Acknowledged as one of the UK’s most versatile and creative cellists, trailblazing musicians and composers, Shirley Smart is equally at home and well versed in jazz, blues, folk, middle eastern and world music, as well as classical music. Drawing upon 10 years of living and working in Jerusalem where she embraced the overlapping worlds of...
Performing a delightfully nostalgic selection of music inspired by the 1920s and 30s jazz age and reaching into the great American songbook. The band comprises Martin Jenkins on piano, Steve Dow on guitar/vocals and Zoe Lambeth on clarinet, saxophone and vocals. With tasteful solos, polished ensemble playing, male and female vocals and charming harmony duets...
HELEN PORTER (Lead vocals and keyboard) & KAREN WIMHURST (Clarinet, bass clarinet & vocals) Helen and Karen’s sumptuous autumn programme interweaves original material with jazz standards you’ll know and love. Soaring vocals, mellow and gutsy clarinet tones, virtuosic improvisation - this is a collaboration spanning twenty years, infusing an evening with warmth, intimacy and good...
Yvette Andrewartha presents The Unexpected Serendipitous Gig, very kindly fund raising for Calstock Arts. She explains below why she has called this The Unexpected Serendipitous Gig! 'Because the words ‘unexpected’ and ‘serendipitous’ have come to mind so many times during my on-going journey to becoming a jazz singer. ‘Unexpected’ because singing wasn’t a planned ‘thing’...
Refreshingly unconventional and snappily attired boutique orchestra BCO play gypsy and folk-flavoured music in their unique and surprising way. From Balkan and Russian traditional music to their artful distillations of Romantic masterworks to soaring Gaelic folk anthems, BCO is an infectious musical experience like none other. Fifteen albums to their name, Budapest Café Orchestra was...
If you have ever watched Jools Holland seeing in the New Year on BBC2, right at the front of the band is Derek Nash on alto sax. He is one of the UK's top players and is joining another in South West, tenor sax star Martin Dale and his Quartet. Calstock Arts are thrilled to welcome...
Calstock Arts are thrilled to announce that Eduardo Martin & Ahmed Dickinson will perform at the Old Chapel this spring. Ahmed and former mentor, grammy-nominated Eduardo, both amazing Cuban acoustic guitarists, perform their mix of jazz, flamenco and Cuban music! The Bridge is Cuba’s most internationally acclaimed guitar duo. With their musical empathy, Eduardo Martín...
Often described as ‘the finest gypsy jazz in the Cotswolds’, Swing from Paris are a UK quartet of violin, guitars and double bass. Inspired by the great swing bands of the 1930s and ‘40s, they present their own versions of music by Gershwin, Piazzolla, John Lewis, Django Reinhardt, Stéphane Grappelli and the Hot Club of...
Calstock Arts are delighted to welcome the Co-operative Big Band who are returning to the Old Chapel again after excellent performances over the last few year.s Formed in 2009 with a small group of students and private pupils by Pete Twyman. They are kindly performing as a fund raiser for themselves and Calstock Arts. The...
Sadly this gig has been postponed until 2026 keep watching the website for a new date!! Al Swainger - Bass and Electronics, Gary Alesbrook - Flugel, Gary Bamford - Keyboards, Jon Clark - Drums and Electronics. Al Swainger’s Pointless Beauty invites you to experience a world where sound knows no limits. With a genre-fluid...
Join supremely talented Annika and her band in celebration of some of her absolute favourite songs, an eclectic mix of jazz standards, Latin, Nordic jazz, contemporary tunes and some original compositions. Born in South America and raised in Sweden, Annika Skoogh is a highly versatile and celebrated multilingual jazz vocalist with a natural talent who’s...
The Storyville Jassband, founded in 1959, is one of the oldest Trad. Jazzbands from The Netherlands still playing all over the world. The band focuses on the new music, called Jazz that became popular during The Roaring Twenties in the US. When New Orleans Jazz came over to Europe, the European jazzbands of the fifties...