Straight from the heart of the Big Easy itself, the popular dynamic young street group Frog & Henry is hitting Darlington’s New Orleans Jazz Club on Saturday 16 February.
Based in the New Orleans French Quarter, Frog & Henry play and record old dance and jazz music from the early 1900’s on brass and string instruments, with plenty of vocals.
Bringing the tradition of early jazz songs and dance tunes to life, they feature violin and mandolin-banjo as melody instruments along with clarinet and baritone saxophone. And if the audience is really lucky, they get to see and hear the foot-operated tuba the band’s designed that allows one person to play tuba and six-string banjo simultaneously.
Just two weeks later on Saturday 2 March, the Club hosts a visit by clarinetist and composer Adrian Cox and his show ‘Profoundly Blue’ (in the jazz sense!). Adrian’s a star of the European jazz circuit, playing with masters including Wynton Marsalis, Dr. John and Ronnie Wood and Profoundly Blue celebrates the music of his favourite clarinet player Edmond Hall. The gig is guaranteed to delight.
Darlington New Orleans Jazz Club meets at St Augustine’s Parish Centre, Larchfield Street, Darlington, just a short walk from the bus stops on Tubwell Row and Darlington railway station. Doors open at 12 noon, entry is just £10 on the door, and children under 16 go free if accompanied by an adult. For more information go to www.darlingtonjazz.co.uk
