Headline Double Bill: King Pleasure and the Biscuit Boys and Olivia Cuttill

Durham Jazz Festival presents a fantastic double bill programme for the Festival's closing performance.King Pleasure and the Biscuit Boys
With more than 7000 performances in 21 countries under their belt over almost forty years on the road, King Pleasure & The Biscuit Boys are more than just the world's greatest jump, jive and swing band - they're an institution!In that time they have opened shows for B.B. King, Cab Calloway and His Orchestra, Ray Charles, and toured with the real Blues Brothers Band - the one from the movie.Rough, tough and always rocking, King Pleasure & The Biscuit Boys have appeared at festivals, in concert and at clubs throughout the UK, Europe, the Middle East, Russia and The USA - and they still play the Birmingham Jazz & Blues Festival, where they have headlined for an unprecedented 14 years.They've played on 36 radio shows and made 73 television appearances. Along the way, the band have recorded 14 albums, 11 of which for Big Bear Records, all distributed worldwide.The band line up as:
King Pleasure [vocals and baritone saxophone]
Boysey Battrum [alto and tenor saxophones]
Bullmoose K Shirley [guitars]
Mighty Matt Foundling [piano and organ]
Shark Van Schtoop [double bass], and
Gary 'The Enforcer' Barber [drums].Olivia Cuttill
"Olivia Cuttill, award winning London based Jazz trumpet player, composer and lyricist, comes to you with her all star quintet. Heavily influenced by the sounds of New Orleans, influenced by Louis Armstrong and Dr John and the song writing of Nina Simone and Randy Newman, her sound is rich with soul. Olivia's music is full of story telling, from a phone call with the insurance man, to sentimental family tales. Being a third generation musician, jazz and blues are deeply rooted in Olivia's heritage.