Shireen Francis' Caribbean Island Trio

Shireen Francis’ Caribbean Island Jazz Trio ‘Summer Special’: This exciting line-up put together and fronted by the multi-talented singer Shireen Francis is unique in integrating traditional jazz harmonies with the Afro -Caribbean rhythms of Reggae and Calypso, creating a highly accessible musical hybrid. Shireen’s rich and multi-layered vocal style is heard to good effect on this highly atmospheric fusion of musical genres, having performed with some of the biggest names in the business including Billy Ocean, Mark Murphy, Roberto Pla, Benny Green, John Etheridge and the late great Humphrey Lyttelton.

Guitarist Dominic Grant is one of the most in-demand musicians on the UK circuit, having regularly worked with such luminaries as Harry Belafonte, Cy Grant, Ronnie Laws, Eduardo Niebla and Courtney Pine. Mark Cherrie is unique as a player within the steel pan community, leading the UK’s only steel pan jazz quartet. His steel pan playing has seen him work with Gary Barlow, Edwin Starr and Jimmy Ruffin among many others.