AN EDEN COURT IN EXILE EVENT
SWEDISH JAZZ KINGS
MONDAY 12 FEBRUARY 8.00PM
AT INVERNESS TOWN HOUSE

Highland music lovers will be given a rare chance to enjoy a world class band playing classic Chicago & New Orleans jazz when the Swedish jazz Kings visit Inverness in February.

Formed in 1985 by clarinettist / soprano saxophonist Tomas Örnberg, the band plays mainly 1920s and early 1930s Chicago/New Orleans style jazz with great musical expertise.

The Kings have toured extensively all over the world with varying personnel and guests, playing all the major jazz festivals in Europe and visiting the USA, Japan and Australia to great success and acclaim.

They have also performed and recorded with world class guest soloists as Kenny Davern, Roy Williams, Joe Muranyi, Bob Barnard.

Audience members in Inverness can expect to hear a repertoire which includes tunes from the likes of Jelly Roll Morton, Clarence Williams, Louis Armstrong, James P Johnson, Fats Waller, Jimmy Noone, Bix Beiderbecke, Duke Ellington and many other legends.

I thought they had broken the mould for these stars, but here they are alive and well and living in Stockholm. Jazz Journal International

They are just flat out superb musicians. Mississippi Rag

The band played the classic jazz repetoire with the skill, knowledge and flair that characterised the early greats. Melbourne Age

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