THE top drawer jazz five-piece who make up the band Reach For It, will be paying homage to the late George Duke at the next Jazz Mix club night.

It takes place on Wednesday February 28 at the club held in the Maritime Room of the Cliffs Pavilion.

Reach For It features the electronic wizardry of Carl Hudson (Culture Club, Sister Sledge, Average White Band) on keyboards, Tim Cansfield on guitar (Bee Gees, Seal, Stevie Winwood), Phil Mulford on bass (Lionel Richie, Beverley Knight, Lewis Taylor), Karl Vanden Bossche on percussion (Basement Jaxx, Roy Ayers, Matt Bianco) and Geoff Dunn on drums (Van Morrison, Incognito, Donna Summer).

Together this skilled ensemble celebrate the master musician Duke, performing his awesome catalogue of work from the Zappa years, his multi-album solo career, his heavyweight collaborations (Billy Cobham, Stanley Clarke) and Montreux triumphs,.

On the night you can expect "impeccable ensemble musicianship combined with friendly funk and some very groovy jazz – plus solos to take the breath away!"

Doors open 8pm, music is from 8.30pm to 11pm.

Admission is £16 available from southendtheatres.org.uk.