John Etheridge Solo, Quay Theatre, Sudbury, 5th August 2016
Author: Quay Theatre, Sudbury | Published: 1st August 2016 13:01 |
John Etheridge Solo
John Etheridge Solo, Quay Theatre, Sudbury, 5th August 2016
Friday August 5th 2016, 7:30pm
Celebrating the wealth of early and modern jazz, blues and fusion, John has played at asthe top of the jazz & contemporary guitar world for 30 years.First spotted by the press in 1970s in fusion bands, he replaced Allan Holdsworth in Soft Machine in 1975 and then started touring the world with Stephane Grappelli.
Since the 80s his multi-faceted career has led him to play with Barney Kessel, Herb Ellis,Dizzy Gillespie, Tony Williams, John Williams, Yehudi Menuhin, Pat Metheny and Nigel Kennedy.Sting said “I never wanted to be a star, just a highly respected musician like John Etheridge”.
Pat Metheny said “One of the world’s best guitarists ”His Solo Tour follows his highly acclaimed solo album…“I didn’t know” (Dyad DY024) on which he plays on no less than six different guitarsincluding fretless, and a 6 string guitar with lowered bass strings.
REVIEWS:
“How can anyone achieve this level ?Maybe he hasn’t been hailed as a superstar because there’s just too much of him to fitinto any known marketing category” …………THE OBSERVER.
All this plus the irresistible wry humour of John Etheridge the raconteur.
Tickets: £13.00 No Concessions
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