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Buck And Billie at Turner Sims
Courtesy of Jo Roberts | Posted on June 11, 2018
Where
Turner Sims
Highfield Campus, University Of Southampton
Southampton
Map
+44 (0)2380595151
When
Fri, October 19, 2018
20:00
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Musicians
About
The Buck Clayton Legacy Band
Alyn Shipton: band leader, bass
Ian Smith: trumpet
Adrian Fry: trombone
Alan Barnes, Matthias Seuffert: reeds
Martin Litton: piano
Bobby Worth: drums
Julia Biel: vocals
In January 1937, one of the great musical partnerships began in the New York recording studios, when Billie Holiday teamed up with trumpeter Buck Clayton and members of Teddy Wilson’s band. For much of the next twenty-two years, Buck and Billie continued to play and record together. In this special presentation, the Buck Clayton Legacy Band (led by bassist and broadcaster Alyn Shipton, presenter of Jazz Record Requests on BBC Radio 3) is joined by vocalist and brilliant Billie Holiday interpreter Julia Biel, to explore that musical treasure trove...