The Pheasantry in London’s Kings Road is a world class music room for jazz and cabaret featuring a range of leading musicians many of whom “have been there and are still doing it” other who “have already arrived” alongside those “ travelling fast” and can be heard before everyone else gets on board.

This wonderful venue will play host to a fabulous festival in February with some of the finest names in jazz music gracing the stage – Elaine Delmar, Joanna Eden, Tina May, Chris Ingham, Georgia Mancini and Sue Richardson.

February Festival at The Pheasantry

JBGB Events present The February Festival at The Pheasantry, 152-154 King's Road, Chelsea, London SW3 4UT

Monday February 8th to Saturday February 13th 2016

Six evenings of wonderful music to set you on your way with toes tapping, hips swinging, fingers popping and a smile on your face

8th Elaine Delmar

9th Sue Richardson

10th Georgia Mancio

11th Joanna Eden

12th Chris Ingham

13th Tina May

Doors open for dinner at 6.30pm Music first set at 8.30pm

Dinner and concert reservations

www.pizzaexpresslive.com and www.bookatable.com

Pheasantry 020 7351 5031 Box Office 0845 6027 017

FEBRUARY FESTIVAL AT THE PHEASANTRY

(Full info below)

Monday February 8th Tickets £15

Elaine Delmar sings the Great American Gershwin & Porter Songbooks

Elaine Delmar has long been established as a singer of the very highest calibre - with the voice, looks and personality that have captivated world-wide audiences. She is equally at home, whether entertaining a concert audience, or performing in the more intimate cabaret/small theatre setting like The Pheasantry. Elaine has been the star vocalist in Let’s Do It, saluting the music of Cole Porter and By George, It’s Gershwin, a celebration. She was awarded best vocalist in the Parliamentary  Jazz Awards and is accompanied on piano by the legendary Brian Dee

"One of the ageless, evergreen singing stars that we have…   as beautiful and talented as ever… she’s marvellous!” - Michael Parkinson

Tuesday February 9th Tickets £15

Sue Richardson - "Too Cool", with Karen Sharp

Sue Richardson  presents the most  famous  standards,  compositions  and  works  inspired  by the life of Chet Baker, a unique & influential musician in the 1950's and three subsequent decades, as well as performing songs associated with him. Too Cool is a most entertaining show that has delighted audiences across the UK.

Sue  plays  swinging  jazz  trumpet,  with  a  remarkable  command  of  a variety  of  styles  and  is  probably  the  only  trumpeter-singer-songwriter you are likely to encounter.

Karen  Sharp  on  saxophones  is  a  busy  freelance musician working with Alan Barnes and the Humphrey Lyttelton band.

"I kid you not, if you closed your eyes, you were listening to Chet Baker. A remarkable young woman" Richard Wheatly, Jazz FM

Wednesday February 10th Tickets £15

Georgia Mancio and Quadro

Quadro  ( 'picture’  in  Italian)  is  the  new  trio  by  award-winning  vocalist  Georgia  Mancio  and much  lauded  pianist  Frank  Harrison  and  bassist  Andy  Cleyndert.  Together  they  present  jazz  and Brazilian  standards  alongside  reinvented  classical  repertoire  by  composers  including  Strayhorn/ Ellington,  Tom  Jobim,  Heitor  Villa-Lobos & Artie  Shaw  among others.

"an object lesson in subtlety, in understated interpretation, in the impact of nuance….

Mancio can re-invigorate a lyric with the slightest shift in emphasis, timing or intonation….It’s beautiful”

All About Jazz - 5*

Thursday February 11th Tickets £17.50

"Joni & I" - Joanna Eden & the magical music of Joni Mitchell

After a sell out show last year at St.James Studio, Joanna  Eden  “the UK’s answer to Diana Krall and  Nora Jones” - Time Out, arrives at The Pheasantry with  this  celebration  of  the  life and music of  iconic US singer/song  writer  Joni Mitchell.

Starting  as  a  finger-picking  folkie  and  winding  up as  a  jazz-savvy  experimentalist,  Joni  Mitchell  brought  a  sharp  eye,  light  touch  and  an  agile  trill of  a  voice  to  her  songs,  which  have  often  dissected her  romances and skewered myopic governments.

Mitchell  repeatedly  and  adamantly  expressed  no regrets  about  the  rocky  course  she set.  “I would do it all  over  again in  a minute for  the musical education.”

Friday February 12th Tickets £20

HOAGY - Chris Ingham presents the life and music of Hoagy Carmichael

Following last year's sell out success at St. James Studio and fresh from acclaim at the Edinburgh Festival, Chris Ingham and his quartet, entertains with an informative evening packed with more of the songs and stories of one of America’s most enduring and endearing songwriters Hoagy Carmichael.

The evening features more of the  many well-loved hits - Stardust, How little we know, Lazy Bones, Skylark, Georgia on my mind, and more, as well as obscure nuggets and delightful curiosities form Hoagy’s rich and varied songbook. The London Evening Standard rates Chris Ingham as "One of Britain’s best singer-pianists... sophisticated tribute... charming work”

"Outstanding quartet... a fine delectation of  Hoagy delights conveyed masterfully" - London Jazz News

Saturday February 13th Tickets £23

Tina May journeys from Berlin to Paris to Broadway

Travel from Berlin to Paris to Broadway, with your vocal leader   Tina May, featuring songs by Kurt Weill, George Gershwin, Irving Berlin, Leiber and Stoller and many more

The great Divas from stage and screen Lotte Lenya, Edith Piaf, Judy Garland and Peggy Lee, help create this delicious cocktail with a taste of Weimar, the Folies Bergères and Broadway. We celebrate them all!

Following her electrifying, entertaining performances at The Hoste of Jazz, Pizza Express Dean Street and in the 2014 Jazz Divas series, Tina May comes to The Pheasantry not only with vocal dexterity but also her engaging & joyful personality. This makes her one of the UK’s most in demand artists both here and across the world.

Tina May's vocal delights, described as "That great rarity, a singer who enhances a song”  -Observer, are enhanced by her swinging trio.

Tina handles the classics as  the gems they still are” - The Guardian

FEBRUARY FESTIVAL AT THE PHEASANTRY

This festival is the first time that John Billett and his JBGB Events business have presented a music series at The PHEASANTRY on London's Kings Road, Chelsea.

We are delighted to bring to this intimate and friendly venue this selective group of proven, creative musicians who showcase a range of diverse talents and with a sympathy and focus on the discerning audiences at The Pheasantry. We hope you will enjoy them all. We will do everything we can to send you on your way with smiles on your face.

The music of George Gershwin and Cole Porter could fill every night of the festival without repetition such is the volume of well- known material. Elaine Delmar is the most  expert interpreter of their writing

Chet Baker was an iconic musician and Sue Richardson has the vocal subtlety to bring out all the necessary sensitivities.

For those who enjoy their music with a Latin flavour, Georgia Mancio with her new trio have loads of excitement for you to enjoy

Joanna Eden, not only a wonderful singer but also Sam Smith's vocal coach will thrill you with her performance of the wonderful music of another iconic singer and writer Joni Mitchell.

The life of Hoagy Carmichael is as interesting as his evocative music. Chris Ingham, with tales and anecdotes, as well as brilliant musicianship will entertain and inform.

And for a conclusion to the festival and a great Saturday night out, Tina May, arguably one of the most recognised musical entertainers in the UK, takes the well and lesser known music of Weill, Berlin, Gershwin and others for a swinging night out.

We look forward to your company for the February Festival at The Pheasantry  for these six evenings of wonderful music to set you on your way with toes tapping, hips swinging, fingers popping and a smile on your face

Doors open for dinner at 6.30pm Music first set at 8.30pm

Dinner and concert reservations

www.pizzaexpresslive.com and www.bookatable.com

Pheasantry 020 7351 5031 Box Office 0845 6027 017

The Pheasantry, 152-154 King's Road, Chelsea, London SW3 4UT

www.jbgbevents.com