GREAT JAZZ IN THE HEART OF EAST SUSSEX!

NEXT CONCERT
Friday 18th July 2025  at  7.30pm

Another one-off concert featuring some of the finest jazz musicians in Britain.

Mike Piggott’s Knights of Rhythm with Janice Day

Mike Piggott – Violin
Nils Solberg – Guitar
Martin Litton – Piano
Peter Morgan – Double Bass
Rod Brown – Drums
Janice Day – Vocals

Musician bios below – another stunning line-up!

Mike Piggott
Mike Piggott’s bio would fill several pages and still be incomplete. Suffice to say he has played with an alarming number of famous names and has attracted reviews such as “Master of the jazz violin“…(Jazz UK) and “One of the best swing jazz fiddle players anywhere….“(New York Jazz Times). Collaborations include: An International Fiddle Festival at Battersea Arts Centre with Nigel Kennedy. With Gypsy Jazz guitar stars Fapy Lafertin, Angelo de Barre and Romane. Playing with Grappelli guitarists, including Diz Disley, Martin Taylor, John Etheridge, Bucky Pizzarelli, Jeff Green and Denny Wright. Also with the Neil Stacey’s Kimbara Brothers, Jonny Hepbir Quartet, Ultraswing, Tours of Finland with The Hot Club of London (Nils Solberg and Gerry Higgins), Ian Cruikshank, Keith Stephen’s Gypsy Jazz, Jack Emblow, Big Jim Sullivan, Max Brittain, John Joyce, Wizz Jones, Tom “Spats” Langham, Malcolm Harrison, Gary Potter, Campbell Burnap, Digby Fairweather, Alan Barnes, Piers Clark, Marty Grosz, Ken Peplowski, Chris Spedding, Howard Alden, Mike Dowling, Nigel Price, Herbie Flowers, Laurence Corns, Jason Henson,Tony Barnard, Jim Mullen, Stefan Grossman, Duck Baker, Gary Brooker, Dave Bronze’s “Fargo”. For a full bio visit mikepiggott.com/

Nils Solberg
Born in South Africa of Norwegian descent and brought up in England, jazz guitarist Nils Solberg is self-taught and started his career on the thriving folk scene of the late 1960s. As a teenager he was influenced by the acoustic style of Django Reinhardt. He is now accomplished in a variety of styles. He has performed around the world with many artists including Ralph McTell, Nigel Kennedy and Bryan Ferry.

Martin Litton
Martin Litton toured with Kenny Ball from 1983 to 1984 on his tour of the Middle East and tour of Russia and has recorded with Humphrey Lyttelton. Litton’s fluency of style(s) and the historical context he brings to his jazz piano has taken him around the world, playing with and respected by many of the great names in jazz, past and present. His keyboard skills have been honed by his attention to detail and personal discipline both in terms of musicianship as well as knowledge of the development of jazz piano.

Peter Morgan
Peter Morgan’s collaborations read like a who’s who of the last 50 years of jazz: Danny Adler..Gilad Aztmon..Chris Barber..Bob Barnard..Alan Barnes..John Barnes..Harry Beckett..Bill Berry..Acker Bilk..Campbell Burnap..Benny Carter..Dave Bitelli..
Al Casey..Chevalier Brothers..George Chisholm…Alan Clare..Dave Cliff..Sonny Constanza..Jez Cook..Buster Cooper..Lol Coxhill..Tony Crombie..Ian Cruickshank.. Kenny Davern..Harry ‘Sweets’ Edison..Pee Wee Ellis..Alan Elsdon..Jack Emblow..John Etheridge..Tal Farlow..Bolou & Elios Ferre..Alan Ganley..Slim Gaillard..Will Gaines.. Scott Hamilton..“Peanuts”Hucko..Pete Hurt..Jivin’Jump Band..Yank Lawson..Brian Lemon..Bill Le Sage..Tony Lee..Terry Lightfoot..Martin Litton..Mama Lu Parks..Humphrey Lyttleton.. Don Menza..Dick Morrissey..Jim Mullen..Keith Nicholls..Maceo Parker..Dick Pearce..Ken Peplowski..Mike Piggott..Harry Pitch..Gary Potter..Don Rendell..Spike Robinson..Stan Robinson..Dave Shepherd..Bobby Shew..Nils Solberg..Bobby Orr.. Art Theman..Bruce Turner..Johnny Van Derrick..Ronnie Verrell..Don Weller..Fred Wesley..Bob Wilbur..Spiegel Wilcox..Roy Williams..Jimmy Witherspoon…
and London Venues performed at..
Royal Albert Hall..Barbican Hall..Purcell Room..Queen Elizabeth Hall..Ronnie Scotts..Jazz Cafe..Pizza Express..Pizza on the Park..Vortex..100 club..606 club.. 

Rod Brown
Rod Brown is a freelance drummer and has been part of the UK and European jazz scene for decades. He works with many bands, currently including with Sarah Spencer, Andy Dickens and TJ Johnson. He has performed in pit bands in West End shows, Pantomime, TV and recording sessions, specializing in Latin percussion and has toured with the Herb Miller Orchestra. He is a pupil of Phil Seaman, a legend of the UK jazz and dance band scene from the 1930’s to 1970’s. He has many influences but some are Jo Jones, Paul Barbarin and Cie Frazier.

Janice Day
Janice Day graduated from Birmingham University in the late 1970s with a degree in English. Finding this no use whatsoever she became a danceband singer by night and temp secretary by day. Original singer with both the Piccadilly Dance Orchestra and Keith Nicholl’s Cotton Club Orchestra, she has appeared at the Royal Festival Hall, the Queen Elizabeth Hall, the Purcell Room, Proms in the Park, Pizza on the Park and the Wigmore Hall for Radio Three.