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Multi award-winning jazz vocalist and Radio Presenter, Claire Martin OBE, joins the internationally acclaimed BBC Big Band for a unique celebration of the legendary leading ladies of the Big Band, including Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Judy Garland, Peggy Lee and their contemporaries.
Through a diverse repertoire arranged and curated by the BBC Big Band’s conductor Barry Forgie and Claire Martin, the concert celebrates the music of the twentieth century’s most iconic vocalists, whose legacy and influence continues to define a classic era of jazz singing.
Enjoy the classic songs that made them stars, such as That Old Black Magic, I’ve Got The World on a String, Too Darn Hot and many more. Plus plenty of popular Big Band hits from the groups that the divas loved to work with, including Artie Shaw, Count Basie and Benny Goodman.
An evening of feel-good music inspired by the most glamorous women in Jazz!
Event details
Dates | Times |
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Sun 10 Mar 2019 | 19:30 |
Prices
Tickets: £22.50, £27.50 & £32.50.
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Sat 23 Feb | Welsh National Opera: Un ballo in maschera |
Sun 24 Feb | Welsh National Opera: The Magic Flute |
Wed 27 Feb | Welsh National Opera: The Magic Flute |
Thu 28 Feb | Welsh National Opera: Roberto Devereux |
Fri 1 Mar | Welsh National Opera: The Magic Flute |
Sat 2 Mar | Welsh National Opera: Roberto Devereux |
Address
Bute Place,
Cardiff,
CF10 5AL
Location
Directions
Map reference: ST 191746 Lat: 51.46456 Long: -3.16595
Leave M4 at J33 (signed Cardiff (West), Barry, Penarth, Cardiff Airport & A4232). Join the A4232 & continue for 9.3 miles.
Leave the A4232 just before Butetown Tunnel & follow signs for Techniquest.
Continue along Stuart Street & turn right at the traffic lights onto Bute Place, road bends around to the left, take the first exit to the right (around Craft in the Bay), follow this road around to the left back onto Bute Place.
Accessible by Public Transport: 2 miles from Cardiff station
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