Jazz Spring 2017

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TURNER SIMS Southampton

JAZZ

SPRING SEASON 2017 GREATMUSICLIVE

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From celebrating Jazz’s wonderfully rich heritage to showcasing cutting edge new music, Turner Sims presents a series crammed with world-class artists from the UK and beyond.

THE LOOP PROJECT

JOE STILGOE

WITH IVO NEAME

SONGS ON FILM

Sunday 5 February 7pm

Friday 10 February 8pm

Friday 17 February 8pm

The University of Southampton Music Department present the final event of a weekend of performances and workshops exploring musical loops. Leading jazz musicians Ivo Neame, Jasper Høiby and Jon Scott join the HARTLEY Loop Orchestra to perform a major revision of Benjamin Oliver’s Loop Concerto, alongside the world premiere of Andrew Fisher’s Piano Concertino, Mozart’s Piano Concerto in D (after J C Bach) in which Mozart loops a J C Bach Sonata, and Gavin Bryars’ 1972 seminal work Jesus’ Blood Never Failed Me Yet.

After two sell-out years at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, internationally acclaimed singer, pianist and entertainer Joe Stilgoe finally takes his smash hit show on tour. SONGS ON FILM pays tribute to much-loved movies, as self-confessed film buff Joe raids his own collection and adds his original and stylish orchestrations to some of the most memorable moments in cinematic history. From Hollywood’s golden age to the classic films of the 80’s, to the work of Tarantino, Tati, Paramount and Pixar, Joe and his remarkable band perform songs written for and inspired by some of the greatest films of the last century.

A five-star international Gypsy jazz line-up as Mozes Rosenberg – the most recent guitar genius from the Rosenberg dynasty and younger brother of Stochelo – joins violin superstar Tcha Limberger and his trio. Born into a renowned Belgian family of Manouche musicians, Tcha grew up in a world of the Gypsy swing style of Django Reinhardt, and over the years he has collaborated with many of its leading performers, including the celebrated Fapy Lafertin. Put Tcha – a spectacular guitarist himself – on stage with Mozes Rosenberg and you have something close to Gypsy jazz royalty. Expect guitar mastery and swinging Reinhardt classics mixed with traditional western European Gypsy repertoire.

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Presented by the University of Southampton Music Department in association with Turner Sims

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TCHA LIMBERGER

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SOWETO KINCH TRIO

PETER EDWARDS A JOURNEY WITH THE GIANTS OF JAZZ

Friday 3 March 8pm

Thursday 16 March 8pm

Soweto Kinch is a multi award-winning saxophonist, MC and composer specialising in a trademark style of jazz, rap and spoken word unlike that of any other performer in the world. Revered among both musicians and rappers alike, Soweto hosts his own weekly BBC radio show Jazz Planet as well as fronting BBC Radio 3’s Jazz Now. Tonight he plays music from his new album Nonagram with his excellent trio. Expect scalding hot hard bop jazz and hip-hop grooves spliced with free flowing fiery lyrics.

1917 saw the birth of some of Jazz’s most influential artists, including Ella Fitzgerald and Thelonius Monk. Peter Edwards conducts the Nu Civilisation Orchestra for the premiere of A Journey with the Giants of Jazz , which takes as its starting point motifs from six works associated with these jazz icons.

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Standard £20 Concessions £19 Friends £18 Students £10 Presented in partnership with Tomorrow’s Warriors and Southampton Music Hub. Generously supported by PRS Foundation’s New Music Biennial www.newmusicbiennial.co.uk

ALFREDO RODRÍGUEZ TRIO

SYJO WITH JULIAN ARGÜELLES

Friday 31 March 8pm

Sunday 23 April 7.30pm

Mentored by none other than Quincy Jones, the prodigiously talented young Cuban pianist combines a breath-taking technique with a tirelessly inventive imagination. Tonight Alfredo plays music from his most recent recording, Tocororo - telling his own personal story through the legend of Cuba’s national bird - a tale of freedom, travel and cultural cross-pollination.

Since joining iconic group Loose Tubes at the age of 20,Julian Argüelles has become an internationally acclaimed performer, composer and arranger. Tonight he joins SYJO to present music from his 2016 Parliamentary Jazz Award winning album Let it Be Told. Hailed by The Observer as infectious energetic township jazz the music celebrates the vibrant sound of South Africa.

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COURTNEY PINE FEATURING OMAR

ANDREW MCCORMACK’S GRAVITON

ZOE RAHMAN + JAY PHELPS QUARTET

Friday 5 May 8pm

Saturday 20 May 8pm

Saturday 3 June 8pm

Multi instrumentalist Courtney Pine CBE is a British born Jazz Giant. For his latest project, he returns to the tenor saxophone for the first time in a decade and features the vocal talents of UK soul star Omar, whose 1992 hit single There’s Nothing Like This established a truly unique and instantly recognisable ‘signature’ sound that has since earned him widespread critical acclaim and seen him collaborate with the likes of Stevie Wonder, Erykah Badu, Carleen Anderson and Angie Stone. This very special project brings together two of the UK’s finest jazz and soul talents composing, recording and performing new original material together for the first time.

ANDREW MCCORMACK keyboards ESKA vocals JEAN TOUSSAINT saxes ROBIN MULLARKEY electric bass

An exclusive double bill closes the Turner Sims jazz series. Zoe Rahman has firmly established herself as one of the brightest stars on the contemporary jazz scene. A vibrant and highly individual pianist/composer, her style is deeply rooted in jazz yet it reflects her classical background, British/Bengali heritage and her very broad musical taste. Tonight she performs music from her solo piano album Dreamland.

In a class of his own. The Times

Known for his work with artists as diverse as Kyle Eastwood, Jazz Jamaica and the London Symphony Orchestra, pianist Andrew McCormack brings his latest project to Turner Sims to link with the release of a new album on the JazzVillage label. For Graviton, Andrew has assembled a starry line-up of performers including Mercury prize nominee ESKA, saxophonist and former member of Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers Jean Toussaint, and Jacob Collier’s electric bass supremo Robin Mullarkey.

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Trumpeter Jay Phelps is at the forefront of the young and creative generation of jazz musicians in the UK, with an instantly recognizable warm and projecting tone. A founder member of the critically acclaimed band Empirical, he has since performed and recorded with an array of international jazz artists including Courtney Pine, Wynton Marsalis, George Benson, and Jamie Cullum. Tonight he presents music from his much-anticipated new album. Standard £20 Concessions £19 Friends £18 Students £9

Turner Sims is provided by University of Southampton and gratefully acknowledges the support of Arts Council England.

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