19th September – Gijon, Plaza Mayor, Spain
20th September – Stratford Circus, London
27th September – Wulfrun Hall, Wolverhampton

October Tour – U S A

8th October – Bucks County Playhouse, New Hope, PA
9th, 10th, 11th, 12th & 13th October –IRIDIUM, New York
14th October – City Winery, Chicago
15th & 16th October –Dakota, Minneapolis
19th October – Yoshi’s, Oakland
18th October – MIM, Phoenix
22nd & 23rd October – Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley, Seattle

Check out Jazz Confusion here

Ginger will be playing at the following venues in November:

Tokyo

The Cotton Club on 21, 22, 23 Nov

The Workshop on 24 Nov

UK

In the UK he’ll play …

The Jazz Café, London on 28 Nov

The Cluny, Newcastle on 29 Nov

and Fibbers, York on 30 Nov

Ginger arrived in the UK on a cold and wintry day in December 2011. Leaving behind him his beautiful ranch and horses in the Western Cape of South Africa. Making yet another journey into the unknown. Well not quite, a journey back to his English roots more like. Back to Kent and the seaside town of Whitstable. On my last visit I found his humble bungalow 2 minutes walk away from the sea. There I found Whistable harbour while walking his Dalmatian, and brought back oysters and crab with me which he ate before setting off for the London Palladium to accept a Lifetime Achievement award. He told me the real achievement was to reach 72!

Ginger has a new band project: Jazz Confusion. They just played at Ronnie Scot’s in London (April 27 and 28). The line-up, saxophonist Pee Wee Ellis, bassist Alec Dankworth, and percussionist Abass Dodoo.

Ginger told me he was playing really well and that the band was amazing – blew everyone away. He had a jazz crowd on their feet and dancing! Here’s an excerpt from the gig taken from someone’s phone by the looks (so not the best of quality I’m afraid): http://youtu.be/UAib5aahjaw

I’ve asked Ginger if any one filmed it. If they have I’ll post it.

Next dates for Jazz Confusion are in July at the Glasgow Int. Jazz Festival, he then plays Stockton, Manchester and Coventry and finishes on July 21 at Munich Summer Club Festival, Bayrische Hof. As soon as I get the dates from Ginger, I’ll post them on Facebook.

Until soon…