Mike Denham’s Sunset Café Stompers - 1924 – When Jazz Got Hot
In the roaring twenties, the music was as hot as the nightlife! One hundred years ago, the careers of legendary jazz icons Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Fats Waller and Bix Beiderbecke started to take off.
The Sunset Café Band includes some of the UK's finest interpreters of this great music, led by Mike Denham at the piano. Hear entertaining tales of the time and be transported back to the sizzling, syncopated rhythms and electrifying energy of the Jazz Age.
"One of the best bands of its kind in the land" – Just Jazz magazine
The band:
Mike Denham - piano
Steve Graham - trumpet/cornet
Pete Middleton - trombone/arranger
Trevor Whiting - clarinet & saxes
Keith Hall - banjo & guitar
John Coad - drums
Tim Heming – double bass
Tickets: £20
Free to children of 12 and under, accompanied by a paying adult, and students £5
Performance starts at 7:30pm, doors from 6:30pm with bar available.
Tickets can also be purchased by ringing 01460 54973 or visiting us during opening hours.
*Please note that tickets for performances and workshops are not refundable unless we are fully booked and have a waiting list. Refunds are subject to a £5 admin charge.