It’s the weekend!! You can celebrate with our fantastic triple bill as our music starts at 5pm on the Saturday. Tim Dawes and The Red Strip Band return from last year with new faces the Artemis All Stars to freshen things up.

The Tim Dawes Quartet with Brigitte Beraha 5.00 – 5.40 & 5.50 – 6.30
The Artemis All Stars 7.05 –7.50 & 9.15 – 10.10
The Red Stripe Band 8.20- 9.10 & 10.15 - 11.15

THE TIM DAWES QUARTET WITH BRIGITTE BERAHA

For all you true jazz aficionados get yourself down to the festival early on Saturday because we have a treat of a line up from Tim Dawes, a man who’s phonebook is positively brimming with the finest jazz talent.
Tim brings with him this year, along with a fine quartet of jazz musicians, the wonderful vocal talents of Brigitte Beraha, described as in TimeOut as an “Individualistic, imaginative, ethereal jazz vocalist”, her exquisite phrasing, great intonation and pretty, pure sweet tone is a perfect accompaniment to a summer’s evening.

“Brigitte Beraha was a revelation when she appeared at the Blue Lamp for the first time last autumn, easily justifying her reputation as a sensational new singing arrival on the British jazz scene. .”JazzAberdeen

Tim himself is a regular on the Oxford jazz circuit and plays double bass with effortless style and rhythm, and you can expect his fine band to produces their trademark mix of wonderful laid back swing, with a sprinkling of uplifting soul for good measure. His jazz has been described in the Oxford Times as “cleanly articulated, skilfully phrased, wonderfully lyrical & lucid, understated.. energetic & inventive”
So sit back and enjoy!

THE ARTEMIS ALL STARS

To start the later evening session off on Saturday, we have another new act in The Artemis All Stars, a band lead by British Trumpet and Flugel horn player Andy Dickens.
Dickens and his music have delighted audiences in the UK, Europe and The Middle East for over twenty five years with his ever fresh blend of fiery jazz, bluesy vocals, ballads and popular standards.

Whether playing cool relaxed jazz in a mainstream setting or providing sparkling trumpet fireworks with a New Orleans street band his approach to jazz in the 21st century is one that looks forward at contemporary developments whilst embracing the essential traditions and history of the music.
Andy has had some great write ups in the Jazz press, and we are delighted to welcome him, his trumpet and hugely talented band to RAAJ 2010!

“His Roy Eldridge-like trumpet is brilliant, and his Louis or Berigan-like vocals not far behind.”
Jazz UK

W: http://www.andydickens.com/

THE RED STRIPE BAND

Described by Jazz FM as “The closest thing to Jools Holland and his big band“, The Red Stripe Band were a huge success last year, their contagious energy and swing-tastic rhythm was instant hit with our festival crowd. Any band that challenges the capacity of our dance floor is ok by us, so we’ve invited them back to get even more people on their feet for the final slot of the 2010 festival.

Heading up the band is ‘Red Stripe’ (Neil Drinkwater) described by the Daily Mail as their “Eccentric raconteur and boogie woogie front man… engagingly infectious” who formed the Red Stripe Band in 1994. They now regularly play at the top jazz festivals in the UK and beyond, being asked back year after year to deliver their unique and engaging show from Edinburgh to Brighton, Oslo to New York, Tokyo and Monte Carlo, as well as the famous “Le Scimmie” jazz club in Milan.

Their fun, upbeat mix of jazz styles and entertaining stage show will see out this year’s festival and take us merrily into the night, so get on your feet and show us your moves!

W: http://www.red-stripe.info/
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Buy Tickets

You can buy tickets at online from our website or call 0118 944 1650 if you want to save money. Tickets are only £15 for Saturday night if you buy by midnight on Friday and even cheaper if you buy in a group. After that there are still tickets available to purchase on the gate for £20 (cash only), but hurry because tickets for Saturday night are selling fast!!!