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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IJBC is proud to welcome back the
man who took last year’s Ipswich
Jazz And Blues Big Weekender by storm.
Harmonica great Errol
Linton returns with his magnificent
band for a whole afternoon of
Chicago blues Brixton-style.
The group took part in this year’s International Blues
Challenge in Memphis where they won much acclaim down
on Beale Street.
They are without doubt one of Britain‘s
best ever blues acts.
Pete Long is the director of the Ronnie Scott’s Big Band and the award-winning Echoes Of Ellington Orchestra.
This show is an electrifying romp through the classic Benny Goodman small group repertoire of the 1930s and early 40s.
Expect Flying Home, Airmail Special,
A Sm-o-o-o-th One and Seven Come Eleven alongside
standards identified with the King of Swing such as
Memories of You, After You’ve Gone, Avalon and Body
And Soul.
Opening the show will be a new jazz trio on the Suffolk music scene - FNY. They comprise Yula Andrews on vocals, Felix Serrano on guitar and Neil Bateman on saxophone.
Drumming great Clark Tracey brings his all-star quintet to the Willow suite for our final gig of the year.
His stellar line-up features Art Themen on tenor sax, Simon Allen on alto
sax, Bruce Boardman on piano and Andrew Cleyndert on bass.
Clark will be featuring a selection of his late
father Stan Tracey’s finest compositions along with classic
Thelonius Monk tunes.
There’ll also be a sprinkling of
Clark’s original material too, so this will be an early
Christmas present for Ipswich’s jazz-loving concert-goers.
Talking of the festive season, the ticket price includes a
complimentary mince pie and there’ll be a chance to win
a Christmas food hamper in the raffle.
