BBC Big Band with Ian Shaw In association with BBC Radio 2

Fri 17 Oct 7:30pm at Town Hall

Britain’s finest Big Band returns for a second season at Town Hall. This concert, to be recorded for BBC Radio 2’s Big Band Special, features an evening of jazz and swing classics, plus special guest vocalist Ian Shaw. Winner of Best Vocalist at the 2007 BBC Jazz Awards, Ian is a regular performer with the BBC Big Band and will feature jazz standards and songs from his recent albums, Drawn To All Things-The Songs of Joni Mitchell and the self-penned Lifejacket.

“He has few rivals” Sunday Times

“The best jazz vocalist we have” Time Out

“One of the contemporary scene’s class acts” The Guardian

“A razor-sharp performer with faultless time and unrivalled passion”
WBGO Jazz88FM New York

In association with BBC Radio 2. Concert to be recorded forBBC Radio 2’s Big Band Special. BBC Big Band is a Town Hall Associate Artist.

Jiggs Whigham Conductor
Ian Shaw Vocals

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