Rose Room

About

Voted 'Best Band' twice at the Scottish Jazz Awards, Rose Room are Scotland's leading ensemble influenced by the Gypsy Jazz genre. Sharing a love of Swing music and the style of the great Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli, their "vigorous and vivacious" performances go "down a storm" with any audience as they serve up their 1930s 'Hot Club' standards, Gypsy Jazz favourites and self-penned originals with virtuosity, verve and panache recreating the excitement of Rive Gauche Paris. Tickets £15 (£7.50 under 18).
Now in their second decade, the quartet is based in Glasgow, fronted by award-winning virtuoso violinist and "sophisticated songstress" Seonaid Aitken who was voted Scottish Jazz Awards 'Best Vocalist' in 2017 & 2018, presented BBC Radio Scotland's 'Jazz Noghts' for 6 years and is a regular tutor at the Grappelli-Django Camp in The Netherlands. Scotland's No.1 guitar maker, Jimmy Moon of 'Moon Guitars', features on double bass with Celtic Connections' Award Winner, Tam Gallagher on Rhythm guitar. The newest addition to the band is an exceptional talent, from Glasgow's south side, Conor Smith on solo guitar. He is known for his work with the popular band The Vintage Explosion.
With three albums recorded to date – 'The High Life' (2015), 'Am I Blue' (2013) and 'Somewhere In Roseland' (2011) – Rose Room have headlined at all of the major Scottish jazz festivals, appeared at the celebrated Shetland Folk Festival, and toured Ireland performing at the Guinness Cork Jazz Festival. They have collaborated with Stéphane Grappelli's former guitarist; the world-famous virtuoso Martin Taylor MBE, leading British jazz violinist Christian Garrick, German Gypsy Jazz star Joscho Stephan and top Scottish saxophonist Konrad Wiszniewski and well as being played on BBC Radio Scotland, BBC Radio Ulster and Jazz FM.
Rose Room are playing at Threlkeld Village Hall on Friday 22nd November at 8pm. Bar and Box Office from 7:15pm. Tickets are £15 (£7.50) for under 18s available from Threlkeld Village Hall Coffee Shop, the village PO and on-line at www.threlkeldvillagehall.org.