Jazz on the Cliffe // The Nicola Farnon Trio

Nicola Farnon Trio - with Piero Tucci, tenor sax and piano and Phil Johnson, drums and percussion

"The Nicola Farnon Trio combine first class musicianship with a genuine enthusiasm for being on stage at a prestigious jazz festival. Time and again Farnon’s bass playing swung, her winning vocals a delight." Scarborough Jazz Festival

'...Nicola and her band are just fantastic professional jazz musicians who know exactly how to engage with an audience..' Wiltshire Jazz Festival

Nicola is a regular on the Jazz Festival stage, Radio 3 Jazz Requests and has appeared on Radio 3 Jazz Line-up. She has played double bass and sung alongside many jazz greats including Dave Newton, Digby Fairweather, Jim Mullen, Bruce Adams, Alan Barnes, Eliane Elias and Courtney Pine.

Her programme covers a broad mix of well and lesser know jazz standards (Silver Lining, Day In Day Out, Beautiful Friendship, The Song Is You..) with strong influences from an eclectic range of singers and players including Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Anita O'Day, Aretha Franklin, Oscar Peterson, Miles Davis, Tony Williams, Wynton Kelly, Stan getz and Kenny Garrett. The arrangements are compelling, occasionally quirky and always staying true to their swinging roots. The set also includes some very well received melodic and extremely catchy originals written and arranged by Nicola Farnon.

With Nicola's trio you get a lot of musical talent for such a small band as her trio comprises voice, tenor sax, piano, double bass and drums. Piero Tucci - 'a jazzer's dream, as unpretentiously skillful on keys as he is on sax." Sandman magazine - and Phil Johnson 'impeccable craftsmanship' Jazzwise - combine with Nicola to give a performance that will startle you with it's genuine love of music and melody. They all aim to enjoy themselves fully, to entertain joyfully - and to swing yer socks off!

Doors open at 7pm; Music at 8pm

£5 at the door

Tapas served until 9pm