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Date: Sun, 17th Nov
Afternoon Show: Doors 1pm | Show 2pm – 3:15pm
Evening Show: Doors 6pm | Show 7pm – 8:15pm
Sun, 17 Nov | The Sam Every (Little) Big Band
£10.00 – £21.00
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It’s time to relax on the sofa with a cuppa, put your feet up and switch on the telly to watch your favourite show – only this time, all of the classic theme tunes from throughout history have been rearranged for full jazz big band! Tonight, live for the EFG London Jazz Festival, The Sam Every Big Band take you on a whirlwind tour of classic tv themes, reimagined in the style of Count Basie, Frank Sinatra and Ella Fitzgerald. Performed by some of the hottest young jazz talent in the UK, they’ll be performing everything from Match of The Day to Fireman Sam – all like you’ve never heard them before.
The Sam Every Big Band is one of the most exciting young big bands performing in the UK today.
After making their London club debut in 2019, they have gone on to obtain a 100% sell-out record at all of their concerts across the UK. They are regular performers at the Pizza Express Jazz Club in Soho, and in 2022 performed 3 sell-out shows at the world-famous Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club in London’s Soho. They are a projects-based band, performing a variety of unique sets, entirely compiled of original arrangements for the band, with acclaimed UK singers.
So far they have worked with the award-winning Luca Manning, Sara Colman, Stefan Mahendra, Freddie Benedict and many more. The band also regularly appear on the festival scene, most notably frequently headlining the Twinwood Music Festival, in Bedfordshire. In 2023, the band embarked on a wildly successful debut UK tour, supported by Arts Council England. Performing a re-imagination of iconic ‘Guilty Pleasure’ hits to engage a younger demographic in Big Band music. 2023 also saw the band open the world-renowned EFG London Jazz Festival for Pizza Express Jazz Club, featuring UK songstress, Emma Smith.
Outside of live performing, during in the 2020 lockdown, the band remotely recorded a 5 track Christmas EP, named “Christmas Is Here.” A mixture of original songs and arrangements by band leader Sam Every, the EP was digitally released to critical acclaim. It quickly gained multiple listens across BBC Radio and was used in a number of Christmas adverts in 2020 and 2021 across ITV, Channel 4, BT Sport and SKY TV.
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13 Piece Band, Line Up TBC
Website: https://www.samevery.com
