Events

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Coming up!  DUKE ELLINGTON AND THE GREAT SWING ERA

Thursday, 14 November 2019 – 7.30pm – Chalfont St. Giles Parish Church

Neal Thornton (piano), Tim Thornton (double-bass)

Join us for the music of one of the most innovative Jazz composers and pianists of the 20th century – Duke Ellington.  With a career spanning more than 50 years, Ellington’s music remains some of best known and loved in Jazz history.  Celebrating this great artist and the music of the swing era, we are bringing father and son duo, Neal and Tim Thornton, to Chalfont St Giles on 14 November.  

Pianist, writer and band leader, Neal, has played at almost all the leading jazz clubs with the leaders in the field, and also with artists including mezzo-soprano Sally Burgess, Willard White, Guy Barker and Paul McCartney.  Double-bassist Tim, won the 2013 Rising Star Jazz Award and now has his own Quartet, is a regular host of the Late Show at Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club and performs at festivals and venues around the world.   Tim is also the co-founder of Karve, a pop-up restaurant/jazz club fusing and fine dining at events across London.

Tickets for this concert can be purchased from 

Ann Newcombe on 

01494 873343 and cost £15 each or buy online here.