The Hot Club of Jupiter
Location
IP33 1BT, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
Telephone
07762 017445- Next Event
- 3rd September 2:00pm
- Event Finishes
- 3rd September 4:00pm
About this event
Join us for an afternoon of Jazz with The Hot Club of Jupiter, formed to provide the music for the 2013 Renault Clio online ad campaign, which was promptly judged too lewd for public consumption and withdrawn. The band, however, lives on, drawn together by a shared love of the music of Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli. As the group has evolved they have broadened their influences to include straight-ahead jazz, New Orleans grooves, Brazilian carnival samba and French surrealism.
The Hot Club realised much of their repertoire, drawn from both the American songbook and music hall tunes favoured by Stephane and Django, had a direct connection to the city where they perform. In their recent album, Vs London, they set out to explore the rich history of London as a home and inspiration for musicians.
The band have enjoyed a busy touring and performing schedule and are regular at both London jazz venues and on the swing dance circuit. Previous highlights include sold outs gigs at London’s Pizza Express Dean Street, a BBC Radio 3 live session and a mammoth 8 gigs in 3 days at the Cork Jazz Festival."
2pm - 4pm
£25 a ticket
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About the Venue
A fantastic town centre venue with a range of different uses, such as live events, workshops, classes and performances centred around performing arts, arts and crafts, art classes, theatre and drama, music, singing, piano concerts and other live music, dance, fitness, community well-being and craft markets.
History
The Market Cross has had a wide range of uses over the past four hundred years from a theatre and dancehall to a badminton court, and a contemporary art gallery. Before that, as the name suggests the site was the town's market.
In June 1725 the first floor of The Market Cross became Bury St Edmunds’ first permanent theatre, The Grand Theatre.
In 1774 the famous Georgian architect, Robert Adam was commissioned to re-clad the south end of The Market Cross. The scheme was later enlarged to include the other three sides and work was finally completed in 1780. The exterior of the building remains largely the same today.
In 1818 the Corporation agreed that a new theatre should be built in Westgate Street. The present Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds was opened in October 1819.
