Legendary singer and Sandbach's Foden's Band play swing music concert
By Deborah Bowyer
22nd Mar 2022 | Local News
Legendary singer, Matt Ford, and Sandbach's multi-award winning Foden's Band will be delighting audiences tonight (Tuesday) when they perform 'Salute to Sinatra and the Swing legends'.
The talented line-up take to the stage at Congleton Town Hall for what promises to be an amazing concert packed with hits from the likes of Sinatra, Dean Martin and Tony Bennett.
Foden's band chairman and principal trombone player, John Barber, says the band is looking forward to tonight.
"It will be a great evening packed with superb music. In two week's time, we're recording some of the material from tonight for a special CD, "King of Swing" which will be released at our Gawsworth concert in May.
""The power of the band is amazing. The musicians are all handpicked and extremely talented and Matt Ford is such an excellent performer."
Voted 'Best UK Male Big Band Vocalist' and nominated alongside Jamie Cullum in the inaugural Ronnie Scott's Jazz Awards, Matt makes regular appearances with the John Wilson Orchestra, BBC Big Band and performed for five years with the Syd Lawrence Orchestra.
Not only that, Matt has made four BBC Proms appearances with the John Wilson Orchestra – 2011, 2013, 2016 and 2018.
Foden's Band is equally famous. Crowned Champion Band of Great Britain on no less than 13 occasions, Sandbach Nub News told how here they were crowned the North West area champions for the 24th time.
More recently, we told here
how Foden's principal cornet player, Mark Wilkinson, had been awarded the highest accolade in the brass band community - 'The Iles Medal' by the Worshipful Company of Musicians. The annual award was first presented in 1947 by John Henry Iles, a Pastmaster of the Company, and is awarded to musicians who have made a significant contribution to the brass band movement. It was made for Mark's "outstanding commitment" to Sandbach-based Foden's Band where he has held the position of principal cornet for 30 years. Tonight's concert starts at 7.30pm and will include hits such as "I've Got You Under My Skin", "Fly me to the Moon" and "My Way", "New York New York". Tickets cost £15 and are available here.
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