London with Beverley Beirne

This time an expected trip to London as Beverley Beirne had a gig planned at Pizza express Pheasantry, Chelsea on 26th Feb.

 

Beverley Beirne - Vocals
Sam Watts - Piano
Flo Moore - Bass
Ben Brown - Drums
Rob Hughes - Reeds
There is a review of the gig:
http://www.londonjazznews.com/2014/02/review-beverly-beirne-at-pheasantry.html

From Chelsea we headed to Soho to catch the Late Late Show with Brandon Allen at Ronnie Scotts

 

The following night to a packed 606 club (so no moving about for
me) we caught the Impossible Gentlemen
Gwilym Simcock - Piano
Mike Walker - Guitar 
Steve Rodby - Bass
Adam Nussbaum - Drums

 



Richard Iles Miroscopic at Seven Jazz

Just catching up on a great gig I caught last year!
I only took a few shots at this gig as it was being played acoustically and the audience were very quiet, so I didn't move about as much as I sometimes do, all these were taken from my seat!

Richard Iles – trumpet/flugelhorn,
Mike Williams – alto saxophone,
Les Chisnall – piano,
Percy Pursglove – bass

Unfortunately Les is in hiding in these photos!

 

 



 

Richards website, where you can check out the sounds and some videos is:

https://sites.google.com/site/miniaturebrassemp/home/microscopic

Callander Jazz and Blues Festival

Just recovering from a hectic weekend of haggis and music in Callander
The festival has been running for a few years with a heady mix of Blues, Jazz, Jive, Swing and everything in between, with various styles of the genres being performed.

The festival has a similar vibe to Marsden with the whole town seeming to get involved, definitely worth a visit if you've not been. I caught 10 acts of the 45 on offer over the 3 days here are some photos from the festival.





The Truetones in the crowded Crown

 

Jill Saward - Shakatak in the High School

 

 

The Jazz Pack (please give me the name) back in The Crown

 

Iain Ewing - Jazz and Swing

 

Kent Duchaine - Blues

 

Four of the Beverley Beirne and her Quartet - Jazz

 about town the morning after their gig

 

For more info about the festival keep checking

http://callanderjazz.com/

 

 

Jazz at Heart

I had the pleasure of popping into the Heart centre in Headingly last weekend to catch Sam Watts and Mike Fletcher playing

Sam Watts
http://wattsworld.co.uk/

Mike Fletcher (Tenor and Flute)

The support act was Calvin Travers guitar trio
http://www.calvintravers.co.uk/#!home/c12ng

Northern Line in Leeds

Jazz North hosted a showcase for four of the Northerline bands:
Stuart McCallum + Strings
Djangologie,
The Weave
Microscopic

Nigel Slee and Steve Mead our hosts

Stuart McCallum

Djangologie
James Birkett / Giles Strong - Guitars, Emma Fisk - Violin, Mick Shoulder - Double Bass

The Weave
Tony Peers (Trumpet), Tony Ormesher (Guitar), Martin Smith (Trumpet), Hugo Harrison (Double Bass)
And out of shot (sorry)
Rob Stringer (Piano) Tilo Pirnbaum (Drums)

Microscopic
Richard iles – trumpet/flugel, Martin Kershaw – alto saxophone, Les Chisnall – piano
Percy Pursglove – bass

Celebrations at 606

The 606 jazz club has been celebrating 25 years in the present venue (Lotts Road, Chelsea)
Last Wednesday there where 4 Bass players, 3 Pianists, 3 Sax players, 2 drummers and a guitarist!
When muddled up and put into order this came out as:
Mark Lockheart (Tenor), John Parricelli (Guitar) with Darren Phillips (Bass) and Nick France (Drums)

 

The next set was the Gwilym Smicock trio which had Lawrence Cottle (Bass) and James Maddren (Drums)

Following on was Iain Bellamy 's Anorak with Gareth Williams (piano) Sam Burgess (bass) and Nick France (drums)

 

The final act of the evening, if the first three weren't enough, was Kit Downes trio with Julian Siegel (reeds), Yuri Goloubev (bass)? and James Maddren was back on drums

Thanks to Steve Rubbie and his team at the 606 for a great night.



Dave Kane 4tet at Seven Jazz

A couple of weeks back now I caught the Dave Kane Quartet at Seven Jazz as part of the Improv Fest.
The Quartet are:
Dave Kane -  bass and compositions
Joost Hendrickx - Drums
James Allsopp - Reeds
Alex Bonney - Trumpets