Westsidejazz & Friends at The Boston Room, George IV

WestSideJazz showcases mellow jazz and good vibes playing Swing, Blues, Ballads, and Latin numbers. The band features Richard Cook on vocals, Marcus James on piano, and Jamie Royan on double bass. Richard Cook studied jazz vocals at Richmond Jazz School and was vocalist in Cuban ‘band Havana Good Time’ for 10 years before forming Brazilian group ‘Blame it on the Bossa Nova’ in 2019. Jamie Royan studied bass and drums at ICMP before joining the West London music scene playing double bass and bass guitar and in jazz, blues, rock, and classical settings. He currently plays bass in 59 de Ville and the Jazz Mondays. Marcus James studied Jazz piano at Leeds College of music in the 1990s developing a lyrical style drawing on influences ranging from Keith Jarrett to Bill Evans and Wynton Kelly. For this unique event, WestSideJazz are joined by some very special guests from The Jazz Mondays ‘little big band’. ...

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WestSideJazz showcases mellow jazz and good vibes playing Swing, Blues, Ballads, and Latin numbers. The band features Richard Cook on vocals, Marcus James on piano, and Jamie Royan on double bass. Richard Cook studied jazz vocals at Richmond Jazz School and was vocalist in Cuban ‘band Havana Good Time’ for 10 years before forming Brazilian group ‘Blame it on the Bossa Nova’ in 2019. Jamie Royan studied bass and drums at ICMP before joining the West London music scene playing double bass and bass guitar and in jazz, blues, rock, and classical settings. He currently plays bass in 59 de Ville and the Jazz Mondays. Marcus James studied Jazz piano at Leeds College of music in the 1990s developing a lyrical style drawing on influences ranging from Keith Jarrett to Bill Evans and Wynton Kelly. For this unique event, WestSideJazz are joined by some very special guests from The Jazz Mondays ‘little big band’.
Alex Ellerington plays Latin jazz with Banda Bomba, and swing with The Jazz Mondays. Andrea Richardson is an experienced singer and actress and is the lead vocalist with Jazz Mondays. Alto saxophonist Gavin Birnbaum currently plays in The Jazz Mondays big band and Squabble, a six-piece Hammond Organ funk/jazz outfit. Gilly Lodge plays baritone, sax, flute & clarinet regularly with the Jazz Mondays and has been performing in the Diana Ross Story in London’s West End . Tenor saxophonist Graham Bills studies at Richmond Jazz School (Julian Costello) and is a long-standing member of The Jazz Mondays, his playing influences ranging from Dexter Gordon, Bobby Wellins to Michael Brecker.
Richard, Jamie, and Marcus of WestSideJazz perform regularly together at top West London venues including Café Yukari, The Bulls Head, The George IV, The Ram Jam and The Rose & Crown Ealing among others and this one-off concert with its impressive array of special guests will include renditions of Fly Me to the Moon, Centrepiece, Lullaby of Birdland, Old Devil Moon among other exciting numbers on the night.

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