On June 21st at 3pm and 7.30pm, we welcome back Britain’s most exciting jazz violin virtuoso BEN HOLDER; the incredible star of Stephane Grappelli-style fiddle.Tickets go on sale here https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/hadleigh-jazz-club on Saturday May 3rd at 10am.

Thank you for being so accomodating with the new seating plan. It means that everyone can choose where to sit. If you are in a big group that would like to sit together, do book together. It all worked out on our last gig, thanks for your help.

An energetic mix of traditional jazz, mainstream and swing with a sprinkling of Ben’s own infectious originals, all harking back to the fun and abandon of the 1920s and 1930s, Ben Holder is arguably the most gifted jazz violinist in the UK. His classical studies began at the age of six and were complemented by training at the Birmingham Conservatoire. An introduction to jazz came in his early teens as he discovered Benny Goodman, Oscar Peterson and Stephane Grappelli and he has never looked back. His breathtaking technical ability and true showmanship on stage leave audiences across Europe on their feet and shouting for more.

He is joined in Hadleigh by our good friend Julian Marc Stringle on clarinet ‘Julian has a very rare talent and a great band. I’m a big fan’! SIR MICHAEL PARKINSON, plus the swinging trio of Jim Watson (piano), Joe Pettitt (bass) and George Double (drums).

‘Ben Holder has the warmth and flexibility of a sax player, and all the extra possibilities of a string instrument – lightning speed harmonics, col legno, glissando and double stopping. Chilled and confident, he also has the capacity to switch seamlessly within the same bar from virtuosic violin to vocals.’ LONDON JAZZ REVIEW

Here he is in action https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjMCHMOsJkwt