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Wed 12 November |
John Etheridge Trio |
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Celebrity guitarist (Soft Machine, Stephane Grappelli, Yehudi Menuhin, Dizzie Gillespie...!) joins two of the North's finest.
In 1975 John Etheridge joined the legendary jazz- fusion group Soft Machine. International touring and recording followed until the band’s demise at the end of the 70s. More or Less simultaneously (starting in 1976) Etheridge joined the touring group of the celebrated jazz violinist Stephane Grappelli. For a number of years these two commitments ran parallel - revealing the broad range of his abilities.
Etheridge left Grappelli’s quartet in 1981. For the last twenty years he has pursued a career involving associations with many of the great players of the jazz world. He has appeared with - Barney Kessel, Didier Lockwood, Nils Pedersen, Gordon Beck, Herb Ellis, Mundell Lowe, Dick Heckstall- Smith, Vic Juris, Miroslav Vitous, Biretli Lagrene, Dizzy Gillespie, Tony Williams, Yehudi Menuhin, Pat Metheny, Andy Summers, Nigel Kennedy, and is in a group formed by the great classical guitarist, John Williams.
In the late 80s, Etheridge started to lead his own bands and is currently fronting a quartet dedicated to Stephane Grappelli, as well as an 8 piece group Zappatistas (performing the music of Frank Zappa) and also leads a trio with the legendary drummer John Marshall.
8:30pm. Admission: £7, members £5
Venue: Goodfellowship Inn. Directions