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Appearing at this years festival

Master of Ceremonies for the Festival:     Mr Morian Davies

Tommy Harris Quartet

Tom Harris has appeared most years since the festival'Tommys beginnings; his style of music being mainly Modern Jazz. He is one of South Wales's leading musicians, having a wealth of talent and experience playing saxophone and flute. During his career he has played with numerous big bands all over the UK and in Europe, has appeared in Ronnie Scott's and in its heyday London's Talk Of The Town, playing for famous artists such as Tom Jones, Pat Boone, the Four Tops, to mention just a few.

 

JIVE TORQUE

AnJive Torque exciting nine piece band with  male and female vocalists. Currently the band is performing throughout the UK at corporate functions ,weddings and parties.The band play a wide variety of music including swing ,jump jive ,motown ,soul and rock and roll .Further Information regarding the band can be found on the jive torque web site

 

Dawn Sandells

Dawn who lives in Llanelli is an extraordinary jazz and blues singer who gigs at many venues throughout the area. This year she is appearing with her own blues band

The Rookz

An exciting new Llanelli based rock band

Groucho Club

This popular local band has appeared at the festival several times in the past . They play a mixture of Jazz, Blues and Funkderek1derak3

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Capital City Jazz

An excellent band provide a mixture of standards, mainstream and traditional jazz

Aled and Friends

Aled has been the resident keyboard player at the Diplomat Hotel for many years, entertaining hotel guests and friends every Thursday and Saturday evenings. He is an exceptional keyboard player who has been a professional musician for most of his life. He has appeared on BBC television, worked in numerous venues and spent a number of years working on cruise ships.

During the festival he will be playing in the hotel lounge throughout the afternoon.


Andy Pandemonium
Folk - Jazz - Rock

The band who originally formed in the summer of 79 and gigged until 1983 are back after a break of twenty five years.They 've decided to re-emerge unleashing their brand of music on an unsuspecting public. Andy Pandemonium are from Llanelli and played their first gig at the famous Coach House in Wind Street in October 19andy Pand79. By Christmas that year they were a major 2attraction on the local scene and played numerous gigs at the Dublin Arms.. They also played a headline gig at Swansea Top Rank and followed that by taking second place in the Welsh National Rock Contest.. The band also appeared at the RCA Record Labels Battle of the Bands in London 1982.

Its impossible to label their type of music and sound but they are certainly a band to look out for

Morriston Big Band (MBB)

The Band was formed in November 1995. with its main ethos to ensure 'Big Band' music and traditions live on.
MBBSince its formation the band has gone from strength to strength and has a compliment of some 18 or more musicians, male and female vocalists and non -playing support members.

The band plays concerts or for dancing at numerous venues throughout the South and West Wales areas. These include local parks, clubs, hotels, Swansea's Grand Theatre. In 2006 they appeared at the BBC's "Proms In The Park" event in Singleton Park, Swansea. An event which attracted an audience of more than 10,000 and featured Michael Ball, Shan Cothi, Aled Jones and the BBC National Orchestra of Wales.

The band's library encompasses a wide range of music with something to suit all tastes including Jazz, Swing, Rock and Roll, Latin-American, and Pop music from the 60's to the present day,

http://www.morriston-bigband.co.uk/index.htm