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The 8 piece line up, which includes top musicians from the jazz world, performed original material written by Devon based songwriter Les Veale, with great arrangements by Graham Hilton. The songs all feature on the band’s two recently released albums, Girl In Blue and Mood Swings.

Les and the band were overwhelmed by the tremendous response of the crowd, with songs such as She walks down the street and Watch your language going down a storm. The finale For the times you won’t be there, sung as a duet by Tim and Maggie, left the Mama Stone’s audience clapping and cheering for more and there was a real buzz in the air as the band left the stage.

As they lined up for photographs, with much hand shaking and congratulating all round, the question on everyone’s lips was “When’s the next gig?”

Forthcoming Session 8 Band performances will be announced shortly.

Exeter nightspot Mama Stone’s is to host the first live performance of The Session 8 Band at 8pm on Tuesday, 23 February 2010.

The 8 piece band features top players from the jazz world, including the popular Devon based vocalists Maggie Reeday and Tim Murray and jazz pianist Craig Milverton.

The band will play songs from their brand new album Mood Swings (released on 23 Feb) as well as several tracks from their previous album Girl In Blue, featuring the talents of local songwriter Les Veale.

Les has just signed a major deal with the UK’s No.1 jazz publisher Splash Point Music. “Les is a great songwriter, with a natural feel for jazz, writing beautiful songs which sound like they’re already jazz/blues classics but with a modern twist.”, says Splash Point’s Managing Director Neil Richardson.

So with free entry to this fantastic gig, free welcome drinks & nibbles, be sure to put the date in your diary now: 23 February 2010, 8pm, at Mama Stone’s which is located at 1 Mary Arches Street, Exeter, EX4 3BA. We look forward to seeing you there!