Go for sultry and sublime or be a bat out of hell . . . .
THE Stables at Wavendon, near Woburn Sands, is known for being one of the top music venues in the south of the country and Wednesday's (May 7) show with Melody Gardot can only enhance that reputation.
Melody Gardot has a hauntingly smooth voice that can melt even the coldest of hearts.
Drenched in a sublime vapour of mellow blues, eclectic folk and the faintest essence of jazz, her roots as a piano player in the nightclubs of Philadelphia undoubtedly set the framework for developing her post-midnight sultry sound.
It's comedy time at The Stables on Friday when Tim Vine rides onto the stage and kicks up a sandstorm of laughter as the Punslinger.
The star of BBC1 TV's Not Going Out, and brother of Radio Two's Jeremy Vine, will capture you with a posse of jokes – tell your kinfolk.
Steve Steinman returns to The Stables on Saturday with his epic adventure delivering the best of the best from three of the world's top selling albums of all time – Bat Out of Hell 1, 2 and 3.
Regarded as the finest jazz spectacle ever, the Benny Goodman Carnegie Hall concert of 1938 is revered by big band fans worldwide and recordings continue to sell today.
Ex Jools Holland arranger and star soloist Pete Long doesn't have the All-Star Goodman Orchestra, but he does have the cream of London's big band players, guaranteeing to provide all the passion of the original concert at The Stables on Sunday.
All the repertoire from the Carnegie Hall concert will be featured, including Don't Be That Way, Body & Soul, One o'Clock Jump and China Boy. An added bonus will be the American vocalist Joan Viskant.
Box office: 01908-280800.
The full article contains 297 words and appears in Leighton Buzzard Observer newspaper.
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Last Updated:
06 May 2008 10:58 AM
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Leighton Buzzard Observer
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