Join us in East London for an unforgettable evening of live music with acclaimed pianist Dom Pipkin and drummer Bubu Otis.
Drawing inspiration from Professor Longhair, Huey “Piano” Smith, Lee Dorsey and James Booker, Pipkin brings the heart and soul of New Orleans jazz, blues and funk piano to the stage.
For more than two decades, Pipkin has been recognised as the UK’s leading exponent of the New Orleans sound. Described by Blues in Britain as “one of the world’s greatest exponents of New Orleans piano,” he has performed at prestigious festivals including the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival and the legendary “Piano Night.” His career spans thousands of concerts worldwide, with appearances on radio, TV, and theatre stages.
“Dom brings the whole New Orleans thing to the UK. So good! “
– Zigaboo Modeliste, the Meters.
“I can’t hold a candle to this guy…”
Jamie Cullum
Bubu Otis is a drummer and singer with a personal take on the Great American Songbook, weaving swing, Latin rhythm, a touch of funk and Caribbean colour through the standards.
He trained at the Rome School of Fine Arts, then spent a year finding his feet as a drummer at a small local music school. That led to a two-year jazz course with the Big Band under Danilo Terenzi at Testaccio's Popular School of Music.
The years that followed took him through classical and contemporary settings - orchestras, percussion ensembles, work alongside composers - before he turned to percussion traditions from further afield, studying with experts from other countries.