Karen Lake - singer, Pete Lyons - saxes, Jez Matthews - piano, Rich Keates - bass, Brian Bestall - drums
Influences
We are influenced by material from the great American song book.
Instrumentally predominantly by bebop/cool musicians, Bud Powell, Monk, Coltrane, Art Blakey, Miles.
Vocally by Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday and Madeleine Peyroux.
Impressions are a cool 5 piece jazz combo based in Sheffield. Their lively set is made up of swinging standards, hot Latin rhythms and sultry ballads.
To see all gigs listings go to their GIGS page on their website at www.impressionsjazz.co.uk.
We are proud to announce that we are HEADLINING the Cream
Insturment Cable Stage at the Lesser Muni as part of the 2009 Great British
R&B Festival in Colne, Lancashire, UK on Monday August 31st. The
Charlie White Project and Sheffield’s blues
poet Mr Billy Martin Jnr are also appearing. Expect great music and utterly
immaculate sound quality using cutting edge PA cables and power amps. Ticket
details are available at www.bluesfestival.co.uk.
Doors open at 7.30pm and we will be onstage at 10.15pm.
Our new album “A Time and Place” is available directly from www.robinhoare.com via Pay Pal and from
good record stores.
Grove Inn Jazz Club, Back Row, Leeds LS11 5PL.
Sunday October 12 2008, 8:30pm
£4.00 waged/£3.00 unwaged
Guy Hatton (guitar), Stuart Garden (keyboards), Kenny Higgins (bass), Caroline Boaden (drums). Electric jazz influenced by Miles Davis, Chick Corea, Pat Metheny, Gary Burton etc!
