We hold monthly gigs in the spacious Willow suite at Venue 16, Tuddenham Road, Ipswich. The IJBC is a not-for-profit organisation run by jazz and blues enthusiasts whose sole aim is to bring the very best acts to Suffolk’s county town.
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Nominated for five UK Blues Awards and British Blues Challenge finalists, and with a chart topping blues album and single to their name, The Milk Men have earned a reputation as the one of the most dynamic and enjoyable live bands on the circuit.
The group feature talent from the cream of the British R’n’B scene and have serious pedigree with former Pirate Mike Roberts on drums, Lloyd Green (son of guitar legend Mick Green) on bass guitar, husky blues singer Jamie Smy on vocals and Adam Norsworthy on incendiary guitar.
Opening the show will be the always popular Essex country-blues star Martin McNeill. Renowned for his trademark bottleneck blues playing, Martin is no stranger to Ipswich having performed at various places in town including the New Wolsey Theatre.
IJBC is proud to present Suffolk’s premier jazz big band.
Since 1998 Horn Factory have been bringing together 18 of the top musicians in the area to create their own brand of fast moving, hard hitting, toe tapping contemporary jazz.
They specialise in performing material by some of the lesser known modern jazz composers and do so with aplomb.
Horn Factory are no ordinary jazz ensemble. They leave no stone unturned in bringing something new to the genre and never fail to deliver an entertaining show.
This is a rare chance to see singer and boogie woogie pianist extraordinaire Mike Sanchez. One of the most flamboyant performers on the jump blues and rock’n’roll scene brings his group to Ipswich for the first time in ages.
Mike made his name with The Big Town Playboys, recording a string of albums with them including a Gene Vincent tribute CD starring Jeff Beck. After that came many years working with Bill Wyman’s Rhythm Kings which he combined with his own career as a solo artist and bandleader.
If you’re still in any doubt about how good this man is, then we’ll leave the last words with Led Zeppelin’s Robert Plant : ‘He grabbed the genre by the throat and shook new life into it, preaching sweat & grind from his church of the 88 keys. He is admired and respected by all who come before him.’
