LEGENDARY folk rock violinist Ric Sanders brings his group of talented jazz musicians to Farnsfield Village Centre on Friday –– with the group drawing on over 30 years' experience of working with each other.
Ric has been the main fiddler in Fairport Convention since 1985 in what is the ground-breaking electric folk group's longest standing line-up.
But his roots lie in jazz, and together with long time associates Vo Fletcher on guitar and Michael Gre
gory on percussion, the three world-class instrumentalists draw their repertoire from some of the greatest contemporary composers of popular music, including works by jazz masters such as Duke Ellington, Stephane Grapelli and Miles Davis mixed with popular tunes from Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Wonder, the Beach Boys, Nik Kershaw and The Beatles.
The audience will also original compositions, folk tunes, morris dance tunes and some re-worked Fairport favourites as part of the group's eclectic mix.
Rick's long career started in 1972, touring Europe with Stomu Yamashta's Red Buddah Theatre, and during the mid-1970s Ric was in demand as a jazz soloist and worked with, among others, Michael Garrick, Johnny Patrick and legendary jazz pianist Jaques Dieval.
Later that decade Ric pursued both his folk and jazz interests as a member of The Albion Band and Soft Machine.
And 1980, Ric and Soft Machine guitarist John Etheridge formed Second Vision. They recorded an album and toured extensively before Ric moved on to join Fairport Convention, who were recognised with the BBC's Folk on 2 Lifetime Achievement Award in 2001.
Ticket for the gig are priced at £10 on the door and for more information ring Mansfield 794700. The full article contains 279 words and appears in n/a newspaper.
