Led by Keith Nichols and featuring the sweet voice of Janice Day, Sweetie Pie is a tribute to the Classic Jazz styles of the 1920s and ‘30s.
With an auspicious line-up, Keith Nichols’ charisma and Janice Day’s endearing stage presence, the band offers not only superb musicianship for the buffs, but also a wonderful evening’s entertainment for anyone new to the delights of classic jazz. Not to be missed.
“Absolutely superb!” Stephen Fry
Ron Norman & Roy Dyer: “Great evening. Excellent musicians and amusing singer. Let’s have them back soon.”...
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Led by Keith Nichols and featuring the sweet voice of Janice Day, Sweetie Pie is a tribute to the Classic Jazz styles of the 1920s and ‘30s.
With an auspicious line-up, Keith Nichols’ charisma and Janice Day’s endearing stage presence, the band offers not only superb musicianship for the buffs, but also a wonderful evening’s entertainment for anyone new to the delights of classic jazz. Not to be missed.
“Absolutely superb!” Stephen Fry
Ron Norman & Roy Dyer: “Great evening. Excellent musicians and amusing singer. Let’s have them back soon.”
Bunty Brindley & Rita Crowe: “Brilliant show. Loved the singing.”
Tamsyn Smith & Reg Norton: “Excellent! I would have this for my wedding. Best band so far with the wonderful Janice. Every musician was the best in their field.”
Jim & Margaret Bevington: “Wonderful Combination. Janice Day is a sweetie.”
Maureen & John Carter: “Four excellent instrumentalists plus Janice Day. What more can I say? Fantastic!”
Nick & Heather Anderson: “A truly talented band of the highest degree, gracing the Club by their presence.”
Tony Baily: “A show you must see at least once a year - top flight.”
David & Bridget Salmons: “Great talent. Delighted by the solo sessions as well as the whole group.”
Paul & Anne McNab and Jill & Geoff Dobson: “Great musicians and very entertaining.”
THE LINE-UP
Janice Day (vocals): Singer, cabaret artiste and entertainer, Janice Day is expert in the vocal styles of the 1920s and 30s, particularly 1930s Radio Star Annette Hanshaw.
“Absolutely superb!”
Stephen Fry
"Pleasurable is something of an understatement... exceptionally musical to listen to... Irving Berlin expresses it best: What she's got, she's got an awful lot"
Rob Bamberger, Hot Jazz Saturday Night, WAMU-FM
"Unaffected"
The Spectator
"She has captured an era, but not under glass"
Daily Telegraph
"She sings them absolutely straight, simply and sincerely, which brings out the elegance of their melodies far more effectively than the attentions of some latter-day stylists"
The Observer
Keith Nichols (Musical Director/piano/vocals): BBC Jazz Heritage Award Winning Keith Nichols is the UK's premier vintage pianist with an encyclopaedic knowledge of early jazz.”
"Wearing his erudition lightly, this is a man who should be touring every jazz conservatoire in the land." London Jazz News.
Enrico Tomasso (Trumpet): Four-time winner of the best trumpet category in the British Jazz Awards and mentored in his youth by Louis Armstrong, Enrico is considered one of the top trumpeters on the jazz scene. A popular figure at many of the European jazz festivals and clubs he has exciting presence and a lively personality on stage.
“It is a mark of true distinction when a jazz trumpeter plays with such fluency and apparent ease that you listen to the music and not to the technique.” The Guardian.
Dave Green (Bass): Known as ‘The Legendary’ Dave Green by his peers; winner of The Worshipful Company of Musicians’ lifetime achievement award and the first bassist to be chosen in over two decades of the award's existence.
“…technically accomplished, inventive performer whose playing skills are matched by [his] ability to listen and respond in a blink...” The Guardian.
Martin Wheatley: (Guitar/Ukulele/Banjo) Superb guitarist and solo ukulele player, leader of The Hula Bluebirds and The Arcadians, Martin Wheatley came to the ukulele via Hawaiian music and has been playing the instrument since long before the current boom.
“…as any plucker will know, all is not in the gear, but in the hands, as Wheatley demonstrates… London Jazz News
Trevor Whiting (Reeds): Trevor Whiting is a brilliant clarinettist and saxophonist, who has recorded with the likes of Wild Bill Davison, Art Hodes, Al Casey, Scott Hamilton, Acker Bilk and Chris Barber.
“As for Trevor Whiting…he’s a British Jazz Veteran…but on top of that he’s got to be the best jazz musician anywhere in the world today.” Blue Light, DESUK.
Richard Pite (Drums, Tuba & Sousaphone) Vintage Jazz Drummer, historian and impresario. For many years Richard Pite has specialised in 1920s music and the drum techniques and visual tricks of the era's jazz drummers and over the last 12 years has worked together with musical partner Pete Long to preserve jazz history through live performance.
“Richard Pite’s One Hundred Years of Jazz thrilled the audience with technical virtuosity, entertained them with sharp and informative links between tunes and at the end of the set won a standing ovation. Simply brilliant!" Fred Lindup, Swanage Jazz Festival
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