Saturday 23 April 2011

Mehr Clef 2011

The Mehr Clef professional development course and jazz festival was on at the Hythe Imperial Hotel, Kent.
The Tutors were:
Trevor Tompkins - Drums
Mark Hogeson - Bass
Malcolm Edmonstone - Piano
Nikki Iles - Piano
Steve Waterman - Brass
Tina May - Vocals
Lee Gibson - Vocals
Ursula Malewski - Course Director
Colin Codd - Technicals
Many - Students



Tina May at the Gala Dinner

 
Chris on Drums in the Bar

Mark - Trumpet and Joe - Trombone in the bar




Saturday 2 April 2011

The Magic Hat Ensemble - JATP

The Magic Hat Ensemble played JATP as the first date of the new albums tour.
Just released today (1st April 2011) 'Made in Gorton' has some great tunes, as I have said before if you haven't heard this band I recommend you do!
I like them so much I bought the CD!
The line up is:
Steve Chadwick - trumpet
Andrzej Baranek - piano

Anthony Ormesher - guitar
Nick Blacka - bass
Rob Turner - drums


For me it was my first time at JATP, here are some of the photos





























As ever there are some more photos on Flickr:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/markbeirnesmith/

And if you want to see some Jazz in Bradford check out the JATP blog:
http://www.jatpjazz.blogspot.com/

For future dates check
http://www.themagichatensemble.co.uk/