NOTTINGHAMSHIRE'S LONGEST RUNNING JAZZ BIG BAND - PLAYING MONTHLY
GEORGINA JACKSON with NJO
Sun, 19 Mar
|Beeston
“Georgina is really very good indeed, a talent definitely worth supporting….top form” Sir Michael Parkinson (BBC Radio 2) “Georgina looks good, has an engaging personality and everything going for her” Sheila Tracy (BBC Radio 2)
Time & Location
19 Mar 2023, 20:00 – 20 Mar 2023, 20:00
Beeston, 16 Hall Croft, Beeston, Nottingham NG9 1EL, UK
About the Event
BUY TICKETS FOR GEORGINA JACKSON WITH NJO
After acquiring a strange and somewhat unfashionable obsession with Jazz and Big Band music at an early age, (and in Wigan!) Georgina began her musical career working as a professional trumpet player almost everywhere up, down, left and right of the country. Working for years with many famous faces, such as Frank Sinatra Junior, Nancy Sinatra and Seal and touring Big Bands in Concert Halls, television and radio, Georgina learned her trade as a lead trumpet player. Harbouring a desire to wear a posh frock rather than the same as 'the lads' in the band, Georgina decided to make a dash for the front mic! Setting up her own Big Band to play at a local ballroom was the first step to fulfilling her frock and singing ambitions, and when the audience didn't boo (but actually cheered!) she decided that she would like…