Digby Fairweather’s Half Dozen with Helen Baden
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Digby Fairweather, jazz writer, broadcaster and arranger leads Britain’s most exciting band, his (seven-piece!) ‘Half Dozen’. Winners of the Marston’s Pedigree British Jazz Award for ‘best small group’ in 2005 and 2006, they continue to amaze and delight audiences with their blend of swing and vocal harmony! The Half Dozen (formed in l995) appears at jazz festivals clubs and concerts country wide and is Digby’s ‘dream band’; a fusion of musical concepts with a strong vocal element.The band includes an A-team of soloists (several of them poll winners in their own right) fused together by a library of arrangements built up over twelve years. Close harmony is provided by five of the band members, adding an exciting strand to the show. Their aims are simple; to play great jazz music whatever the style, and entertain the heck out of their audience! © Mike Upstone www.upst1.com |
The Half Dozen (formed in l995) appears at jazz festivals clubs and concerts country wide and is Digby’s ‘dream band’; a fusion of musical concepts with a strong vocal element.The band includes an A-team of soloists (several of them poll winners in their own right) fused together by a library of arrangements built up over twelve years. Close harmony is provided by five of the band members, adding an exciting strand to the show. Their aims are simple; to play great jazz music whatever the style, and entertain the heck out of their audience!
”Digby is one of our most articulate jazzmen in both his words and his music.Whatever he says or whatever he plays is of great interest to the world of jazz.” (Sir John Dankworth CBE)
Humphrey Lyttelton said of Helen Baden: “It’s always nice to draw attention to a fine voice”
- Digby Fairweather (trumpet-cornet/vocal)
- Julian Marc Stringle (clarinet/saxophones/vocal)
- Chris Gower (trombone)
- Craig Milverton (piano/keyboards/vocal)
- Dominic Ashworth (guitars/vocal)
- Len Skeat (bass)
- Nick Millward (drums/vocal)
Food will be available in the interval
