DARTFORD is set to get jazz hot when top stars come to play at the Acacia Ballroom this month. The Frank Griffiths Nonet is a nine-piece band which features acclaimed trumpeter Henry Lowther and the well-known Australian recording artist Trudy Kerr.

The show features Afro-Cuban jazz and hits made famous by Miles Davis, Cole Porter and Duke Ellington.

The Frank Griffiths Nonet, January 22, the Acacia Ballroom, High Street, Dartford, 7.30pm, tickets £8-£12, call 01322 343470 or visit jazzprojects.co.uk