Big Bamboo

Big Bamboo plays old school hot dance music from the Caribbean islands and Brazil – Rumba, Choro, Mento, Beguine and Merengue – in an acoustic and improvised style reminiscent of New Orleans jazz.

Richard Ormrod grew up with the rich, lyrical sound of early Caribbean music and has been playing in this style for thirty five years. Trombonist Will Osborne is passionate about early calypso and beguine and, together, they lead Big Bamboo on a tour through the first half of the 20th Century, across several seas, and through multiple musical traditions rooted in early jazz and hot dance.

with

Richard Ormrod – clarinet

Will Osborne – trombone

Jonny Flockton – guitar/banjo

Adrian Knowles – double bass

Sam Bell – congas

Matthew Shallcross – percussion

4-6pm Seven Bar.

Pay What You Feel.