TWO jazz and fusion musical powerhouses, Christian Garrick and John Etheridge, have a short December tour with Artsreach, Dorset’s rural touring arts charity, starting on Wednesday 10th December at Hinton Martell village hall, continuing on Thursday 11th at Halstock, Friday 12th at Portesham and Saturday 13th at Shillingstone’s Portman hall, all starting at 7.30pm.

Garrick (violin) and Etheridge (guitar) are two of Britain’s most virtuosic and versatile performers on their respective instruments. Comfortable with pretty much any style of jazz and contemporary music, from gypsy and Hot Club to jazz rock fusion, this world class duo will present a feast of interplay, improvisation and eclectic repertoire that ranges from Peter Gabriel to Richard Rogders via Dollar Brand and Alison Goldfrapp.

British guitar legend John Etheridge (Soft Machine, Stephane Grappelli, Dizzy Gillespie, John Williams, Nigel Kennedy) and acclaimed violinist Christian Garrick (Van Morrison, Cleo Laine, Budapest Café Orchestra) have played together for many years.

Together the free-wheeling pair use extensive looping and effects to create exotic tapestries of sound which are almost orchestral at times yet switch seamlessly to a pure acoustic with rollicking renditions of Hot Club swing, evoking the spirit of Reinhardt and Grappelli – simply unmissable!