristics when notated. His

compositions, including “Jelly Roll Blues”, King Porter Stomp”& “ Black Bottom Stomp” are must-plays in the piano repertoire.

Following his sell-out concert at St. James in 2014, playing the music of Scott Joplin and the Ragtime Masters, Keith Nichols, one of the foremost and in demand pianists specialising in older piano styles, returns for this concert.

Keith is joined for The Wonderful Music of Fats Waller and Jelly Roll Morton, by Trevor Whiting - clarinet and Martin Wheatley - acoustic guitar and banjo.

“I’ve heard a lot of pianists, but Keith Nichols

plays the nearest to my father”

Fats Waller’s son Maurice

For more info on this and more please visit http://jbgbevents.com/ call 07836 200321 or email jb@johnbillett.com

The musicians love St. James

“St. James Studio is a fine new jazz venue for London.”

Keith Nichols

“St .James Studio is an ideal space for performer and audience alike for an intimate evening of jazz. A real joy”

Simon Brown

“What a terrific venue! Excellent sound, great piano, excellent sound man, helpful staff. I have played at St. James Studio several times over the last couple of years and thoroughly enjoyed playing there, a professionally run and deservedly successful venue, and a very welcome addition to the London jazz scene.”

Mark Crooks

The audience love St. James and The Wonderful Music of The Jazz Greats series

“I think the venue is the best in London for a jazz ‘club’. Small, intimate and with that feeling of New York and that at any time Woody Allen may drop in on his way back from the editing suite”

”Brilliant evening. Great time had by all” “Fantastic night”

“Wonderful atmosphere” “The musicians were awesome”

“One of the best nights out we’ve had in ages”

“Thanks for a fantastic evening” “The venue is ideal”