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Jazz concerts

We are delighted to welcome renowned female jazz artists Polly Gibbons, Natalie Williams & Nina Ferro, from the house of Ronnie Scott’s, in a series of jazz & dinner concerts.

Book for two concerts & receive a complimentary glass of champagne at each.

22 February

Polly Gibbons presents
Divas of Jazz and Soul

A celebration of the music of Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Nina Simone, Randy Crawford and Aretha Franklin. Polly reveals fascinating morsels about the lives of these female deities whilst delivering eloquent renditions of their better known and seldom heard favourites.

“… truly exceptional, once in a generation talent, possessing a voice of such sizzling intensity and raw emotion you could fry an egg on it….style and sensuousness by the bucket load.
Jazzwise

Ticket to include three course dinner & coffee £37.50
(excl.12.5% service charge)

Jazz begins at 8.45pm. Tables are can be booked from 7.30pm. A booking is required.

Curried parsnip soup
Spiced stuffed pepper
Chicken liver parfait, sourdough toast

Bibury trout fillet, buttered baby gem
Slow roasted Rofford beef
Artichoke gnocchi

Chocolate St Emilion
Blood orange jelly, creme fraiche
Whisky marmalade steamed pudding

Coffee

21 March

Natalie Williams and Friends

Undoubtedly one of the UK’s premier jazz and soul singers and supported by some of the best jazz musicians from the London jazz scene, expect an evening of fun from this revered singer/songwriter whose style is a blend of R & B, jazz and soul.

The moment she starts to sing she becomes a commanding, strutting presence, scatting with an infectious relish.”
Daily Telegraph

Ticket to include three course dinner & coffee £42.50
(excl. 12.5% service charge)

Jazz begins at 8.45pm. Tables are can be booked from 7.30pm. A booking is required.

Chicken liver parfait, pickled pears
Celeriac soup, poached quail egg
Potted shrimp

Roast salmon, sprouting broccoli, salsa verde
Slow roasted Rofford beef
Ricotta torteloni, sage & walnuts

Chocolate & caramel tart
St Wurfston cheese & home-made oat cakes
Pear tart & vanilla ice cream

Coffee

25 April

Nina Ferro
‘From Count Basie to George Benson’

Award-winning vocalist and songwriter, Nina Ferro, selects favourite tunes charting the history of jazz and relates these to some of the best moments of her life.
A regular at Ronnie Scott’s, Nina’s songs and performances have received rave reviews worldwide.

Nina is a fabulous performer with a knockout voice”.
Tony Bennett

Ticket to include three course dinner & coffee £37.50
(excl. 12.5% service charge)

Jazz begins at 8.45pm. Tables are can be booked from 7.30pm. A booking is required.

Tuna nicoise
Aubergine & feta salad
Beetroot soup with apple & cucumber

Mussels & chips
Ham hock, cabbage & parsley sauce
Gnocchi with sage butter & pine nuts

Blackcurrant jelly, honey Madeleine
Coconut & pineapple, mango crush
Sticky toffee pudding

Coffee

To book tickets please telephone 01865 553540.

If you would like to stay at the Old Parsonage or Old Bank Hotel we have special Jazz concert, dinner & room rates available.

In addition to these concerts please see details of weekly jazz at Gee’s, Old Parsonage & Quod.