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Scott Hamilton/Alan Barnes/Dave Newton Trio

Friday 13th January 2012  8pm
Great Hall Assembly Rooms, Market Place, DE1 3AH

Scott Hamilton - tenor sax
Alan Barnes - reeds
Dave Newton - piano
Andy Cleyndert - bass
Sebastien de Krom - drums

Arriving in New York from Rhode island as a 22 year old in the late1970s, Scott Hamilton was taken up by the jazz giants of an earlier generation. He was with Benny Goodman for a while but also played in many small groups with Roy Eldridge, Illinois Jacquet, Junior Mance and many other legends.

Like those masters Scott really swings, plays great blues and his ballads can send a shiver down your spine.

Scott has played with Alan Barnes and Dave Newton many times and their 2006 album "Zootcase" is a modern mainstream classic.

Jazz Foyer, our young stars of the future, will be playing in the foyer from 7pm and during the interval.


Robert Mitchell 3io

Friday 6th January 2012  8pm
CUBE Déda, Chapel St., DE1 3GU

Robert Mitchell - piano

Tom Mason - bass

Richard Spaven - drums

A multiple award winning pianist, composer and charismatic performer, Robert Mitchell has been leading this trio since 2004 and that shared history shows in the telepathic nature of their improvisations. Their first album won BEST JAZZ ALBUM at Gilles Peterson's 2009 Worldwide Awards.

"..a great live performer, who's gone from strength to strength"
GILLES PETERSON BBC Radio 1.

A Jazz Services touring event promoting their second CD "Embrace". Audio and video of the band at 

myspace link

Tomasso Starace Quartet

Friday 2nd December 2011  8pm
CUBE Déda, Chapel St., DE1 3GU

Tommaso Starace - alto sax
Frank Harrison - piano
Will Collier - bass
Chris Nickolls - drums

When alto saxophonist Tommaso Starace played a sell out performance for us a few years ago with music inspired by the black and white photographs of the great Magnum photographer Elliott Erwitt; we were looking for an opportunity to bring him back to Derby. His new quartet gave us the perfect excuse.

This exciting band will play music from his new CD "Blood and Champagne". They will play material by Tommaso plus compositions by Michel Petrucciani.

www.tommasostarace.com

Lea DeLaria and her Trio

Saturday 26th November 2011   8pm
Darwin Suite Assembly Rooms, Market Place, DE1 3AH

Lea DeLaria is a refreshing voice in jazz singing. She sings like a cross between Ella Fitzgerald and a Broadway diva. She has played on Broadway and is also a stand-up comedian, which certainly enlivens her act. She is one of the most powerful and original standards singers to have emerged in years.

 She is backed by her trio led on piano by Janette Mason. It promises to be perfect as our early Christmas party concert.


Kit Downes Group

Friday 18th November 2011   8pm
Darwin Suite Assembly Rooms, Market Place, DE1 3AH

Kit Downes - piano, keyboard
Calum Gourlay - bass
James Maddren - drums
James Allsop - bass clarinet and saxes
Adrien Dennenfield - cello
Josh Arceleo - tenor sax

Kit Downes has been a Derby Jazz regular since his student days. Last year he shot to fame when his 2010 Album "Golden" was nominated for the Mercury Prize. He is one of the most in demand young pianists on the UK scene. His new project "Quiet Tiger" has seen his trio expand to a new sextet, performing mostly orginal compositions.  This is a band which both challenges and electrifies.
www.kitdownes.com

George Hogg Quintet

Friday 4th November 2011  8pm
CUBE Déda, Chapel St., DE1 3GU

George Hogg, trumpet and flugel
Ben Somers, tenor saxophone
Alex Munk, guitar
Calum Gourlay, Bass
Dave Hamblett, drums

We are delighted that trumpeter George Hogg is bringing his quintet home to Derby. During the past few years George has played with the BBC Big Band, and performed club dates across the UK and abroad with Kenny Wheeler, Alex Wilson, Alan Barnes and many more.

The band will play original compositions as well as standards. Dave Hamblett, the drummer in this band, is another of the many successful musicians who come from Derby.


Mike Janisch Purpose Built Quintet

Friday 21st October 2011   8pm
Darwin Suite Assembly Rooms, Market Place, DE1 3AH

Mike Janisch - bass
Phil Robson - guitar
Steve Fishwick - trumpet, flugel
Andrew Bain - percussion
Alex Garnett - saxes

Bassist Mike Janisch has played for us many times in many bands. His playing is always exciting and entertaining. This is his first visit leading his own band.

 The music shows his wide range of musical influences.  His compositions have a fresh take on modern jazz with a strong sense of melody and his arrangements of jazz classics are different and exciting.

http://michaeljanisch.com

Sarah Gillespie with Gilad Atzmon

Friday 7th October 2011  8pm
CUBE Déda, Chapel St., DE1 3GU



Sarah Gillespie - vocals and guitar
Gilad Atzmon - reeds, accordion, harmonica
Ben Bastin - bass
Enzo Zirilli - drums

Singer songwriter Sarah Gillespie has been playing to packed enthusiastic audiences everywhere she goes. The music on her new CD "In the Current Climate" is, if possible, even more exciting than her first. The band consisting of Sarah on vocals and guitar, Gilad Atzmon on reeds, accordion and occasionally harmonica, Ben Bastin on bass and Enzo Zirilli on drums make this an evening not to be missed. 'Utterly wonderful, a unique way with words, terrific guitar playing, and not just great songs, but totally original music. Brilliant, the bee's knees!' Robert Wyatt, 2010
http://sarahgillespie.com

Denys Baptiste Quartet

Friday 23rd September 2011   8.30pm
Darwin Suite
Assembly Rooms, Market Place, DE1 3AH

Denys Baptiste - saxes
Andrew McCormack - piano
Gary Crosby - bass
Rod Youngs - drums

Saxophonist Denys Baptiste has won a Mercury, a Mobo and a British jazz award. He leads his rejuvenated quartet, demonstrating his phenomenal command of tone and timing.

The energetic and eclectic collection of new compositions that draw from a broad palette, taking in Caribbean, American and African influences.


Avalon Trio

Friday 9th September  2011  8pm
CUBE Déda, Chapel St., DE1 3GU


Tony Woods - saxes and flute

Pete Churchill - piano

Rob Millett - percussion

This improvising trio was formed to celebrate the music of English classical composers of the twentieth century and to present its own unique homage to the works of Delius and Vaughan Williams amongst others.They explore the harmonic connections between the music of these great masters and contemporary jazz.

The short song forms and great melodies of these instrumental works lend themselves particularly well to improvisation, just as the 'standards' of the American song book have been used by jazz musicians since the1930?s.


Liam Noble Trio play Brubeck

Friday 6 May 2011  8pm  CUBE Déda

Liam Noble - piano

Dave Whitford - bass

Dave Wickens - drums

Liam has long been known for his highly original piano playing and his in-depth knowledge of the great jazz masters including Ellington and Bill Evans. But his longstanding admiration for Dave Brubeck is clearly demonstrated in this fascinating collection of some of Brubeck’s best known pieces.

This gig fell victim to the weather last December, but we felt we could not miss it, and so have re-programmed it as soon as was possible.

A trio that Brubeck himself called “an inspiration”.

 www.liamnoble.co.uk/

Neon

Friday 15th April 2011  8pm
Darwin Suite Assembly Rooms, Market Place, DE1 3AH
Stan Sulzmann - sax
Kit Downes - piano
Jim Hart - vibes
Tim Giles - drums

Stan Sulzmann’s celebrated career as one of the UK ’s finest saxophonists spans forty years.  Here he is in the company of three of the most in demand and versatile young musicians on the British scene: Mercury prize nominee Kit Downes on piano and two members of London 's highly acclaimed Loop Collective, Jim Hart, terrific on vibes and drummer Tim Giles. 

The Neon Quartet is a true collaboration, their sound is melodic and playful whilst having a very contemporary edge making it new and exciting.  


Asaf Sirkis Trio

Friday 8th April 2011  8pm
CUBE Déda, Chapel St., DE1 3GU

Asaf Sirkis - drums
Tassos Spiliotopoulos - guitar
Jonathan Harvey - bass

 Asaf Sirkis keeps confirming that he's one of the British jazz scene's most creative drummers. This trio features Tassos Spiliotopoulos on guitar and Jonathan Harvey on Bass generating a compelling intensity, and the leader's percussion responses to their ideas are dazzling eruptions of drum mastery.

 

North African and Middle Eastern music played a big part in his early listening along with influences from rock and fusion music.

 
www.asafsirkis.co.uk

Jay Phelps Quintet + 1

Friday 18th March 2011  8pm
Darwin Suite Assembly Rooms, Market Place, DE1 3AH


Jay Phelps - trumpet
Michael Mwenso - vocals
Jonathan Gee - piano
Neil Charles - bass
Matt Holmes - drums
Brian Edwards - sax

Charismatic trumpeter, Jay Phelps made his name as a member of the band Empirical, who made a massive impact on the jazz scene.  Now, Jay leads his finely tuned new band, including a stellar line-up of London ’s top jazz musicians that cuts across the generations.

 Jay’s instantly recognizable, warm sound evokes the spirit of the 1940s New York Birdland scene and the playful vocals of showman-vocalist Michael Mwenso help to capture the traditional spirit of jazz music.

 

Tim Richards Trio

Friday 4th March 2011  8pm
CUBE Déda, Chapel St., DE1 3GU

Tim Richards - piano
Dominic Howles - bass
Jeff Lardner - drums

One of the UK’s foremost jazz pianists, Tim Richards is best known as the founder and leader of the groups Spirit Level and Great Spirit.

His latest trio plays music which is a mix of stylish contemporary originals and bluesy grooves. The evening will be interspersed with well known standards and this trio will delight and enthral you.

 
www.timrichards.ndo.co.uk

Tony Kofi Standard Time Trio

Friday 11th February 2011   8pm
Darwin Suite Assembly Rooms, Market Place, DE1 3AH

Tony Kofi - saxes
Dave Chamberlain - bass
Rod Youngs - drums

Nottingham-born saxophonist, Toni Kofi is a formidable figure on today’s jazz scene.  He has an amazing ability to swing and express great feeling, never losing his own original sound.  

The Standard Time Trio is Kofi’s newly formed band featuring Stacey Kent’s former double bassist Dave Chamberlain (Belper born and bred) and Washington D.C. native Rod Youngs on drums.  The evening will showcase the trio’s captivating rearrangements of classic jazz standards that use every instrument to its fullest range, presenting a fresh and vibrant sound for today.  

“Impressive, absorbing and enjoyable”  The Observer

 

Tony Kofi website

The Golden Age of Steam

Friday 4th February 2011  8pm
CUBE Déda, Chapel St., DE1 3GU

James Allsopp -reeds
Kit Downes - keys
Tim Giles - drums

The Golden Age of Steam is a new trio featuring James Allsopp on tenor saxophone and bass clarinet. The band builds on his association with drummer Tim Giles and is completed by young Mercury nominee and keyboard sensation Kit Downes.

The trio has recently completed a debut album of brand new Allsopp compositions. The album blurs the line between contemporary classical music, electronics and the full spectrum of Jazz improvisation from the blues all the way to the extremities of the avant garde.

 
Myspace link

Phil Robson and the IMS Quintet
featuring Mark Turner

Sunday 23rd January 2011   8pm
Darwin Suite Assembly Rooms, Market Place, DE1 3AH

Phil Robson - guitar
Mark Turner - sax
Gareth Lockrane - flute
Michael Janisch - bass
Ernesto Simpson - drums

Internationally acclaimed jazz guitarist and 2009 Parliamentary Jazz Musician of the Year, Phil Robson takes a break from his regular band, Partisans, to join forces with equally renowned New York & London based musicians to form the IMS Quintet – a fantastic line-up with an exceptional and dynamic sound.

The band members: New York saxophonist, Mark Turner, Gareth Lockrane on flute, Michael Janisch on bass and Cuban drummer, Ernesto Simpson, have been variously described as “hip, melodic and bouncy” (Times), “brilliantly imaginative” (Jazzwise) and “powerful and innovative” (New York Times).

Don’t miss this opportunity to spend an evening with this band of fabulous and exciting musicians

 
Phil Robson Myspace

Corey Mwamba Heralds

Tuesday 18th January 2011  6.30pm
CUBE Déda, Chapel St., DE1 3GU

Corey Mwamba - vibes
Joshua Blackmore - drums
Dave Kane - bass
Ntshuks Bonga - saxes
Alex Bonney - trumpets
Arun Ghosh - clarinet

Corey Mwamba's Trio with Josh Blackmore and Dave Kane played a great gig for us last January.

For Heralds, Corey has added sax, trumpet and clarinet.  The project recasts the role of musicians as storytellers using local tales and folk poetry to create maps for communicative, multi-coloured creative music.

Corey Mwamba

Kate Williams & Bobby Wellins

Friday 7th January 2011  8pm
CUBE Déda, Chapel St., DE1 3GU



Kate Williams - piano

Bobby Wellins - tenor sax

Kate Williams plays melodic, gently lyrical original material, interspersing it with intriguing visits to modern jazz. She is joined by saxophone legend Bobby Wellins performing as a duo for our first CUBE gig of 2011.

 

Over the past few years, Bobby and Kate have worked together in both duo and quartet form.  Expect an evening of choice classics including tunes by Cole Porter, Jobim, and a few originals too. 

 
www.kate-williams-quartet.com

www.bobbywellins.co.uk

Gilad Atzmon with Strings

Friday 19 November 2010   8pm
Darwin Suite Assembly Rooms, Market Place, DE1 3AH

Gilad Atzmon with the Orient House Ensemble and the Sigamos String Quartet
Superb alto player Gilad Atzmon and the acclaimed Orient House Ensemble have joined together with the Sigamos String Quartet to present a concert  inspired by Charlie Parker’s legendary 1949 strings recording.  The combination of Atzmon’s bebop genius and the marvellous string arrangements has everything you need for a truly enjoyable and exciting evening.

Paragon

Friday 5 November 2010  8pm  £10
CUBE Déda, Chapel St., DE1 3GU

Peter Ehwald - saxes and clarinet

Arthur Lea - keys and tenor horn

Matthias Nowak - bass

Jon Scott - drums and percussion

Anglo-German band, Paragon comprises four of the most exciting young talents currently working on the European jazz circuit.

"The group plays highly complex original material. Ehwald has a prodigious saxophone technique and a fine ear, particularly in his frequent excursions into altissimo, but his most natural voice seemed to emerge in the more thoughtful and expressive moments. Reactions were generally so intuitive and quick that the band seem to be able move convincingly, and with one collective mind into each new feel...." - Sebastian Scotney, London Jazz


Clark Tracey Sextet

Friday 22 October 2010   8pm
Darwin Suite Assembly Rooms, Market Place, DE1 3AH
Photo: Bob Meyrick


CLARK TRACEY - drums
PAUL JORDANOUS - trumpet
PIERS GREEN - saxophone
KIT DOWNES - piano
LEWIS WRIGHT - vibes
RYAN TREBILCOCK - bass
A solid set of contemporary hard bop from the drummer’s latest youthful line-up. Together they play accessible and flawless straight-ahead music.

Phronesis

Friday 1 October 2010  8pm
CUBE Déda, Chapel St., DE1 3GU

Jasper Høiby - bass

Ivo Neame - piano

Anton Eger - drums

Swedish drummer, Anton Eger, just in from Norway, drives the band with precision and ingenuity, treating his kit as a melodic instrument, rather than simply laying down the beat. On bass, leading the trio, Dane Jasper Hoiby, resident ten years in the UK, quietly demands respect for his confident mastery, dextrous, spider-like fingers drawing out assured acoustic patterns. Ivo Neame, on piano, drifts in and out of a flowing, Scandinavian jazz piano style to reveal an assured and personal voice, with phrasing at times bringing to mind Herbie Hancock, and even Keith Jarrett - no bad thing.

Interestingly, coming from a bunch of northern Europeans there is a lot of Latin groove in the rhythms and the spirit of the playing.

“The most exciting and imaginative piano trio since EST”
Jon Newey (Jazzwise)
"Look out for Phronesis - they might change your life!"
Sean Rafferty 'In Tune' BBC Radio 3


Liane Carroll

Friday 24 September 2010   8pm
Darwin Suite Assembly Rooms, Market Place, DE1 3AH

Liane Carroll - solo vocals and piano
Liane is one of our finest jazz singers with a huge vocal range. She is also a wonderful pianist and draws from a repertoire including Tom Waits, familiar jazz standards, and her own outstanding material.
myspace link

Eugene Chadbourne + Roger Turner

Thursday 16 September 2010  8pm  £10
Derby Theatre Studio, DE1 2NF


Eugene Chadbourne - guitar

Roger Turner - percussion

 

A seminal figure in American free improvisation, Eugene Chadbourne, aka Dr. Chad, plays a uniquely entertaining mixture of country & western, bebop, rock, jazz, thrash and folk protest.

Widely regarded as some kind of genius, he has made over 80 albums and worked with figures as diverse as Camper Van Beethoven, The Violent Femmes, Shockabilly, John Zorn, Jello Biafra, Mojo Nixon, Evan Johns, The Sun City Girls and Jimmy Carl Black.

On this, his first UK tour in many moons, he is joined by Roger Turner, a central figure in European improvisation.

 

myspace link

The Ugly Guys Tango Project

Friday 10 September 2010  8pm
CUBE Déda, Chapel St., DE1 3GU

Pete Wareham - sax

Matthew Bourne - piano

Pete Wareham and Matthew Bourne have teamed up as a brilliant new duo playing dark and exciting tangos.

The passionate, darkly mysterious classic tango recordings of "The Ugly Guy" - Edmundo Rivero are the source for this exciting new project.

Pete Wareham is familiar to Derby audiences as a member of Polar Bear and Acoustic Ladyland. Avant-garde pianist Matthew Bourne is making his Derby debut.


Omar Puente Quintet

Friday 23 April 2010   8pm

Darwin Suite Assembly Rooms, Market Place, DE1 3AH


Omar Puente - violin
Robert Mitchell - piano
+ Rhythm Section
World-renowned Cuban jazz violinist, Omar Puente takes to the stage with a quintet featuring the outstanding pianist, Robert Mitchell.

Classically trained, Puente has worked with some of the world’s greatest jazz musicians including Jools Holland, Courtney Pine, Ruben Gonzales and Tito Puente.

An exceptional music talent, Puente promises to thrill and uplift you with a wonderful mix of styles, bringing together elements of jazz, classical and, of course, Cuban salsa.

www.myspace.com/omarpuente

Compassionate Dictatorship

Friday 9 April 2010  8pm  £10
CUBE Déda, Chapel St., DE1 3GU

Jez Franks - guitar
Tori Freestone - sax
Jasper Hoiby - bass
James Maddren - drums

Compassionate Dictatorship is born out of the collaboration between Jez Franks and Tori Freestone who have been playing and writing together since 1993. Described as “catching the current wave of Brit Jazz’”, this guitar and sax led quartet play original material that draws from a wide and eclectic range of influences.

“this new band is another vital example of UK musicians embracing and incorporating both free jazz and rock elements into an edgy, risk taking approach to their music” Jazzwise

www.compassionatedictatorship.co.uk

Todd Gordon & Anita Wardell

Friday 19 March 2010   8pm
Darwin Suite Assembly Rooms, Derby


Two outstanding vocalists with their tribute to Frank Sinatra and Ella Fitzgerald
Accompanied by:

David Patrick - piano
Mike Janisch - bass
Steve Brown - drums
Expect all your favourite songs - Mack the Knife, Lady be Good, Witchcraft, New York New York, The Lady is a Tramp, Every Time We Say Goodbye, Come Fly With Me, etc.
www.myspace.com/toddgordon

Jonathan Gee + Mika Myllari
Northern Star People

Friday 12 March 2010  8pm
Eden Gardens (formerly Buddha Jee), Queen St., DE1 3DJ

Jonathan Gee on keyboards and Mika Myllari on trumpet with electronic effects.

This duo have often worked together in Finland and launched this collaboration at the London Jazz Festival this year
MySpace Link

Jim Mullen Trio with Henry Lowther

Friday 5 March 2010  8pm  £10
CUBE Déda, Chapel St., DE1 3GU


Jim Mullen - guitar

Mike Gorman - organ

Matt Skelton - drums

Henry Lowther - trumpet

Guitarist Jim Mullen returns to The CUBE with his trio and a special guest - Henry Lowther on trumpet (replacing the unavailable Stan Sulzmann).
MySpace

Abram Wilson - Life Paintings

Friday 19 February 2010   8pm
Darwin Suite Assembly Rooms, Market Place, DE1 3AH

Abram Wilson: trumpet

Steve Pringle: piano

Karl Rasheed-Abel: bass

Graham Godfrey: drums

 

New Orleans native turned London resident, Abram Wilson is an award-winning trumpeter, vocalist and composer whose infectious warmth and electric stage presence spring directly from his roots in the birthplace of jazz.

 His latest project, Life Paintings, is a musical account of his life. An expression of truth, this uninhibited reflection on life experiences, some significant and some even trivial, paint pictures familiar to many; love, seduction, frustration, happiness, freedom, leadership, youth, to name a few.

A mature set of purely instrumental compositions steeped in the jazz tradition, the music offers an abundance of colours, thoughts, and imagery that can only be conjured up by articulate improvisational freedom.


Kit Downes Trio / Troyka  Double Bill

Friday 12 February 2010  8pm  £10
Eden Gardens Queen St., DE1 3DJ

Kit Downes Trio

Kit Downes - keyboards

Calum Gourlay - bass

James Maddren - drums

A double bill of trios featuring rising star keyboard player Kit Downes - formerly with Empirical.

Troyka:   Kit Downes - keyboards

Chris Montague - guitar

Josh Blackmore - drums

Troyka
Troyka are well-known to Derby, featuring Chris Montague - recently here with the James Taylor Quartet and home grown talent Josh Blackmore.

Sarah Gillespie / Gilad Atzmon

Friday 5 February 2010  8pm
CUBE Déda, Chapel St., DE1 3GU


Singer-songwriter Sarah Gillespie with her dynamite band featuring Gilad Atzmon on clarinet, saxophone and accordion.

Their "fiery originals offer a contrasting combination of sweet folkish melodies and a lyrically witty, street-talking attitude that transports Lou Reed and Dylan to multicultural London" (Jazzwise).


Corey Mwamba Trio

Friday 29 January 2010  8pm
Eden Gardens (formerly Buddha Jee), Queen St., DE1 3DJ



Corey Mwamba - vibes

Dave Kane - bass

Josh Blackmore - drums

An acoustic trio creating improvised music from worldwide popular, folk and art sources.
Website

Twelves Trio

Friday 22 January 2010
Eden Gardens (formerly Buddha Jee), Queen St., DE1 3DJ


Mark Hanslip - tenor sax

Tim Giles - drums

Rob Updegraff - guitar

Riaan Vosloo - double bass

The Twelves Trio play a mixture of original compositions and free improvisations - exploring the crack between the written and the composed.

Their pithily titled debut 'Here Comes The Woodman With His Splintered Soul' is a heady mix of Coltrane-esque ballads, dark twenty-first century waltzes, subtle hooks and tumbling Mingus-esque grooves - already drawing comparisons with bands like Polar Bear. Based around killer minimal tunes, tracks explode giving the musicians maximum room for improvising and highlighting four artists at the height of their careers.

 


Alan Barnes Ellingtonians

Friday 15 January 2010   8pm

Darwin Suite Assembly Rooms, Market Place, DE1 3AH

Alan Barnes (saxes), Jimmy Hastings (reeds), Andy Panayi (saxes), Bruce Adams (trumpet), Mark Nightingale (trombone), John Horler (piano), Alex Dankworth (bass) and Bobby Worth (drums)
Alan Barnes, one of the best reed players in the country, has chosen the cream of British jazz to present a storming romp through the music of Duke Ellington and his great jazz canon. This all-star octet is united in their love of and ability to interpret the music of the Duke. Immerse yourself in a night with the greatest exponents of swing and bop on the British scene today.

Andrew McCormack & Jason Yarde

Friday 8 January 2010  8pm
CUBE Déda, Chapel St., DE1 3GU


Andrew McCormack
Jason Yarde
Pianist Andrew McCormack and saxophone star Jason Yarde will play music that is a perfect synthesis of their diverse musical backgrounds, creating an exciting and unique musical style. The pace can snap from lyrical to white hot with raw energy and spontaneity.
Andrew McCormack Myspace
Jason Yarde Myspace

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