Doors open 7pm, music starts at 8pm.

Line-up: Jim Rattigan – french horn Nick Costly-White – guitar

“…After I’d played with Nick in Pete Hurt’s band, I went to a gig of his at the Vortex Club. He was in a quartet with the vibes player, Jim Hart. It was great to hear him in that small setting, so afterwards, I rang him up and arranged to go to his Dalston flat for a play, and that’s how the second album of this set – I titled it “You Must Believe In Spring” – came about in October last year. Playing tunes with Nick just felt so nice. He’s got so many tunes in his repertoire, his own and other people’s, but he knew all the standards.”

Rattigan and Costley-White recorded 11 tunes for ‘You Must Believe In Spring’, from Antonio Carlos Jobim’s ‘Ligia’ to the bebop classic ‘Parker’s Mood’, to the Michel Legrand title track, Billy Strayhorn’s ‘Lush Life’, the ever-haunting ‘Body and Soul’ and more. This was when Rattigan mentioned these explorations to the Three Worlds Records label, which had released three of his earlier albums. It was yet another piece of happenstance that dropped the third piece of the jigsaw of Duos into place. (extract from Rattigan’s interview with John Fordham following 3-CD release “Duos” for London Jazz News).

This evening, the music will be a mix of standards, inspired by the work of Bob Brookmeyer and Jim Hall, and some originals written by Jim Rattigan.

Jim Rattigan has performed all over the world both as a jazz soloist and as a band member of various groups. These include the Michael Brecker Quindectet, the Charlie Haden / Carla Bley Liberation Music Orchestra, the McCoy Tyner Big Band, Django Bates’ Delightful Precipice, the Creative Jazz Orchestra with Kenny Wheeler, Brad Mehldau with the Britten Sinfonia. Jim has toured and recorded with Mike Gibbs and the Hans Koller band with Steve Swallow and Bill Frizzell. Mark Lockheart’s Scratch Band, Julian Arguelles Ensemble, BBC Big Band, Guy Barker Big Band, the London Sinfonietta and the NDR big band in Hamburg. Jim has worked with all the major London symphony orchestras and was a member of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra for 6 years. Jim has played on numerous film scores including several James Bond movies, Lord Of The Rings, Batman, The Bourne Ultimatum and many more. He has also written music used for film T.V. and radio. Jim has worked with many pop artists including Shirley Bassey, Tom Jones, Paul McCartney, George Michael, Jim was recently awarded an ARAM from the Royal Academy for his contribution to music. jimrattigan.co.uk

Nick Costley-White is one of the most in demand guitarists on the UK jazz scene, renowned for a deep understanding of the jazz tradition and repertoire, alongside a virtuosic technique and progressive approach to improvising. Nick is lucky enough to have performed with some of the most renowned jazz musicians in the country including Stan Sulzmann, Gareth Lockrane, Jason Rebello, Alex Garnett, Mark Taylor, Steve Fishwick and Jeff Williams and holds the guitar chair with the London Jazz Orchestra. Nick performs extensively throughout the UK as well as touring in Europe, Australia, China and South America. nickcostley-white.com

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Karamel – 4 Coburg Road, London N22 6UJ The Karamel vegan kitchen will be serving food until 9.30pm. Email [email protected] to book a table for groups over 5.

Tickets: £5 in advance from www.musicglue.com/karamel or £10 On The Door.

Doors open 7pm, music starts at 8pm.