Sarah Spencer's Transatlantic Band

Sarah Spencer formed the Transatlantic Band when she lived in the USA and travelled across the USA and the UK with it from around 1997 until the present day. The Transatlantic Band plays New Orleans music, from the dance halls of New Orleans in the 1920’s, through the New Orleans Revival, to the legendary New Orleans Rhythm and Blues/Rock and Roll performers like Fats Domino and Little Richard.

During the COVID pandemic of 2020-2021 she created a remote collaboration band called the Global Ramblers and created around 200 collaboration videos with musicians all across the world, picking tunes that were, generally, out of the ‘standards’ repertoire but which swung and were in keeping with the New Orleans feel. 

The current version of the Transatlantic Band has incorporated some of those outstanding musicians into its line-up that has boundless energy.

We are delighted to be playing at this new Jazz Club!

Personnel:
Magic Mike Henry - cornet
Colin Graham - trombone
Sarah Spencer - reeds
Rachel Hayward - banjo/guitar
Jim Swinnerton - string bass
Pete Lay - drums

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