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The Devil's In The Detail
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you want to be a great performer, you have to hone your craft. You can
be the best player in your bedroom but until you’ve been served with a
lost chord, faced an unresponsive audience or kept in step with the rest
of the band, you can’t call yourself a musician. The traditional arena
for Jazz and Blues artists to earn their spurs is the Jam Session –
where they can gather with like-minded players, exchange riffs and learn
what gets audiences going. But where can the upcoming talent in East
Anglia practice their skills?
The inaugural Big Bury Blues Jam is going to take place at the Hunter Club on Saturday 6th of February. It will be an evening for established and up-and-coming talent from around Bury St Edmunds to meet – and play – with each other before a crowd of fans. This is music at its rawest and most exciting, producing a unique creative alchemy of nerves and genius. Jam sessions have produced some of the best known songs around – ask guitar greats Eric Clapton and Peter Green, both of whom pulled songs out of improvisation. Jam sessions are especially important in Jazz and Blues, music forged out of the lightening strikes of inspiration. The First Big Bury Blues Jam continues a tradition established on the banks of the Mississippi, in the basements of after-hours New York or the Speakeasies of Chicago. It’s a place to connect with each other – and the audience; a place to socialise, to hang out and experience something unplanned and unexpected. The Devil’s Kitchen Collective is inviting all those who love the blues to come & listen or join in on Saturday 6th February. Those who get up to play enjoy a few perks! Fiona Kerr and Jim Li If you are running a jam or want more information on future jam sessions ring Fiona at The Devil’s Kitchen Collective on 07917 860384 or further details at the venue website www.hunterclub.org.uk
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