THE SAGE GATESHEAD presents
in association with Whitley Bay International Jazz Festival
MIDNIGHT IN MAYFAIR -
A TRIBUTE TO THE GREAT BRITISH DANCE BANDS
With Keith Nichols & his Park Lane Orchestra
Roy Fox, Ray Noble, Jack Hylton, The Savoy Orpheans,
Lew Stone, Ambrose & His Orchestra, Nat Gonella, Harry
Gold, Billy Cotton, Jack Payne, Henry Hall – all names
that evoke two decades of great music from the finest of British
bands and musicians. Indeed, the nineteen-twenties and thirties,
sometimes referred to as “The Dancing Decades”,
were a golden time for superb bands as well as great song-writing.
BBC Jazz Heritage Award-winner Keith Nichols has lovingly transcribed
original recordings of the era and assembled an all-star 16
piece band to play them. Packed with hot jazz soloists such
as trumpeter Rico Tomasso and reedman Jean-François
Bonnel, and complete with period vocals by Spats Langham and
Janice Day, the Park Lane Orchestra, directed by Keith at the
piano, will recreate the sounds, both exciting and romantic,
of this magical age. A splendid evening for jazz fans, lovers
of vintage popular music and plain nostalgia enthusiasts alike….
