Mike Denham's SpeakEasy duets, with jazz violinist Mike Piggott.

Pianist Mike Denham welcomes special guest violinist Mike Piggott for the next in a series of SpeakEasy duets. Piggott is acclaimed for playing violin in the Hot Club of Paris style made famous by Stephane Grappelli. He has worked with a huge number of well-known musicians including Ralph McTell, Bert Jansch, Pentangle, Keith Nichols' Ragtime Orchestra, the Kimbara Brothers, Martin Taylor, Diz Disley, John Etheridge, Gary Potter, Digby Fairweather, Bucky Pizzarelli, Marty Grosz, Ken Peplowski... and more. For several years he was jazz/rock violin/guitar tutor at the Dartington International Summer School.

"Master of the jazz violin" - Jazz UK

"One of the best swing jazz fiddle players anywhere..." - New York Jazz Times

Pianist Mike Denham is a regular visitor to the Arts Centre and draws a capacity audience. He performs at many festivals and venues around the UK, either playing solo or with his own Traditional bands. For those not familiar with Mike’s music, his piano playing ranges from the very earliest days of jazz with ragtime and early blues, through Fats Waller's "Stride" style to the 1950’s “Rock and Roll” heard with the likes of Chuck Berry and Fats Domino. He also includes his own renditions of many of the ever popular jazz standards from the “Great American Songbook”. Mike intersperses his playing with interesting and amusing anecdotes about the tunes and the people who wrote, played and sang them.

Performance starts at 7:30pm, doors from 6:30pm with bar available.

Tickets:
General admission: £20
Students: £5 with valid student ID
Children 12 and under: Free, accompanied by a paying adult (max 3 children per adult)

Tickets can also be purchased by ringing 01460 54973 or visiting us during opening hours.