25th July - Gira Con Gershwin £10.00

25th July - Gira Con Gershwin £10.00

Starts 8pm

Internationally renowned, Grammy-winning vocalist Heather Cairncross, in a rare UK appearance, brings an exciting new jazz programme to the Ropetackle, taking the timeless songs of George Gershwin on a tour of South America.

The concert features breathtaking new arrangements specially written by her pianist Joss Peach and bass player Steve Thompson, enriching your favourite Gershwin melodies with exciting Latin colours and rhythms. Completing this dynamic line up are the considerable talents of Ben Reynolds on drums and percussion, and the sublime Joe Auckland on Trumpet.

"Standards from the Gershwin songbook, all very familiar but performed in a refreshing new style, resulted in an outstanding concert for the festival music programme… Leading the group was Shoreham based vocalist Heather Cairncross, a former member of the Swingle Singers, whose wonderful clarity, extraordinary range and distinctive style seemed to me like a sort of combination of Cleo Laine, Ella Fitzgerald, and Edith Piaf - Wonderful! No less accomplished were the musicians.”

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Tickets £10 / Concs £8