Description

Professorial piano rolls, second line street beats, subterranean tuba sirens and sparkling chromatic harps, Bootleg Trio are an elegant band of dreamers and screamers.
Original heartwarming hooks, epic explorations, lullabies of love and protest, Arthur Lea sings eclectic folk blues with jazz sensibilities. Add the odd Waits cover, Dylan reinvention or Prince B-Side for a playful, poignant - sometimes psychedelic, frequently funky - quirky yet catchy repertoire?
 
ARTHUR LEA vocals, piano
CHRISTOPHER BARRETT tuba, FX
PAT LEVETT drums, harmonica
 
This freshly recorded, upcoming debut album release also features two special guests:
 
ROB UPDEGRAFF- guitar
Perfectly placed telecaster twangs of Americana genius
FRANCES EVA LEA - vocals
Sweet BVs with a blast of spoken word

https://www.arthurlea.co.uk/bootlegtrio
 
?Arthur Lea...like a 21st century Thelonious Monk' - John Fordham, The Guardian
 
?Great singer and songwriter' - Rick Pearson, Evening Standard
 
?Barnstorming? - The Jazz Mann
 
?Sheer gumption and skill?just wonderful to hear?classy stuff? - Marlbank.net
 
?Effortless musical gumbo? - jazzfest.dk
 
?All-original? - Blues In Britain

Description

A pub and music bar on the perimeter of Cambridge Circus, at the corner of Romilly Street and Moor Street. First licensed in 1686 as the George, the current building dates from 1898 and the current name from 1986. (One of the old names, Cantons, can be seen being held by one of the gargoyles on the top of the building).

Famous in the 1960s and 70s for folk music and then punk, latterly it has become a jazz venue and home to SpiceJazz club. Up to 5 real ales from the McMullen range on offer and free admission to the main bar but you may have to pay for some music gigs in the basement.

Upstairs at the Spice is for drinks, eats and good times. Enjoy Great British classics with special seasonal dishes prepared daily by our chefs.

6 Moor Street,

Soho,

City of Westminster,

Greater London,

England,

W1D 5NA.

020 7437 7013