Tad Newton (tb, voc), Gary Wood (tpt, voc),Tomas Pedersen (b), Alan Haughton (p), Ronnie Fenn (d), Richard Exall (cl, saxes)

“A JOURNEY THRU’ JAZZ”: A special concert dedicated to the great jazz composers and players featuring  jazz icons such as Louis Armstrong, Earl Hines, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Benny Goodman, Johnny Hodges, Lester Young..

 “I really enjoyed working with the band, which is uniformly excellent”  Simon  Spillett

“Your Band was red hot!” Richard Bennett[UK trumpet star] Fest-Jazz, France 2019.V

“These guys really swing.. a great band” Greg Abate  [ USA jazz star ]

“Wow!! What a band” Roy Williams [ international jazz star ]

“Thanks for the gig on Friday .. I really enjoyed playing with the band----inspirational!”  Susan Greenway [sax star from Texas Jazz  Conservatoire ]

“A pleasure to see and hear your band on Sunday….a first class show” Alan G. Wilson [jazz promoter, Lansdowne Jazz Club, Luton ]

“Well played music, covering accepted traditional titles into some more swing stuff, all were very fine musicians”[ Just Jazz Magazine, reviewing Upton Jazz Festival.]

“The best performance in my eyes was Tad Newton’s Jazzfriends  at  “The Lord  Clifden”- [Birmingham Jazz Festival  Review]

“Thanks for a memorable lunchtime jazz session- your band is sounding extremely good!” -  John Shaw  [ Gayton Jazz Appreciation Society]

“Thoroughly enjoyed your set, especially the superb variety in the programme-a warm hour!”   Terry Roper [musician]. Upton Festival.

“Congratulations on a tremendous gig…it was a pleasure to be there!”- Richard Eaton [Sunday Times journalist] Spice of Life, London

Tickets are available online upto 17:00 on the night, then on the door from Doors Open 19:15.