Jazz Club Stroud
Friday 26th April 8pm
This month our guests will be saxophonist Dom Franks and guitarist Matt Hopkins.
Dom Franks is a former winner of the Daily Telegraph Young Jazz Musician of the Year competition and a past member of the National Youth Jazz Orchestra who studied at London’s Guildhall School of Music with former Jazz Messenger Jean Toussaint and saxophonist Stan Sulzmann. Based in Cheltenham, he is a leading jazz musician, arranger and composer.
Matt Hopkins is known for his inventive and melodic guitar style. He plays in the Hopkins Hammond Trio and has featured in Andy Sheppard’s Hotel Bristol and Emily Wright & The Royals. He also takes the lead role in the “Music of Pat Metheny” project alongside pianist Dave Newton. Matt is also known as an instructor and educator, specialising in jazz improvisation.
Listen to never-before-created live music. Come and perform with friendly supportive musicians. At the end of a hard week get in the zone, rid your cares, relax! The venue has the perfect post-urban atmosphere.
The jam is hosted by Stroud Jazz Collective and Stroud Valleys Artspace and has been born out of the former Stroud Jazz Sessions, celebrated for over a decade in Stroud.
Tickets:
Pay what you can: £5/£7 on the door