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Scott Hamilton/Alan Barnes/Dave Newton Trio
Friday 13th January 2012 8pm
Great Hall Assembly Rooms, Market Place, DE1 3AH
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Scott Hamilton - tenor sax
Alan Barnes - reeds
Dave Newton - piano
Andy Cleyndert - bass
Sebastien de Krom - drums
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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.
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Robert Mitchell 3io
Friday 6th January 2012 8pm
CUBE
Déda, Chapel St., DE1 3GU
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Robert
Mitchell - piano
Tom Mason - bass
Richard Spaven - drums
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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
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myspace
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Tomasso Starace Quartet
Friday 2nd December 2011 8pm
CUBE
Déda, Chapel St., DE1 3GU
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Tommaso Starace - alto sax
Frank Harrison - piano
Will Collier - bass
Chris Nickolls - drums
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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.
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www.tommasostarace.com
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Lea DeLaria and her Trio
Saturday 26th November 2011 8pm
Darwin Suite Assembly Rooms, Market Place, DE1 3AH
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| 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.
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Kit Downes Group
Friday 18th November 2011 8pm
Darwin Suite Assembly Rooms, Market Place, DE1 3AH
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Kit Downes - piano, keyboard
Calum Gourlay - bass
James Maddren - drums
James Allsop - bass clarinet and saxes
Adrien Dennenfield - cello
Josh Arceleo - tenor sax
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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
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George Hogg Quintet
Friday 4th November 2011 8pm
CUBE
Déda, Chapel St., DE1 3GU
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George
Hogg, trumpet and flugel
Ben Somers, tenor saxophone
Alex Munk, guitar
Calum Gourlay, Bass
Dave Hamblett, drums
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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.
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Mike Janisch Purpose Built Quintet
Friday 21st October 2011 8pm
Darwin Suite Assembly Rooms, Market Place, DE1 3AH
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Mike Janisch - bass
Phil Robson - guitar
Steve Fishwick - trumpet, flugel
Andrew Bain - percussion
Alex Garnett - saxes
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| 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.
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http://michaeljanisch.com
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Sarah Gillespie with Gilad Atzmon
Friday 7th October 2011 8pm
CUBE
Déda, Chapel St., DE1 3GU
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Sarah
Gillespie - vocals and guitar
Gilad Atzmon - reeds, accordion, harmonica
Ben Bastin - bass
Enzo Zirilli - drums
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| 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 |
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http://sarahgillespie.com
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Denys Baptiste Quartet
Friday 23rd September 2011 8.30pm
Darwin Suite Assembly Rooms, Market Place, DE1 3AH
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Denys Baptiste - saxes
Andrew McCormack - piano
Gary Crosby - bass
Rod Youngs - drums
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| 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.
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Avalon Trio
Friday 9th September 2011 8pm
CUBE
Déda, Chapel St., DE1 3GU
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Tony
Woods - saxes and flute
Pete Churchill - piano
Rob Millett - percussion
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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.
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Liam Noble Trio play Brubeck
Friday 6 May 2011 8pm CUBE
Déda
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Liam
Noble - piano
Dave Whitford - bass
Dave Wickens - drums
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| 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”.
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Neon
Friday 15th April 2011 8pm
Darwin Suite Assembly Rooms, Market Place, DE1 3AH
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Stan Sulzmann - sax
Kit Downes - piano
Jim Hart - vibes
Tim
Giles - drums |
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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.
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Asaf Sirkis Trio
Friday 8th April 2011 8pm
CUBE
Déda, Chapel St., DE1 3GU
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Asaf
Sirkis - drums
Tassos Spiliotopoulos - guitar
Jonathan
Harvey - bass
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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.
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www.asafsirkis.co.uk
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Jay Phelps Quintet + 1
Friday 18th March 2011 8pm
Darwin Suite Assembly Rooms, Market Place, DE1 3AH
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Jay Phelps - trumpet
Michael Mwenso - vocals
Jonathan Gee
- piano
Neil Charles - bass
Matt Holmes - drums
Brian
Edwards - sax |
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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.
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Tim Richards Trio
Friday 4th March 2011 8pm
CUBE
Déda, Chapel St., DE1 3GU
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Tim
Richards - piano
Dominic Howles - bass
Jeff
Lardner -
drums
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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.
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www.timrichards.ndo.co.uk
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Tony Kofi Standard Time Trio
Friday 11th February 2011 8pm
Darwin Suite Assembly Rooms, Market Place, DE1 3AH
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Tony Kofi - saxes
Dave Chamberlain - bass
Rod Youngs -
drums |
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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
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Tony Kofi website
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The Golden Age of Steam
Friday 4th February 2011 8pm
CUBE
Déda, Chapel St., DE1 3GU
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James
Allsopp -reeds
Kit Downes - keys
Tim Giles - drums
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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.
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Myspace link
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Phil Robson and the IMS Quintet
featuring Mark Turner
Sunday 23rd January 2011 8pm
Darwin Suite Assembly Rooms, Market Place, DE1 3AH
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Phil Robson - guitar
Mark Turner - sax
Gareth Lockrane -
flute
Michael Janisch - bass
Ernesto Simpson - drums |
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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
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Phil Robson Myspace
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Corey Mwamba Heralds
Tuesday 18th January 2011 6.30pm
CUBE
Déda, Chapel St., DE1 3GU
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Corey Mwamba - vibes
Joshua Blackmore - drums
Dave Kane - bass
Ntshuks Bonga - saxes
Alex Bonney - trumpets
Arun
Ghosh - clarinet
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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.
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Corey
Mwamba
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Kate Williams & Bobby Wellins
Friday 7th January 2011 8pm
CUBE
Déda, Chapel St., DE1 3GU
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Kate
Williams - piano
Bobby Wellins - tenor sax
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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.
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www.kate-williams-quartet.com
www.bobbywellins.co.uk
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Gilad Atzmon with Strings
Friday 19 November 2010 8pm
Darwin Suite Assembly Rooms, Market Place, DE1 3AH
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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. |
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Paragon
Friday 5 November 2010 8pm £10
CUBE
Déda, Chapel St., DE1 3GU
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Peter
Ehwald - saxes and clarinet
Arthur Lea - keys and tenor horn
Matthias Nowak - bass
Jon Scott - drums and percussion
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| 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
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Clark Tracey Sextet
Friday 22 October 2010 8pm
Darwin Suite Assembly Rooms, Market Place, DE1 3AH
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| Photo: Bob Meyrick |
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CLARK TRACEY - drums
PAUL JORDANOUS - trumpet
PIERS GREEN - saxophone
KIT DOWNES - piano
LEWIS WRIGHT - vibes
RYAN TREBILCOCK - bass
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A solid set of contemporary hard bop from the
drummer’s latest youthful line-up.
Together
they play accessible and flawless straight-ahead
music.
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Phronesis
Friday 1 October 2010 8pm
CUBE
Déda, Chapel St., DE1 3GU
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Jasper
Høiby - bass
Ivo Neame - piano
Anton Eger - drums
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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.
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“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
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Liane Carroll
Friday 24 September 2010 8pm
Darwin Suite Assembly Rooms, Market Place, DE1 3AH
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Liane Carroll - solo vocals and piano |
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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.
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Eugene Chadbourne + Roger Turner
Thursday 16 September 2010 8pm £10
Derby Theatre
Studio, DE1 2NF
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Eugene Chadbourne - guitar
Roger Turner - percussion
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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.
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myspace link
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The Ugly Guys
Tango Project
Friday 10 September 2010 8pm
CUBE
Déda, Chapel St., DE1 3GU
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Pete
Wareham - sax
Matthew Bourne - piano
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| 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.
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Omar Puente Quintet
Friday 23 April 2010 8pm
Darwin Suite Assembly Rooms, Market Place, DE1 3AH
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Omar Puente - violin
Robert Mitchell - piano
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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.
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Compassionate Dictatorship
Friday 9 April 2010 8pm £10
CUBE
Déda, Chapel St., DE1 3GU
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Jez Franks - guitar
Tori Freestone - sax
Jasper Hoiby - bass
James Maddren - drums
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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
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www.compassionatedictatorship.co.uk
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Todd Gordon & Anita Wardell
Friday 19 March 2010 8pm
Darwin Suite Assembly
Rooms, Derby
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Two outstanding vocalists with their
tribute to Frank Sinatra and Ella Fitzgerald
Accompanied
by:
David Patrick - piano
Mike Janisch - bass
Steve Brown - drums |
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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
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Jonathan Gee + Mika Myllari
Northern Star People
Friday 12 March 2010 8pm
Eden Gardens (formerly Buddha Jee), Queen St., DE1 3DJ
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Jonathan
Gee on keyboards and Mika Myllari on trumpet with
electronic effects.
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duo have often worked together in Finland and launched
this collaboration at the London Jazz Festival this
year |
MySpace Link
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Jim Mullen Trio with Henry Lowther
Friday 5 March 2010 8pm £10
CUBE
Déda, Chapel St., DE1 3GU
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Jim
Mullen - guitar
Mike Gorman - organ
Matt Skelton - drums Henry Lowther - trumpet
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| Guitarist
Jim Mullen returns to The CUBE with his trio and a special
guest - Henry Lowther on trumpet (replacing the
unavailable Stan Sulzmann).
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MySpace
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Abram Wilson - Life Paintings
Friday 19 February 2010 8pm
Darwin Suite Assembly Rooms, Market Place, DE1 3AH
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Abram Wilson: trumpet
Steve Pringle: piano
Karl Rasheed-Abel: bass
Graham Godfrey: drums
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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.
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Kit Downes Trio / Troyka Double Bill
Friday 12 February 2010 8pm £10
Eden Gardens Queen St., DE1 3DJ
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Kit Downes - keyboards
Calum Gourlay - bass
James Maddren - drums
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A double bill of trios
featuring rising star keyboard
player Kit Downes - formerly
with Empirical.
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Troyka:
Kit Downes - keyboards
Chris Montague - guitar
Josh Blackmore - drums
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are well-known to Derby, featuring Chris Montague -
recently here with the James Taylor Quartet and home
grown talent Josh Blackmore. |
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Sarah Gillespie / Gilad Atzmon
Friday 5 February 2010 8pm
CUBE
Déda, Chapel St., DE1 3GU
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Singer-songwriter
Sarah Gillespie with her dynamite band featuring Gilad
Atzmon on clarinet, saxophone and accordion.
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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).
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Corey Mwamba Trio
Friday 29 January 2010 8pm
Eden Gardens (formerly Buddha Jee), Queen St., DE1 3DJ
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Corey
Mwamba - vibes
Dave Kane - bass
Josh Blackmore - drums
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acoustic trio creating improvised music from worldwide
popular, folk and art sources. |
Website
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Twelves Trio
Friday 22 January 2010
Eden Gardens (formerly Buddha Jee), Queen St., DE1 3DJ
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Mark
Hanslip - tenor sax
Tim Giles - drums
Rob Updegraff - guitar
Riaan Vosloo - double bass
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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.
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Alan Barnes Ellingtonians
Friday 15 January 2010 8pm
Darwin Suite Assembly Rooms, Market Place, DE1 3AH
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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)
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| 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. |
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Andrew McCormack & Jason Yarde
Friday 8 January 2010 8pm
CUBE
Déda, Chapel St., DE1 3GU
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| 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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