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NEWS

May 2008

Phil Robson's Derby Jazz Commission released on CD

Phil Robson's Six Strings and the Beat project, which was especially commissioned by us for the 2007 Derby Jazz Festival, has now been released on CD.
The composition - for jazz trio and string quartet - has received widespread praise.


Read a review of the record:   arts.guardian.co.uk

Further details:   www.babellabel.co.uk

March 2008

Jazz Concerts Sell Out!


The Derby Jazz/Derby Dance concerts at the CUBE continue to be very popular. Only 1 ticket remained for the Robert Mitchell / Omar Puente concert on 7 March 2008, following sell outs for the Jim Mullen Trio and Tina May & Nikki Iles. We very much regret that some people arrived on these nights and were unable to get in - we would like to extend our apologies to those affected. As tickets are limited, make sure you book in advance or phone to check availability for all gigs at the CUBE cafe.

March 2008

Farewell 5 LAMPS - Farewell SUSUMI

Less than a week after we printed our January - March 2008 leaflet, we heard that the 5 LAMPS was closing.  It has been a good venue for us and we are sad to lose it, but fear not.  We are jazz people, we improvise, we turn problems into opportunities, and we moved all three dates scheduled for 5 LAMPS to SUSUMI.

Now, even more regrettably, we learn that SUSUMI has been sold to new owners, who decided to carry out a complete refurbishment. We were not informed of this and found that the venue was unusable only two days before our gig on Wednesday 12 March.

Due to the short notice, we had no choice but to cancel the concert. We hope to arrange for Josh Blackmore's TROYKA to play for us again in the near future.

December 2007
Derby Jazz features at London Jazz Festival
The three works commissioned by Derby Jazz for our festival in March 2007 were performed on the afternoon of Saturday 24th November 2007 in the Barbican, London EC2 as part of the London Jazz Festival.  This was a free concert, starting at 2.30pm

The three works, all highly critically praised, are:

2:30  Corey Mwamba - Argentum
 4:00  Phil Robson - Six Strings and the Beat
 5:45  East Midlands Youth Jazz Orchestra with Graham Collier Harry Beckett and Alan Barnes

This was followed in the evening by a concert in the same venue by the world's greatest tenor sax player, Sonny Rollins.

New Season - Old Venue - New Makeover
The cafe at Derby Dance Centre, which we have used in the past for performances, has had a complete makeover and is now called the Cube.

We are collaborating with the Dance Centre in presenting Jazz at the Cube on the first Friday of every month commencing October 2007.

Music starts at 8.00, food will be available for ordering from 6.30 until 8.00 and the bar will also be open from 6.30.

These nights are proving very popular and you are strongly advised to book tickets in advance to avoid disappointment.

Full details of these gigs on our programme page:   What's on?

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