Calypso Moon Christmas Special Show

The Friends Of Thimblemill Library are excited to welcome local vintage jazz & swing band Calypso Moon with a Christmas Special Show.

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CALYPSO MOON are a UK-based vintage jazz band with a passion for the music of the 1920s, 30s and 40s, made famous by stars such as Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday and Doris Day.

CALYPSO MOON are Eleanor Dattani, Lydia Glanville and Amy Coates.

ELEANOR DATTANI is a seasoned vocalist and songwriter. She has performed with many bands over the years, including festival heavyweights The Electric Swing Circus, with whom she performed at Glastonbury, Bestival, Womad, Shambala and Secret Garden Party, as well as touring internationally. Songs she has co-written and sang on have been played on BBC Radio 6 Music, and have millions of Spotify plays and YouTube views. After a break from music which involved having a baby during a global pandemic, Eleanor has returned to the mic to lead her own band - the incredible Calypso Moon!

LYDIA GLANVILLE, Calypso Moon’s drummer, has had an exciting career gracing stages such as Glastonbury, Cheltenham Jazz Festival, The Barbican and Birmingham Town Hall. She has toured the UK and Europe extensively with many artists and groups, including Boat to Row, John Southworth, Gren Bartley, Kate Doubleday and Jipsy. She has performed live on BBC Radio 6 Music and recordings she has played on have been featured on the One Show. Playing with Calypso Moon allows Lydia the opportunity to revisit the types of music which she loved as a young musician whilst studying at Birmingham Conservative.

AMY COATES is a badass jazz double bassist and super-talented arranger in very high-demand! Having recently graduated from the University of Birmingham, this year she has performed at Mostly Jazz Festival and Birmingham Symphony Hall to name a few, and performs regularly with many different acts on the Birmingham jazz scene. We are certainly lucky to have such an exciting young talent in Calypso Moon!

Abi sings because she has to. With songs that scream for the people who have no voice, shout from the other shore to keep going, whisper to tired working mums, moan for the end of the world, pray for someone to listen. A gifted songwriter, she is also a natural poet.

'Lying half-awake one night, I suddenly heard this new guitar sound - like the progression of what Rev Gary Davis might do if he'd gone on to play soul, rock n roll and punk. I thought, why has no-one ever done this?'

Pay What You Can Afford with suggested price of £8.00 advance (£5 concessions).

General Advance tickets & on the door entry will be £10.00.

Doors open at 7.30pm & music will commence at 8.00pm.