A tough job but someone has to do it. Vocalists Trudy Kerr and Ingrid James are currently performing songs from their CD Reunion (Jazzizit) in Noosa, on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast (above). It’s whaere they have connections….Ingrid James lives in Queensland, and adoptive Londoner Trudy Kerr originally hails from there.

They will be bringing some of that Australian sunshine, and also the experience of having gigged the material extensively in Australia, to a lot of places where a little sunshine goes a long way. Here’s the list, (central London dates in bold.)

Sat 25th Sept Maritime Jazz Festival, Chatham
Sun 26th Sept Jagz, Ascot, 1pm
Sun 26th Sept Hawth Theatre, Crawley
Tues 28th Sept Live session BBC Radio Southern Counties Jazz Hour
Wed 29th Sept The Woodman, Sevenoakds
Thu 30th Sept Grimsby Jazz
Fri 1st Oct The Fleece, Stoke by Nayland Club, Colchester – 8pm
Sat 2nd Oct Wooburn Festival, Beaconsfield
Sunday 3rd Oct CD LAUNCH Pizza Express, Dean St
Tues 5th Oct Lord Rookwood, Leytonstone,
Thur 7th Oct Harri’s Jazz Club in Shepperton
Fri 8th Oct Poole Jazz Cafe,
Sat 9th Oct 606 Jazz Club, Sunday 10th Oct- Daytime workshops, evening gig

I particularly enjoyed the two-girl sassy backchatty version of Neal Hefti and Bobby Troup’s “Girl Talk”.

Full info on dates, times, venue contact numbers on Trudy Kerr’s website.

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