World famous clarinet player Acker Bilk will be performing with his Paramount Jazz Band at the Platform in Morecambe on Friday 18 June.
Acker Bilk – a regular guest at the top Morecambe venue – gained worldwide fame with hit singles ‘Stranger On the Shore’ in 1962 (which stayed in the charts for 55 weeks and was the first number one hit in the UK and USA simultaneously) and ‘Aria’ in 1976.
Since then, Acker and his Paramount Jazz Band have firmly established themselves as one of the most successful and best loved British jazz bands of all time.
In 2001 Acker received an MBE for his services to the music industry and in 2005 gained a BBC Jazz Award for his unique contribution to jazz in the UK. Recent collaborations include concerts and albums with the late Humphrey Lyttelton, Chris Barber and Van Morrison, also the very successful ‘3Bs in Concert’ – a combination of Acker Bilk, Kenny Ball and Chris Barber and their bands.
In recent years Acker Bilk has integrated the cream of the UK’s current jazz talent into the band with the introduction of Enrico Tomasso (trumpet), Ian Bateman (trombone) and John Day (bass) to the line-up. The band has a new vitality which is guaranteed to make the concert go with a swing!
• The show will start at 7.30pm and tickets cost £15, from the Box Office on 01524 582803 or from Morecambe or Lancaster Visitor Information Centres.