The Violet Jive

Steve Spall’s wonderfully funky four piece whose stylish musical cocktail of retro-swing and alternative blues has more than a hint of Latino in the mix. There is a fresh, inventive vibe about this quartet that has seen them chosen as the support to the hugely acclaimed, Grammy winning American jazz vocalist Gregory Porter at this year’s Rye International Jazz & Blues Festival. “These musicians have mastered the art of the irresistible toe-tap and their songs transport you to somewhere hot and wanton within the first few bars. The Violet Jive are achingly cool and wherever they are going they’re doing it in style ….” SO Tunbridge Wells Magazine