THE MILTON Rooms continues its new season of contemporary top-flight jazz with the Lindsay Hannon Plus quartet on Friday, May 5.

“Our new-style cabaret setting in the hall created a great jazz club atmosphere at our first event last month and brought an enthusiastic response from our audience,” said Milton Rooms chair Merryn Wilderspin.

The Lindsay Hannon Plus will be playing tracks from their new album ‘Make Dark Heaven Light’, scuzzy blues-laden narratives, roller-coaster latin numbers, ballads from Mark Knopfler and Robert Wyatt, plus some original blues and straight ahead swingers written by the band.

Lindsay’s clear and soulful voice joins a band that is occasionally confrontational, occasionally sweet but always committed and never fails to create an electric atmosphere.

The quartet was recently selected to represent the North East’s jazz community for the European Commission’s ‘Singing Cities’ touring project, and Jazz North’s ‘Northern line’ programme.

Anyone signing up to the Milton Rooms mailing list at themiltonrooms.com, will benefit from a £2 ticket discount for this event via the monthly newsletter. Full price tickets, at £10, are available from the Milton Rooms on 01653 696240 or online at wegottickets.com/event/ 392181. Doors open 7.30pm for 8.pm start.