Jazz at The George : LITTLE RUMBA – Wednesday 23 September, 8.00pm

Love beautiful melodies, irresistible rhythms and songs that tell stories? Then Little Rumba are for you! Blending musical styles from Astor Piazolla to Eastern European, the band have delighted audiences everywhere with their wit, style and originality. Don’t miss!

“Little Rumba are magic! Superb sound, superb vocals, superb sax, superb accordion!! Great mixed sound and songs very worthwhile listening to, Bring them back!” Happy punter at Colwall

“Absolutely fantastic evening from you guys tonight. We had so many positive comments from the audience; very gratifying! Great musical talent, great humour, variety, and warmth of performance.” Winchcombe Live promoter

Band members

John Hymas (violin, viola and accordion) trained as a professional viola player in the classical world. He is also a highly regarded composer and founder member of the contemporary folk band Hoover the Dog.

Singer and guitarist Pete Mustill was part of the original R&B boom in the 60s but subsequently had a ‘Road to Damascus’ moment in the late 80s on hearing the music of Astor Piazzolla. This led to the formation of The Tango Band, a top-three album in the Czech charts and his first collaboration with Hugh Colvin.

Hugh Colvin is the band’s saxophonist. Another polymath, his music is exciting and original and often sounds like the bastard child of Sidney Bechet and King Curtis!

Little Rumba’s inspirational bass player Jacqui Savage has underpinned  a whole series of Border and Midlands bands – most recently as part of the rhythm section of Zydeco masters Joe le Taxi, and Paul Bridgwater’s Electric Blues Rebellion.

On their latest album Cafe Perdido, Little Rumba are joined by the fabulous Welsh singer and songwriter Jess Hall who performs with them on ‘Poisson Rouge’, the video featured below.