Just a reminder that Kate Williams is playing Tuesday, 18 September at Bedales.Full details of this next concert in the school’s professional jazz series are in the Bedales Arts brochure and on the main school website but you may be interested in pianist Steve Lodder’s comments, quoted in the local press this week:
“I’ve played several times at Bedales and found it a discerning but willing audience…in other words they know their jazz and they’re prepared to go with something even if it’s a bit difficult, and in the end they’re always appreciative.
“I played with John Etheridge (of Soft Machine fame) and Harry Beckett (of Harry Beckett fame…) at the theatre and enjoyed the atmosphere and the piano, so to come and play with Kate will be amazing.
“I have admired Kate’s playing over the years and so when this came up I thought, who has the right musicality and lightness to make a two-piano gig work? It takes an unselfish player not to crowd a four hand line-up.
“We will be playing original jazz-driven tunes (written for the partnership) plus a smattering of other styles, Latin and a particular favourite of mine which I’ve not played before – Jimmy Ruffin’s Motown hit ‘What Becomes of the Broken-Hearted’.”
The concert at the Bedales Olivier Theatre starts at 8pm and tickets are £9 (£7 for concessions). Box Office: 01730 711 511 or email the wildly efficient John Barker by pressing HERE (also available at One Tree Books, Lavant Street, Petersfield)
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