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Man Overboard! at Le QuecumBar

Courtesy of Le QuecumBar: The Hot Club of London | Posted on May 23, 2014

Where

Le QuecumBar
42-44 Battersea High Street
London
Map
020 7787 2227

When

Mon, September 8, 2014
18:00

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Musicians

Ewan Bleach
multi-instrumentalist
Louisa Jones
multi-instrumentalist

About

Man Overboard brings together five like-minded musicians who play and listen to all sorts of music, but who share a love of hot swing. Thomas Gould is a classical violinist described as “staggeringly virtuosic” by The Guardian. He also is a dab hand at jazz, and his playing meets its match in the lyrical clarinet-playing of Ewan Bleach, who has been making his mark on the music scenes of London and New Orleans. Thomas and Ewan work the tunes beautifully together, sometimes harmonising, sometimes challenging each other. At other times, they simply provide the setting for Louisa Jones’ distinctively husky but sweet voice. Underpinning the sound are Dave O’Brien (one of the brightest young musicians on the London swing scene) on the double bass and Jean-Marie Fagon, a good old-fashioned, no-nonsense rhythm guitarist from France....

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