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Jamie Cullum & Kit Downes to Perform at Chappell's

Jamie Cullum

As part of its two-hundredth anniversary celebrations, Chappell of Bond Street (now actually in Wardour Street, London), will feature the Kit Downes Trio and international artist Jamie Cullum in two special close-up-and-personal concerts in the store's beautiful and intimate recital room, to raise money for the Centrepoint charity for the homeless.

Former Yamaha Music Foundation of Europe Scholarship winner, the renowned recital pianist Freddie Kempf, and international pianist Artur Pizarro have already appeared at one of the centenary Chappell's concerts this year. The Kit Downes Trio will appear on 15 September 2011 at 7:30pm. The trio's album Golden was nominated for the 2010 Mercury Music Prize and the trio has performed on BBC Jazz on 3, BBC 6 Music and on Jamie Cullum's BBC 2 show, as well as chalking up a string of performances in European jazz festivals in the past year. Tickets for Kit Downes trio are £50.

Pictured here: Kit Downes, 2009 Yamaha Parliamentary Jazz Scholarship winner and 2010 Mercury Prize nominee

Jamie Cullum is a Yamaha artist and the biggest-selling British jazz artist of all time. He has won an enviable reputation as a magnetic live performer, playing freewheeling concerts with spontaneity and improvisation at their heart and which rarely employ a pre-determined set list. This one is not to be missed. Jamie's performance will be at 7:30pm on 1 December.

Chappell's is now Yamaha's flagship UK store, founded in 1811 by Samuel Chappell and two years later the Philharmonic Society was formed in conjunction with Chappell. As the 2011 series shows, the current business remains true to the vision of the founder.

Chappell's is a small venue so everyone will get the best seats. Tickets can be booked by phoning Centrepoint on 0207 423 6866.

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(posted: July 2011)