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The award winning Red Stripe Band are back at the Crypt as they celebrate 22 years in the business having playing to over 250,000 fans worldwide. Expect an engaging and energetic mix of 1930s boogie , 1940s swing and 1950s rock n roll The Red Stripe Band. Their colourful career has seen their latest original CD “Soho Surprise” top at number 10 in the London Jazz Charts and their songs used on Radio and TV alike including by Pizza Giant Papa Johns in the USA. They have played at every Jazz and Blues festival in the UK and picked up best newcomer at Montreux Jazz Festival in 2010. Expect to be entertained with a high energy evening of original songs and boogie woogie, swing and rock n roll classics.

www.red-stripe.info

Imagine a smaller version of the Jools Holland Orchestra without the annoying front man! –Time Out

Red Stripe’s immediate rapport with the audience and quirky humour makes this show unmissable – Stephen Fry 

Cafe open to ticket holders from 6.30pm 

The award winning Red Stripe Band are back at the Crypt as they celebrate 22 years in the business having playing to over 250,000 fans worldwide. Expect an engaging and energetic mix of 1930s boogie , 1940s swing and 1950s rock n roll The Red Stripe Band. Their colourful career has seen their latest original CD “Soho Surprise” top at number 10 in the London Jazz Charts and their songs used on Radio and TV alike including by Pizza Giant Papa Johns in the USA. They have played at every Jazz and Blues festival in the UK and picked up best newcomer at Montreux Jazz Festival in 2010. Expect to be entertained with a high energy evening of original songs and boogie woogie, swing and rock n roll classics.

www.red-stripe.info

Imagine a smaller version of the Jools Holland Orchestra without the annoying front man! –Time Out

Red Stripe’s immediate rapport with the audience and quirky humour makes this show unmissable – Stephen Fry 

TJ Johnson is widely considered to be one of the UK’s finest jazz and blues singers. He is also an accomplished piano player, drummer and a respected bandleader. Always a true ambassador of the soul, TJ sings songs of love lost and gained, of life wholesome and corrupt, songs of hope, songs of the night, all with the true passion and boozy swagger of only a man who has been there and knows.

Backed by his group of top British musicians TJ plays an extraordinary blend of music that transcends the boundaries of jazz, blues, soul, country and gospel and is influenced by the likes of Ray Charles, Dr John, Louis Armstrong, Johnny Cash, BB King, Nina Simone, Alberta Hunter, Jimmy Witherspoon and many more. His distinctive voice and unique personal stage manner brings both the band and the audience together to create an intimate yet exciting atmosphere rarely equalled.

TJ Johnson is widely considered to be one of the UK’s finest jazz and blues singers. He is also an accomplished piano player, drummer and a respected bandleader. Always a true ambassador of the soul, TJ sings songs of love lost and gained, of life wholesome and corrupt, songs of hope, songs of the night, all with the true passion and boozy swagger of only a man who has been there and knows.

Backed by his group of top British musicians TJ plays an extraordinary blend of music that transcends the boundaries of jazz, blues, soul, country and gospel and is influenced by the likes of Ray Charles, Dr John, Louis Armstrong, Johnny Cash, BB King, Nina Simone, Alberta Hunter, Jimmy Witherspoon and many more. His distinctive voice and unique personal stage manner brings both the band and the audience together to create an intimate yet exciting atmosphere rarely equalled.

Mississippi Swamp Dogs presents “A Night In New Orleans,” a celebration of the rich variety of music from the Crescent City. This presentation has been featured and loved at Ronnie Scott’s, The Hideaway, The Bulls Head in Barnes, all the major Jazz Clubs in London.

Stroll through New Orleans’ legendary French Quarter and you’ll be entranced by some of the most joyous, most danceable, most irresistible sounds heard anywhere on the planet. The Mississippi Swamp Dogs take the best of these much loved songs and present them in a tuneful, high-energy show that will draw you in and keep everyone smiling.

If you love the music of Fats Domino, the Neville Brothers, Dr John, Louis Prima, Professor Longhair, and the great Louis Armstrong, you’ll go crazy for this band. The Dogs offer a riotous mixture of funk, Cajun, soul, rock ‘n’ roll, old style shuffles, and Latin rhythms. And more than these New Orleans masters, you can expect to hear the music of BB King, The Crusaders, Lynyrd Skynrd, and many other renowned artists associated with the rich musical heritage of the American South.

Exploding out of the London Soul and Blues scene, Miss Hoodoo and the Delta Boys have already earned a well deserved reputation as one of the hottest tickets on the worldwide Blues/ Soul circuit.

Based in London, the band has already toured much of UK and Europe, and has had shows in Brazil. The band features some of the most experienced and in demand musicians on the scene who have performed with the likes of Paloma Faith, Kylie Minogue and many other top recording artists.  Band members have performed at venues including Ronnie Scotts, the Jazz Cafe and the O2.

Miss Hoodoo and the Delta Boys comprises the inspirational, Arethaesque vocals of Bridgette Amofah, with a heavyweight horn section led by Chris Webster, a tight rhythm section featuring  Jared Pizzata on Drums, Mateus Nova on Bass and Jacob Quistgaard on guitar, and Kiris Houston on piano and harmonica.

Cafe open to ticket holders from 6.30pm 

Programme

Remaining faithful to the smart sartorial spirit of the period of the music, the look is considered an important part of the ensemble’s performance.

Some of the band know a few period partner dance moves as well, and are liable to swing out on the dance floor, doing Charleston or Lindy Hop swing dancing.