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Jazz Greats consists of Roger Eames (Double Bass), Christine Eames (Keyboards) and Gil Monks (Saxes) plus guest musicians for special occasions.
We play LIVE Jazz in every style from Dixieland to Miles Davis.
Our regular venues are in the south Costa Blanca where we have a large following of Jazz fans.
Jazz Greats
Jazz Greats is a small band with a big reputation, playing the greatest hits in Jazz from Louis Armstrong to Miles Davis.
The line-up is Roger Eames (string bass), Christine Eames (keyboards), Gil Monks (saxes), Rob Wiffen (trombone) and Mike Brain (drums, vocals). Earlier this year they brought over top trombonist Bob Wilson as a special guest soloist for the "Alkazartes" jazz festival in Los Alcázares, adding clarinettist Paul Bridgewater and trumpeter John Atkins to the front-line.
Christine won prizes as a big band arranger in the UK, so many of the Jazz Greats greatest hits are arranged and composed by her, while husband Roger worked for the BBC for many years as producer of Humphrey Littelton's Jazz Club programme.
Their main regular venue is the "El Pescadito" restaurant in Mil Palmeras (Mondays) but they also play Wednesday and Saturday nights at the "El Balcon" restaurant in Campoamor. Other one-off dates include the La Laguna Hotel for weddings and Ruby wedding anniversaries and a special 'live' jazz nights at the Silk Notes restaurant in Montesinos on November 7th and another hopefully in December. If you haven't been there before, check out the jazz atmosphere with giant posters of Satchmo and Trane decorating the walls! And watch this space for news of another new local weekly jazz club starting in the new year, promoted by Jazz Greats and friends, followed by a St Valentine's jazz dance at El Pescadito in February.
Members of the band also provide backing for Christine's choir - "Coro Pilar", which performs sacred and secular music in concert in the Pilar de la Horadada area - Christmas music, Songs from the Shows etc.
For more details of any of the above, or if you'd like to offer a gig or concert to Jazz Greats, please phone Christine and Roger on 96676 2308
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