If you love live music, head to our classy and friendly neighbourhood restaurant, where a jazz duo will welcome all-comers for an evening of live Jazz and delicious Italian food and cocktails. Doors open at 6:30 pm - come early for a drink and to socialise before the music starts at 7:30.
Tickets come with a 3 course Italian menu and a Jazzperol cocktail (our signature Spritz).
We have invited special guests down to perform live Jazz music:
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Thursday 18th July – The Jazziastics
Guitarist John O’Reilly & guitarist & vocalist Stephen Gray with an atmospheric mix of jazz standards, blues and swing. John O’Reilly works and tours both in the UK and in Europe as a solo artist and with his band, The Blues Engineers. Stephen Gray played the lead role in the musical Buddy as well as playing for Sir Elton John, Sir Paul McCartney and Diana Krall. Material covers a wide sphere of music with the jazz element including the music of Fats Waller. Frank Sinatra, Nina Simone, Nat King Cole, Bacharach, Gershwin & Porter.
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Thursday 8th August – Shireen Francis Duo
Initially Inspired by artists such as Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughan as well as her own Caribbean background, Shireen’s jazz performance is laced with flavours of the blues and gospel as well as a hint of the rhythms of the islands infused with a contemporary jazz harmony. “Quite simply Shireen is one of the best British jazz vocalists of this generation ……” BBC Radio
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Thursday 12th September – Zena James’ Groovetime Duo
Soulful jazz singer Zena James brings catchy grooves and infectious energy to all of her shows. Inspired as much by 70’s soul as by the jazz greats, Zena‘s had great reviews for her funky new take on popular and rare jazz gems and irresistible, low-down R&B sounds. Expect funky arrangements of popular jazz standards and groove-laden self-penned originals with this charismatic vocalist. “Emotive delivery …. Compelling originals ….” The Guardian
For dinner reservations please call +44 (0) 207 370 9130 or email ciao@theossimpleitalian.co.uk
Venue:
Theo's Simple Italian
34-44 Barkston Gardens London, SW5 0EW
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