The Royal Jam
The Royal Jam at Bulls Head, London
About the show
The Royal Jam play the greatest tracks of The Crusaders.
Tasked with articulating the distinguished and so very recognisable piano groove and technique of Crusaders' founder, the great Joe Sample, is Carl Hudson (Leroy Hutson, Dexter Wansel, Culture Club, Brenda Russell) and Carl’s virtuoso playing style works beautifully in achieving just that. With such an enviable body of work to choose from there are a wealth of celebrated Crusaders tracks for this top-class line-up to explore.
The band .. Carl Hudson - keys / Patrick Clahar - sax (Incognito, Bill Bruford) / Trevor Mires - trombone (George Benson, Randy Brecker) / guitar tbc / Neville Malcolm (Billy Cobham, Jack de Johnette) - bass / Geoff Dunn (Van Morrison, Oleta Adams, Incognito) - drums
Featuring - The Royal Jam
The band revisit the music of The Crusaders - the legendary West Coast jazz and jazz/funk pioneers - bringing together some of UK’s finest players to mirror the classic line-up of sax and trombone, piano, guitar, electric bass and drums.
Tasked with articulating the so very recognisable piano groove and technique of the great Joe Sample is Carl Hudson - keyboards, Patrick Clahar - saxophone, Trevor Mires - trombone, Tim Cansfield - guitar, "Level Neville" Malcolm - bass, Geoff Dunn - drums.
With such an enviable body of work to choose from this provides a wealth of celebrated Crusaders tracks for The Royal Jam to revisit.
Starting with the band’s highly anticipated live debut - opening the 2022 Southend Jazz Festival – The Royal Jam have accumulated admirers wherever they’ve played - including numerous Ronnie Scott's appearances with more booked and coming up. The exhilarating ensemble musicianship, skillful soloing and the members’ essential love of the Crusaders’ music the band displays in performance sees this trajectory continuing.