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SOLD OUT - Bad Ass Brass & TJ Johnson - Double Bill! Sunday 8th April
Bad Ass Brass
Since forming in 2008, Bad Ass Brass has been thrilling audiences with its bold, funky music and high adrenaline performances. The band takes its influence from the sounds of traditional New Orleans brass bands but adds its own unique twist. Bad Ass Brass is comprised of some of the UK’s finest brass players and jazz musicians who are busy working on the London music scene in jazz bands, West End shows, big bands and orchestras and their strong sense of friendship results in an electric presence on stage.
Their self titled debut album has quickly become a Jazz FM favourite with regular airplay on the station leading to a live nationwide broadcast and several appearances at Jazz FM live events. 2011 saw the band perform to sell out crowds at the St Lucia Jazz Festival, the London Jazz Festival, the Royal Albert Hall’s Elgar Room and Ronnie Scott’s jazz club. 2012 is also set to be a great year with the band being nominated for a London Jazz Award.
“It is difficult to convey in words the level of vivacity that this group of zesty musicians exudes.” Steve Haynes, the Brass Herald
T.J. Johnson
Piano / Vocals - TJ Johnson, Tenor Sax - Al Nicholls, Double Bass - Jay Darwish, Guitar / Banjo - Tony Pitt, Drums - Shane Forbes
Singer/pianist who has absorbed the musical gumbo and mardi-gras from the Crescent City – expect gritty vocals and hot piano. TJ and his band will performing a heady mix of Jazz, Blues and Swing influenced by Ray Charles to Dr John and beyond
King of Dirty Jazz, Backroom Swing, Rhythm and Blues
TJ Johnson is widely considered to be one of the UK’s most charismatic highly revered jazz and blues singers. He is also a hot piano player, drummer and a respected bandleader. Always a true ambassador of the soul, TJ sings songs of love lost and gained, of life wholesome and corrupt, songs of hope and despair, songs of the night, all with the true passion and boozy swagger of only a man who has been there and knows.
Backed by his group of top london based musicians TJ plays an extraordinary blend of music that transcends the boundaries of jazz, blues, soul, country and gospel and is
influenced by some of the greats such as Ray Charles, Dr John, Louis Armstrong, Johnny Cash, BB King, Nina Simone, Alberta Hunter, Frank Sinatra, Jimmy Witherspoon and many more. His distinctive voice and unique personal stage manner always brings both the band and the audience together to create an intimate yet exciting atmosphere that is rarely equalled.
TJ and his band have toured extensively both in the UK and over sea’s for twenty years or more and now while still maintaining a high profile at international festivals and venues he is very involved in creating a vibrant new London music scene including his weekly speakeasy style club night in Hackney. TJ’s style and mix of music seems to be proving very popular with the young trendy in-crowd and older jazz and blues fans a like.
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Date:
Sunday 8th April
Ticket Prices:
£15.00 - £22.50
Doors open time
First House
18:30
