
Big Bamboo
Wed 15 Oct 2025, 6.00pmSeven Arts
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Old school hot dance music from the Caribbean islandsDoors: 6.00pm Music: 6.00pm
Big Bamboo play Rumba, Choro, Mento, Beguine and Merengue – in an acoustic and improvised style reminiscent of New Orleans jazz. Clarinettist Richard Ormrod grew up with the rich, lyrical sound of early Caribbean music and has been playing in this style for thirty five years. Trombonist Will Osborne is passionate about early calypso and beguine and, together, they lead Big Bamboo on a tour through the first half of the 20th Century, across several seas, and through multiple musical traditions rooted in early jazz and hot dance.
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Richard Ormrod
Clarinet, bell, guiro
Will Osborne
Trombone
Jonny Flockton
Guitar
Sam Bell
Congas
Adrian Knowles
Double bass
Matthew Shallcross
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