East Grinstead Jazz Club is delighted to welcome the duo Mike Piggott & Nils Solberg with their entertaining combination of gypsy jazz, swing and blues as inspired by the hot club de France which featured violinist Stephane Grappelli with guitarist Django Rheinhardt
With The East Grinstead Jazz club House Band & hosted by Jenny Green
- Adrian York – Keys
- Paul Whitten – Bass
- Vince Dunn – Drums
- Mike Piggott – Violin
Performances, recordings and tours with a wide range of artists (as both violinist and guitarist) including Ralph McTell, Bert Jansch, Phil Collins, Diz Disley, 4 years a member of Pentangle (replacing John Renbourn in the original line-up), Howard Alden, Gary Potter. Keith Nichols and Guy Barker’s “Bix” concert series at the Queen Elizabeth Hall and Purcell Room and The Hot Club of London. He is featured in the “Venuti” role in Russell Davies’ television film “The Lowest of the Low” – the history of the bass saxophone. Concerts with USA jazz-stars Bucky Pizzarelli, Ken Peplowski and Marty Grosz. A “Violin Summit” featuring Mike with Christian Garrick and Stuart Hall broadcast on Radio 3’s Jazz Notes as part of the “Genius of the Violin” festival in London. He is an occasional member of Martin Taylor’s “Spirit of Django” and John Etheridges’s “Sweet Chorus”. A publication “Stephane Grappelli – with and without Django”, by Paul Balmer (Sanctuary Publications), includes recognition of Mike’s work. Five years as jazz violin tutor at Dartington International Summer School with the Herbie Flowers Rockshop.
Humphrey Lyttelton twice opened his BBC Radio 2 show “Best of Jazz” with tracks from Mike’s CDs “Blues for Stuff & Steph” and “Take A Walk”.
“One of the best jazz-fiddlers active anywhere…” New York Jazz Times.
“Master of the jazz violin….” Jazz UK
Nils Solberg – guitar/vocals. Credits include tours, recordings and broadcasts with Nigel Kennedy, Claire Teal, The Hot Club of London (with Mike) and two world tours with Bryan Ferry.
Performances with the Diz Disley String Quintet, which included violinist Johnny Van Derek and bassist Coleridge Goode, who recorded with Django Reinhardt.
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