This evening New Vintage will be celebrating the man without whom we wouldn’t have met and wouldn’t now be playing together: Brian Pretty.
The long-time champion of live music in Lichfield and especially jazz, who died earlier this year, was instrumental in starting the first community big band, called Blast Off, under the direction of Nick Dewhurst. It was in this band that four of New Vintage first got to know each other.
Brian’s Big Bash – A Tribute To Brian Pretty is at the Guildhall in Lichfield this evening from 7.30pm. Headlining the event are King Pleasure And The Biscuit Boys, and also performing are ASpire, the newly established community big band that is carrying on the tradition of Blast Off.
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