West Kilbride Village Hall 7.30pm
The Tim Kliphuis Trio make a welcome return with their signature style of swing jazz.
As will be well-known to MiWK regulars, the Tim Kliphuis Trio have a spectacular track record. Most recently, they have performed at the Amsterdam Canal Concert, curated the world fiddle night at Celtic Connections Glasgow and celebrated Stéphane Grappelli at the Django Reinhardt Festival in Samois-sur-Seine. They have shared the stage with Les Paul, Roby Lakatos, Richard Galliano, Frankie Gavin, Martin Hayes and Daniel Hope; and they have collaborated with the Netherlands and Tallinn Chamber Orchestras, The Hague and Cape Town Philharmonic and Sinfonietta Amsterdam and toured America, South Africa and Russia.
On 21st November, in a concert which they dedicate to the memory of former MiWK Trustee and great champion of jazz Chris Maughan, the Trio promise us an evening of “swinging and intimate music”, much of it in the style of Django Reinhardt and Stéphane Grapelli. The Trio will foreground the music of George Gershwin with songs like Ain’t Necessarily So, I Got Rhythm, I Loves You Porgy and a sneak preview of their next album “Rhapsody in Blue”, featuring a totally new version of the timeless classic. We should also expect a rip-roaring, folky rendition of Aaron Copland’s “Hoedown”.
Award-winning Dutch violinist Tim Kliphuis has created a brand new style that embraces classical, gypsy jazz and folk. Hailed as a ‘current-day improvising Paganini’, his inclusive and innovative approach to music has united audiences and is influencing a new generation of string players. As a composer, Kliphuis writes music that influences people through the heart – a very different route than the mind. As a Sony Classical artist, Kliphuis recorded Vivaldi-inspired ‘Reflecting the Seasons’, followed by ‘Brandenburg’, based on Bach’s Concertos, and his own ‘Ulysses’ Violin Concerto.
Nigel Clark is one of Europe’s top acoustic guitarists. He was the guitarist and arranger with eighties’ chart band Hue & Cry and has since worked with such supreme talents as Moya Brennan of Clannad, soul music superstar Gloria Gaynor, jazz vocalist Carol Kidd, giants of European jazz guitar Jan Akkerman and Philip Catherine and American jazz icons Steve Swallow and Carla Bley. Nigel’s album of solo guitar arrangements titled “Under The Stars” was released by Edinburgh based Circular Records and he co-founded the Scottish Guitar Quartet, performing across the UK, Ireland and at major European festivals including the Vienna Guitar Festival.
Roy Percy has the reputation of being probably the hardest working bass player on the British jazz scene. He has appeared in bands ranging in style from the New Orleans tradition to Swing, Big Band and Jump Jive. His speciality is the rarely heard ‘slap’ technique and he has a driving, exciting rhythmic style reminiscent of the bass players on the 1920s, ’30s and ’40s. As well as playing with the Tim Kliphuis Trio, Roy features with Quattro MacJazz, The Classic Jazz Orchestra and Alison Affleck’s Gin Mill Genies.
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