The ‘Soul of Jazz’ show brings together four leading figures from the Island and UK jazz scene: Laurie McVay (vocals), Jim Thorn (piano), Jon Thorne (Bass) and Mike Holdcroft (tenor sax).

The quartet plays jazz with a soul and blues edge, bringing a modern sensibility to tunes from, amongst many others, Nina Simone, Ray Charles, Billie Holiday and Michel Legrand.

The band is heavily influenced by the ‘soul jazz’ of the 1960s and the outputs of the Prestige and Blue Note labels, but the music is totally of the moment. This is music to move to and be moved by.