The Spin presents: The Sarah Gillespie Band @ Tap Social, Botley, Oxford - Thursday 23rd May, Doors 7.30pm
Doors: 7.30pm
Performance from 8.30pm
The Spin is thrilled to be able to present to you this exceptional artist with her band of KILLER musicians!
Anglo-American singer songwriter Sarah Gillespie is renowned for mixing elements of jazz, folk & blues with her streetwise poetic lyricism. Having released 5 critically acclaimed albums in the last 12 years, she’s toured all over the world headlining leading venues & festivals in Europe and the USA including Ronnie Scotts, Blue Note - Milan and New York’s CBGB’s.
Gillespie will perform material from her most recent album ‘Half Cut’ recorded in Berlin’s legendary Hansa Studios (David Bowie) and partly co-written with guitarist/composer Chris Montague. The band features:
Ruth Goller - bass
Joel Barford - drums
Chris Montague - guitar
James Pearson - piano
Sarah Gillespie - guitar, piano and vocals.
Just to focus in on one of these top-flight players: James Pearson has been the house pianist and Musical Director at Ronnie Scott’s for more than 20 years and has performed all over the world, both as a jazzer, but also as a concert pianist in the classical world. He has collaborated with everyone from Sir Paul McCartney to Wynton Marsalis…, credits including works with Jeff Beck, Joss Stone, Gregory Porter, Elvin Jones, Nigel Kennedy etc. etc.!
But back to Sarah’s own works… let’s just finish here with a few quotes from the press to whet your appetites:
‘Joni Mitchell with a little rap-like percussiveness thrown in, Gillespie is an original.’ John Fordham - The Guardian ★★★★
‘Her witty, free-flowing originals on Wishbones have a beat poet's eye for observation’ JAZZWISE ★★★★
‘Haunting tunes and striking lyrics…yearningly pretty and bitter sweet’ The Independent ★★★★★
‘Beat poet adventurer strays beyond the boundaries of singer-songwriter’ MOJO ★★★★
‘Her songs are beautiful, poetic artefacts’ Sunday Times ★★★★
This promises to be something very special and unique for The Spin; don’t miss out on this, folks… BOOK NOW!!!!!
A note about the venue:
- The bar at Tap Social is card payment only.
- We seat people as much as possible on a ‘first come, first served’ basis. This means that those who buy tickets first are allocated the better seats (as opposed to that allocation being for those that show up first on the night)…so, BOOK NOW (and also save money on ticket prices with our early bird deal)!!
- We are ready to support people who have additional accessibility needs, please let us know in advance via the contact form in order for our team of volunteers to design the assigned seating plan to accommodate you.
Location:
Tap Social
27 North Hinskey Lane
North Hinksey
OX2 0LX
https://www.tapsocialmovement.com
Returns Policy:
If you have purchased tickets for the show but can no longer attend, contact us via the form on the website or email info@spinjazz.com, we will happily refund you if the show is sold out and we are able to re-sell the ticket
Over the last 20+ years, The Spin has presented live music of the highest calibre within the broad 'contemporary jazz' genre, creating scintillating nights out for anybody with a taste for interesting, exciting, alluring and luscious music.
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