Special Double Bill Featuring Trio Manouche & The Capitano Cartel

Trio Manouche & The Capitano Cartel (Old Skool Meets New Wave (Part of this year’s EFG London Jazz Festival): World class Gypsy Jazz Trio Manouche kick off the evening with a highly atmospheric mix of swing classics.

Featuring band leader Harris on guitar and vocals along with legendary guitarist Giulio Romano and the Cornish bass wizard Marcus Penrose, they will be performing inspired re-worked classics of the great Gypsy jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt together with ambient arrangements of trad swing greats such as Nat King Cole. “Trio Manouche are a class act ….

great soulful swing delivered with wry humour …..” – Suzy Klein BBC Radio 3.

The second half of this intriguing double bill introduces the new, amazing Capitano Cartel (Versione Fantastico) hosted by Capitano himself Simon Harris, featuring brand new original compositions pushing beyond the boundaries of jazz, blues Country & Latin in an exciting blend of new, fresh musical flavours.