The Jo Harrop Quartet Featuring Trumpeter Andy Davis Showcase The Music Of Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong at The Boston Room, George IV

The much celebrated jazz singer Jo Harrop & the sensational horn player, Andy Davies, celebrate the music of one of the most popular and well-loved duos in jazz history, the ‘First Lady of Jazz’ - Ella Fitzgerald and ‘Mr Jazz’ himself, Louis Armstrong. Together the pair recorded several albums, with the incomparable Oscar Peterson quartet, produced by Norman Grantz. Songs such as “A Foggy Day’, ’They Can’t Take That Away From Me’, ‘I’ve Got My Love To Keep Me Warm’, ’Summertime’ & ‘Autumn In New York’ were just some of the many songs featured on the classic albums which landed in the Grammy album hall of fame in 2016....

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The much celebrated jazz singer Jo Harrop & the sensational horn player, Andy Davies, celebrate the music of one of the most popular and well-loved duos in jazz history, the ‘First Lady of Jazz’ - Ella Fitzgerald and ‘Mr Jazz’ himself, Louis Armstrong. Together the pair recorded several albums, with the incomparable Oscar Peterson quartet, produced by Norman Grantz. Songs such as “A Foggy Day’, ’They Can’t Take That Away From Me’, ‘I’ve Got My Love To Keep Me Warm’, ’Summertime’ & ‘Autumn In New York’ were just some of the many songs featured on the classic albums which landed in the Grammy album hall of fame in 2016.

Award winning trumpeter Andy Davis leads his own quartet which is currently the resident band at Ronnie Scott’s legendary Jam Session. For this very special show, Andy and Jo, together with outstanding backing from the acclaimed pianist Alex Hutton and noted bassist, Jihad Darwish, will be re-imagining and re-creating the repertoire of Ella and Satchmo and bringing them to life once more, in the intimacy of The George IV’s Boston Room this Autumn.

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