BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:NingEventWidget-v1 VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:19700329T010000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=-1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:19701025T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=10;BYDAY=-1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6278630:Event:242239 DTSTAMP:20260417T075907Z SUMMARY:EFG LJF x Collage presents: Charlie Wood - The Memphis Music S tory DESCRIPTION:PART OF EFG LONDON JAZZ FESTIVAL 2022!\nVeteran singer/son gwriter/keyboardist Charlie Wood takes you on a live listening tour th rough the rich musical history of his hometown, performing songs by WC Handy, BB King, Otis Redding and many more, bringing the spirit of Me mphis to Wood Green’s McQueens Theatre.\nCharlie Wood is a singer/so ngwriter and keyboardist whose work incorporates elements of jazz, blu es, traditional r&b and popular music. Born and raised in Memphis, Ten nessee, Charlie toured the world with legendary bluesman Albert King a nd played a nightly residency on Beale Street for over 15 years. Wood was honoured by the Memphis City Council with an official Charlie Wood Day and was awarded a Brass Note on Beale Street, the Memphis equival ent of a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.\nCharlie headed down the Mississippi to New Orleans at seventeen, spending a few formative year s soaking up the music and culture of the Big Easy and playing keys wi th local favourites like Charmaine Neville. He returned to Memphis in his early twenties to join the band of legendary blues guitarist Alber t King, with whom he toured the US and Europe.\nHaving established a m usical reputation for himself, Charlie took up a long-standing residen cy with his Hammond organ trio at King's Palace on Beale Street. The g ig became known to touring musicians and locals alike, attracting impr omptu sit-ins from B.B. King, Georgie Fame, Joey DeFrancesco, George C oleman, Mulgrew Miller, Alvin Batiste, and many others.\nIn October 20 14, Wood became the 136th recipient of a Brass Note on Beale Street, t he Memphis equivalent of a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Other r ecipients include such musical luminaries as Elvis Presley, Al Green, and Isaac Hayes. Wood is an accomplished and prolific singer/songwrite r with numerous original releases under his belt, including “Southbo und” and “Who I Am” on Ben Sidran's GoJazz label and “Flutter and Wow” on Memphis-based Archer Records. His original song “Promi sed Land” won the 2016 U.S.A Songwriting Competition, Jazz category. Now living in the UK with his wife, celebrated UK vocalist Jacqui Dan kworth, Charlie continues touring and recording regularly. Notable per formances have included the London Jazz Festival's “Jazz Voice” at the Royal Festival Hall, BBC Radio 2's “Friday Night Is Music Night ” at the Cheltenham Jazz Festival, Radio 2's “Jools Holland Show, and numerous other concerts throughout the UK and Europe.\nWood’s seventh studio album, a mixture of new originals and classic soul/blu es/r&b songs entitled “Tomorrow Night”, was released in November 2 018. Soon to be released (2022) is “Privacy Policy”, an organ trio album with guitarist Chris Allard and drummer Ralph Salmins\nVideo li nk Video: https://youtu.be/0uFxLUtd6M8\n\nDoors open at 7:30pm, musi c from 8:30pm.\n\nPlease book a ticket in advance.\nTickets £5-10\n\n Venue: McQueens Theatre, 4 Coburg Road, London N22 6UJ Nearest tube/ra il: Wood Green (tube); Alexandra Palace (rail) A\n\nFresh Air Ventilat ion System is installed throughout the premises.\nThe gig is presented by Collage Arts Karamel N22 Sessions.\n\nFor more information visit h ttps://bowesandbounds.org/events/efg-ljf-x-collage-presents-charlie-wo od-the-memphis-music-story DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20221119T203000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20221119T223000 CATEGORIES:jazz, music, live LOCATION:MAAD, 4 Coburg Road, London N22 6UJ WEBSITE:https://www.musicglue.com/karamel URL:https://www.musicglue.com/karamel CONTACT: ORGANIZER;CN="Collage Artspaces":https://bowesandbounds.org/profile/Co llage_Arts ATTACH;FMTTYPE="image/jpeg":https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0 /file/get/10882934471?profile=original ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Collage Artspaces":https://bowesandbounds.org/profile/Collage_Arts END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR