The Viper Club
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About this event
Moving On Music are delighted to welcome back Dave Kelbie with his new project, ‘The Viper Club’.
The Viper Club have a collective résumé that could fill a book. Widely considered four of the best trad-jazz musicians working today, the quartet delves deep into the vault of the infamous Onyx Club, which was led by Stuff Smith (often considered the most famous jazz and swing violinist in history). The Onyx Club was known for some of the most compelling, hard-swinging recordings to come out of New York in the mid 30’s, and it’s from this roaring period of music that The Viper Club was born.
Tcha Limberger needs little introduction. An award-winning multi-instrumentalist and vocalist highly acclaimed across musical genres, he is celebrated within the jazz and folk music worlds equally as a singer and instrumentalist. Blind since birth, he’s one of the most important figures in folk music of the Carpathian basin as well as being a prominent figure in the jazz world known for world class original improvisations and powerful swinging vocals.
Jerome Etcheberry is fresh from the success of his widely celebrated homage to the great trumpet master Louis Armstrong, ‘Satchmocracy’. Stuff Smith cited Armstrong as his primary influence and Etcheberry, probably Europe’s most exalted trumpeter, stamps his mark of excellence firmly on this project with his customary exquisite tone, timing and energy.
Dave Kelbie and Sébastien Girardot complete this star-studded quartet. This highly respected rhythm section has performed with numerous projects on main stages of festivals across the globe. Lauded universally for their flexibility & variety of swing and the solidity of their accompaniment, Tcha’s description of this long-standing musical partnership seems even more appropriate in this setting: “The Rolls Royce of Rhythm Sections”.
“Tcha Limberger seems to be made entirely out of music” – The Observer UK
“Music that speaks to anyone with a pulse” – The Times UK
“This is the proverbial album to die for” – Jazz Da Gama USA
“Dangerously thrilling music” – Jazz Lives US
Location
BT27 4RL Lisburn
Venue details
ISLAND is a triumph of design, technical development and construction, offering arts presenters and the people of Northern Ireland a choice of venues and services to suit every need.
