Soirée: Alan Barnes Octet: A Christmas Carol

Soirée: Alan Barnes Octet: A Christmas Carol

A Jazz Christmas Carol * A treat for anyone who loves music, literature or Christmas!

Alan BarnesREEDS and READs (geddit?), Bruce Adams trumpet, Mark Nightingaletrombone, Robert Fowler sax and clarinet, Karen Sharpe sax and clarinet, David Newton piano, Simon Thorpe bass, Clark Tracey drums

Reeds maestro Alan Barnes presents an all-star octet to perform his suite based on Charles Dickens’ famous seasonal tale. With composer/arranger Alan leading from the front on sax and clarinet, the ensemble includes Bruce Adams on trumpet, Mark Nightingale on trombone, Dave Newton on piano and Clark Tracey, drums. As Alan is a master raconteur and frontman as well as the UK’s leading mainstream-to-modern saxophonist and bandleader, this is guaranteed to be a very entertaining evening.