Shakatak

Gigs · Torquay

Shakatak

Friday 30 April 2027 · Doors 19:00

Livermead House Hotel, Torquay

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Shakatak is on Friday 30 April 2027 at Livermead House Hotel, Torquay, with doors at 19:00. Tickets start at £38, including the booking fee.

“This music still glows as brightly as that first hearing…Shakatak aren’t just a band, they were the soundtrack to our lives” RONNIE SCOTT’S House Magazine (UK) “A wild diversity seldom found anymore… tons of rhythmic and stylistic variety…slamming” JAZZIZ Magazine (USA) Shakatak have enjoyed a level of success and career longevity, over 40 years, rarely paralleled in contemporary music, but then Shakatak is a particularly unusual group. The nature of their music, means their fan base is far reaching, whilst retaining that “underground” element. This paradox sees the band, who are known primarily as serious jazz/funk musicians, enjoying both high “cult” status, as well as instant recognition as a household name. After a number of successful top-twenty singles in the UK, the band went on to score unprecedented international success, with the release of the classic ‘Night Birds” album in 1982, the title track now becoming a standard in the popular music repertoire. This success was repeated with the top-ten hit ‘Down On The Street’ and their Official award-winning video established the band’s personnel of Jill Saward (lead vocals), Bill Sharpe (key...

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