Jazzland may august 2012

LIVE JAZZ EVERY WEDNESDAY

Wednesday August 22nd

8.30pm - 11pm - Doors open/Drysau ar agor 7.30pm

Trefor Owen Ensemble

Guitarist Trefor Owen is one of the foremost Jazz guitarists in the UK. A highly respected teacher, he has over twenty years’ experience teaching at the highest level both in Britain and the USA. For eight of those years he was an Associate Lecturer at Leeds College of Music. Based in North Wales, he brings an ensemble of musicians from the area to play a mix of mostly jazz standards.

Admission Price: Standard £10, Jazzland Members £7

Bringing the best in music to Swansea

LIVE JAZZ EVERY WEDNESDAY

Wednesday August 29th

Berry Ray’s Bank Holiday Guest night

8.30pm - 11pm - Doors open/Drysau ar agor 7.30pm

Saturday 5 May

Kyle Eastwood

More Bank Holiday mayhem from Berry!

He will be playing sax and singing in his Louis Armstrong style voice. Special guests will appear throughout an evening of good music presented in Berry’s inimitable way!

Admission Price: Standard £10, Jazzland Members £7

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Jazz Lunch at Margam Orangery

www.swanseajazzland.co.uk For full information on all the artistes appearing at Swansea Jazzland

PROFESSIONAL LIGHTWEIGHT Music stands : stand out from the crowd and make set up and transport a breeze!

Thursday 10 May Three Greats of European Swing

Fapy Lafertin Lollo Meier Tcha Limberger with Dave Kelbie & Andy Crowdy

Sarah Ellen-Hughes

with the Dave Cottle trio and Lee Goodall

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Sunday 17 June 2012

Laurence Cottle Big Band BBC Strictly Come Dancing Tour Band Michael Bolton Brass Section Steve Waterman Jazz Orchestra Jeff Hooper Swing Easy Big Band

Commencing at 12 noon

Tickets £20 (including 2 course buffet luncheon) available from The Princess Royal Theatre Box Office Telephone 01639 763214 or book online at www.npt.gov.uk/orangery

Brussells Jazz Orchestra Lance Ellington In the Groove Abu Dhabi Big Band Warner Leisure Hotels Biggles Big Band Amsterdam Morriston Big Band

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Programme Designed & Produced and donated by RocketCreative.co.uk

Friday 8 June

Abram Wilson Following the Flame

www.taliesinartscentre.co.uk box office 01792 60 20 60

JAZZ BYW BOB DYDD MERCHER

Vocalist

May - August 2012 Mai - Awst 2012 Swansea Jazzland: St. James Social Club 38 St. James Crescent Uplands, SWANSEA SA1 6DR Clwb Sant Iago Cilgant Sant Iago ABERTAWE SA1 6DR

Tel: 01792 380615 or 07501 928438 e: swanseajazzland@btinternet.com

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Programme information correct at time of going to press.

Programme subject to change without notice.

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Admission Price: Standard £10, Jazzland Members £7

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Wednesday May 30th

Simon Spillett with the Dave Cottle Trio

Geoff Eales Quintet “Isorhythm”

Simon is a Musician, tutor, composer and jazz writer and a firm favourite at Swansea Jazzland. Often compared to Tubby Hayes, and it is Hayes who his work is most often said to recall, observers noting that Simon shares a fondness for fast tempos and a sheer desire to create exciting no-holds-barred jazz.

Admission Price: Standard £10, Jazzland Members £7

Wednesday May 9th

Gilad Atzmon & The Orient House Ensemble

Israeli born bandleader and reed player Gilad Atzmon has been amazing his listeners with his powerful personal style that combines great bebop artistry and Middle-Eastern roots in a sophisticated, sometimes ironical manner. Influenced by Coltrane’s powerful approach on the saxophone.

Admission Price: Standard £10, Jazzland Members £7

Wednesday May 16th

Dave Jones Septet

This is the first of a series of launch gigs for pianist Dave’s new ‘Resonance’ album, and he brings his new line-up to Jazzland to play a selection of tunes from this new cd.

Admission Price: Standard £10, Jazzland Members £7

Wednesday May 23rd

Georgia Mancio & her band A tribute to Anita O’day

In just over a decade of professional work award-winning jazz vocalist, lyricist and producer, Georgia Mancio, has established herself as one of the UK’s most important new artists earning the respect of audiences, musicians, promoters and critics alike with her innate musicality and subversion of expectations.

Georgia returns to Swansea Jazzland with a very personal show: a tribute to her favourite jazz singer, Anita O’Day. From the stunning rhythmic virtuosity of her scat to the heartbreaking tenderness of her ballad reading, Accompanied by John Pearce on piano (who actually worked with O’Day in the 80s), Julie Walkington on bass and Dave Ohm on drums.

Admission Price: Standard £10, Jazzland Members £7

Tuesday May 29th

Monthly sitters in Night

Come along from 8pm onwards and join in playing some jazz!!

Free Admission.

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Inspirational and eclectic pianist/keyboardist/composer Geoff Eales formed the dynamic jazz-rock fusion band Isorhthym in Autumn 2010. He handpicked four master improvisers in order to take his music forward: Ben Waghorn plays Sax, Carl Orr guitar, Fred T Baker on the bass and Asaf Sirkis at the drum kit.

Admission Price: Standard £10, Jazzland Members £7

Wednesday June 6th

Tom Cottle Sextet

Part of the Cottle dynasty of musicians! Drummer Tom Cottle has just completed the jazz degree course at Royal Welsh College of Music. He brings an exciting line up of young jazz musicians who will be playing a varied programme of jazz styles.

Admission Price: Standard £10, Jazzland Members £7

Wednesday June 13th

Fletch’s Brew

Mark Fletcher presents his latest creation, playing funky jazz originals and Weather Report classics. This is a new band, which is fast becoming a regular fixture at Ronnie Scott’s. Mark is one of England’s most versatile and in demand drummers. Equally at home in straight ahead jazz, free improvised music, rock and world music; Mark has been a regular at Ronnie Scott’s since the late 1980’s working with Dizzy Gillespie, Mark Murphy, Michel LeGrand, James Moody, Dave Gilmore, Tim Garland, Flora Purim, Norma Winstone, Georgie Fame, Ian Shaw, Cedar Walton, Kenny Wheeler and many more.

Mark Fletcher, Drums Jim Watson, Keyboards Steve Pearce, Bass Freddie Gavita, Trumpet Admission Price: Standard £10, Jazzland Members £7

Wednesday June 20th

Sax Appeal

Sax Appeal line-up is a multi award-winning, UK based Jazz Fusion group, who are celebrating 30 years of gigging and music-making since Derek Nash first assembled the original line-up of the band in Manchester around 1980! Expect driving swing Blue Note style, Ellington sweetness, pure danceable Brazillian Latin, Brecker Brothers style Fusion, biting Sanborn style Funk, all in the space of one concert.

Derek Nash - saxes Mornington Lockett - tenor sax Scott Garland - saxes Gary Plumley - tenor sax Matt Wates - alto sax Pete Adams - piano Phil Scragg - bass Mike Bradley – drums Admission Price: Standard £13, Jazzland Members £10

Admission Price: Standard £10, Jazzland Members £7

Tuesday June 26th

Monthly sitters in Night

Come along from 8pm onwards and join in playing some jazz!!

Free Admission

Wednesday June 27th

John Hallam With the Dave Cottle Trio

Saxophonist John Hallam makes his first visit to Swansea Jazzland. John has worked alongside many of the finest musicians from both sides of the Atlantic including Clark Terry; Benny Carter; Al Grey; Allan Vache, and Marty Grosz, and more recently Howard Alden, Randy Sandke and Jeff Barnhart.

Admission Price: Standard £10, Jazzland Members £7

Wednesday July 4th

Daryl Sherman & her band

A sparkling mainstay of Manhattan nightlife, singer/pianist Daryl Sherman is equally at home in the world of jazz and cabaret.

Internationally acclaimed for a stellar 14-year run at the WaldorfAstoria, where she played Cole Porter’s Steinway!

When Artie Shaw formed a new band after his retirement, Sherman was his singer of choice, calling her “a first rate singer -musician”.

She has also sung with Germany’s WDR Jazz Orchestra, American Jazz Orchestra and the Spokane Jazz Orchestra in tributes to Mildred Bailey and Paul Whiteman.

Trombonist Roy Williams joins Daryl along with Andy Cleyndert on bass.

Admission Price: Standard £10, Jazzland Members £7

Wednesday July 11th

Greg Abate With the Dave Cottle Trio

Greg Abate jazz saxophonist, flutist, composer continues as an International Jazz/Recording Artist with 150 days a year touring the globe.After graduating Berklee College Of Music, Greg played lead alto for the Ray Charles Orchestra for 2 years. We were knocked out with Greg back in November so with him returning to the UK this summer we are delighted to have him return to the club!

Admission Price: Standard £10, Jazzland Members £7

Wednesday July 18th

Capital City Jazz Orchestra

The Capital City Jazz Orchestra was formed in 2008 by some of the best jazz and big band players in South East Wales. With some great arrangements and superb jazz soloist and night of big band magic not to be missed!

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Wednesday July 25th

Tom Harris Quartet

Tom is one of South Wales’s leading musicians, having a wealth of talent and experience playing saxophone and flute. During his career he has played with numerous big bands all over the UK and in Europe, has appeared in Ronnie Scott’s and in its heyday London’s Talk Of The Town.

Admission Price: Standard £10, Jazzland Members £7

Tuesday July 31st

Monthly sitters in Night

Come along from 8pm onwards and join in playing some jazz!!

Free Admission

Wednesday August 1st

Nigel Hitchcock Quartet

Nigel Hitchcock first began to play the recorder at age 6. It was therefore a natural progression to the alto sax at age 8. At the age of 11, Nigel joined the National Youth Jazz Orchestra and after only a year he took the lead alto chair where he remained for 5 years, during which time the band toured with stars such as Vic Damone, Buddy Greco and Al Martino. One of the UK’s top jazz saxophonists he has returned to England after spending 7 years on the Isle of Skye. Current project include playing at the Buddy Rich 25th memorial concert at the London palladium and performing with Karl Jenkins project “the Peacemaker”.

An all star quartet, not to be missed!

Nigel Hitchcock, sax Laurence Cottle, bass Ian Thomas, drums Graham Harvey, piano www.nigelhitchcock.com Admission Price: Standard £10, Jazzland Members £7

Wednesday August 8th

Bruce Adams With the Dave Cottle Trio “Sweet and Hot”

Not only is trumpeter Bruce Adams one the jazz scene’s most dramatic and stimulating performers, he is also a tremendously affable companion. A band-room with the Glaswegian Mr. Adams present is a happy and riotous place.

Bruce will be presenting his new project “Sweet and Hot”. A Tribute to the Great Trumpet/Cornet Players of Jazz Admission Price: Standard £10, Jazzland Members £7

Wednesday August 15th

Constellation Big Band

Constellation Big Band was formed as a rehearsal band about 40 years ago. The band recreates the days of big bands with music from Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Glenn Miller, Stan Kenton- and many more.

www.swanseajazzland.co.uk - Y LLE GORAU YNG NGHYMRU AM JAZZ - Mai - Awst 2012