Friday 13th December 8:00 PM

JAZZ - Kick Ass Brass

Friday 13th December at 8.00pm

(pre-show supper at 7:00pm)

 

 

 

Soul music comes to Ilminster again

 

KICK ASS BRASS

with

vocalist JACQUI HICKS

and a ten man "all star" line-up

Amy Roberts, Richard Exall,

Julian Stringle, Ben Cummings,

Ian Bateman, Dominic Ashworth,

Craig Milverton, Al Swainger

and Nick Milward

 

 

Tickets £25 (£40 including pre-show supper) can be booked on 01460 54973

Here's a girl to turn heads, back again with a bunch of guys, all of whom we have seen and heard many times,  but they are not in their customary formats.  They'll be playing the same style of music that we heard at their sell-out gig early last year, including all those timeless classics such as Move On Up, Mustang Sally, Mr Pitiful etc.  It was a massive success and popular demand made a second visit absolutely inevitable.
This is another Arts Centre treat which nobody should miss.  

Let's hope the roof stays on ! !   It did last time, but only just.

"Kick Ass Brass" is a Soul/Funk band with a steaming hot horn section and as a primary feature it includes the amazing vocal talents of Shakatak's Jacqui Hicks!  Born in Featherstone, Yorkshire, as a child, Jacqui began playing on the recorder before graduating to the clarinet on which she studied classical music. She also played tenor saxophone for a while. Her musical tastes inclined towards the jazzier end of the current pop spectrum, including musicians such as George Benson and Earth, Wind And Fire. At the age of 18 Hicks attended the Leeds College of Music where she was encouraged by Bill Charleson.  She sang with the college band, with Brian Layton's funk band, and with John Brown's Student Bodies.  After Leeds, she went to the Guildhall School of Music in London. In 1989 she sang occasionally with the National Youth Jazz Orchestra and the following year joined the band on a regular basis. In 1992 she began to tour the world with the jazz funk band Shakatak. Also in the 90s Hicks began a solo career. She has composed songs, including 'Just A Breath Away', which she recorded with NYJO. Hicks is a skilled yet unfussy singer with charm and intelligence, who can hold her own with the very best on the music scene.

The band is made up of 5 of the UK's top jazz/soul/funk instrumentalists, Julian Stringle (Alto and tenor Sax, Clarinet), Richard Exall (Tenor Sax), Amy Roberts (Baritone Sax), Ben Cummings (Trumpet) and Ian Bateman (Trombone). Add to that the top notch rhythm section of Craig Milverton (piano), Dominic Ashworth (Guitar), Al Swainger (Bass) and Nick Millward (Drums/Vocals) and you're onto a winner.
The band plays much of the "Tower of Power" repertoire and many of the great soul classics. All the top bands that feature brass are covered: Candy Dulfer, James Brown, Maceo Parker and Earth Wind & Fire to name a few. Hear all those timeless classics Move On Up, Mustang Sally, Mr Pitiful and such with a funky brass section!