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ARTSREACH - HOT FINGERS

Briantspuddle Village Hall invites you All to
join us for a thrilling musical journey with
the Jazz/Blues/Swing music of the band,
Hot Fingers.
Performing on: Saturday 27 January 2024
th
at 7.30 p.m.
Venue: Briantspuddle Village Hall.
Ticket price: Adult £12 Child £6 Family £32
(Age 11+ Recommended)

Box Office: For Tickets call Deborah on
07788100273
Tickets also available online at www.artsreach.co.uk
Refreshments: Cash Bar will be available with Beers, wine, soft drinks & teas &
coffee
Spats Langham’s Hot Fingers presents ‘Twenty Years with Hot Fingers’
In partnership with Artsreach Dorset, Hot Fingers take you on a musical journey
spanning over twenty years: starting with ragtime, moving through the red-hot
jazz and low-down blues of the twenties, and into the sophisticated swing and
crooners of the thirties, taking in the 'French Coffee House' sound of Django
Reinhardt, comedy 'hokem', jump jive and Latin rhythms along the way. This
troupe of multi-instrumentalists have played more than 1,500 gigs together over
the last twenty years, and weave together the musical history of their songs along
with tales of twenty years on the road working together.
Spats Langham (Pasadena Roof Orchestra, Temperance Seven) has been
entertaining since his teens on tenor banjo, guitar, ukulele and vocals. He is joined
by Malcolm Sked (Bob Kerr's Whoopee Band, The Charleston Chasers) on tuba
and double bass, and Danny Blyth on clarinets, guitar, mandolin and harmonica.

From Sonny Terry & Brownie McGee to Duke Ellington, they offer a diverse range
of music and song. They are joined by 'the Cotswold Canary' Emily Campbell,
bringing her unique talents to the blues music of Bessie Smith, the jazz of Ella
Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday, and the gospel music of Mahalia Jackson and Sister
Rosetta Tharpe. With a repertoire of several hundred songs, and an array of
acoustic instruments, styles, rhythms and sounds, Hot Fingers guarantee a
wonderful musical experience.

Affpuddle and Turnerspuddle website: www.briantspuddle.info

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