PICNIC PROM: JTQ - The James Taylor Quartet & Emma Smith

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JTQ – THE JAMES TAYLOR QUARTET 
EMMA SMITH

26 August

The coolest sounds in funky acid jazz…

JTQ – THE JAMES TAYLOR QUARTET

Led by Hammond organ guru, James Taylor, JTQ stands with one foot planted in 2024, and the other, just as firmly, somewhere south of the 1970s. For more than 35 years The James Taylor Quartet have set the standard for the coolest sounds in funky jazz and have quietly become a byword for distinguished British creativity.

Featuring an expanded 6-piece line-up, including the incredible vocal talents of Yvvone Yanney, JTQ are perhaps best known and best loved for their unrivalled live performances – so don’t miss this opportunity to witness a true British music institution, live in concert.

‘The band's impressive live reputation holds fast - like the Hammond organ, it takes jazz and funk and gives it a righteous, spinning roar’ The Guardian

‘The best Hammond player this side of the Atlantic’ Craig Charles, BBC6

An evening of joyful jazz...

EMMA SMITH

Emma has performed in venues ranging from the 02 Arena to the leading jazz clubs of New York City, as well as collaborating and recording with the likes of Michael Bublé, The Quincy Jones Orchestra and Robbie Williams.

She will be appearing with her own world-class trio of musicians: expect a wonderfully eclectic, but most of all fun, evening of world-class jazz.

“One of the most stylish and original interpreters of Songbook classics on the scene” – All About Jazz