Petrus features the violin and accordion, two instruments not often associated with jazz! When versatile keyboard player Danny Mannix inherited an accordion, he had it renovated but then needed an opportunity to play it, and so Petrus was formed. The violinist is Tom Sykes, who is well known to Southport audiences, and the other members of the band are guitarist Les Bolger and John McCormick on double bass, both well known on the North West jazz scene. Their repertoire ranges from Eastern European and gypsy folk music to jazzy versions of TV themes that you may recognise. They also play well-known jazz standards, but you won’t have heard them sound quite like this!