Peggy, Duke and Benny

The songs of Peggy Lee and the music of Duke Ellington performed in the style of the Benny Goodman Quartet. This fundraising concert for the National Jazz Archive is a unique coming together of three of the greatest names in jazz, featured in a wonderfully entertaining programme of much loved classics and fascinating, rarely heard repertoire.

The show stars Georgina Jackson on vocals and trumpet (from BBC Radio 2 and Ronnie Scott’s), and Pete Long on clarinet and reeds (from ‘Echoes of Ellington’, Ronnie Scott’s and the Goodman Carnegie Hall Concert). Backing is by Trevor Jones on piano, Anthony Kerr on vibes, Dave Chamberlain on bass and Richard Pite on drums.

The concert is staged in conjunction with the Jazz Repertory Company, the people behind the popular ‘Benny Goodman and Glenn Miller at Carnegie Hall’ and ‘100 Years of Jazz in 99 Minutes’.