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

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

Sela Bar Jam

On Tuesday I made into the Sela Bar for the guest act and the jam

Jan Kopinski - Sax
Stefan Kopinski - Bass
Nik Svarc - Guitar
Steve Hanley - Drums

I also reviewed the venue - http://jazzleeds.blogspot.co.uk/
And more about Jan Kopinskis music - http://www.jankopinski.com/

Jamil Sheriff Trio - Ilkley

The Jamil Sheriff Trio came to the Ilkley Manor House as part of the concert series.
Jamil Sheriff - Piano
Pete Turner - Bass
Dave Walsh - Drums

 

 

 



I caught up with the band for the Jazz Goes To Leeds blog where you can read a bit more,
http://jazzleeds.blogspot.co.uk/

The Trio has not recorded in the studio as yet however there are som You Tube clips:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPKAlXN9d3k

 

A Joy to see Liz Fletcher Bring it on

An Invitation to the 606 on 18th September
Why? to attend Liz's Album launch this Early Autumn,

The gig was great, I highly recommend that you catch this lady live, failing that buy the cd!
Liz Fletcher  - Vocals
Gunther Kurmayr - Piano
Geoff Gasgoyne - Bass
Clark Tracey - Dums
Andreas Panayi - Sax and Flutes
Martin Shaw - Trumpet
Liz has been nominated for a British Jazz award:
http://www.bigbearmusic.com/awardmenu.html

The late set was Graham Harvey below

Summer 2012

With the Olympics in full swing from torch relay to the closing ceremony, I had an embargo on London, like a few I avidly avoided it! Having said that Beverley had a series of gigs acrross Yorkshire including Jazz at the Lescar Sheffield, Seven Jazz Leeds and her home town Ilkley Summer festival where it was reported that 'over a thousand revellers came out'

Here are some snaps!

Ian Mann (bass) with Beverley Beirne at Seven Jazz

 

Graham Hearn (usually piano) and Ronnie Bottomley (drums) at Seven Jazz

 

Joel Purnell (tenor) at Seven Jazz

 

Ronnie Bottomley (drums) at The Lescar

 

 

The full band this time with Mike Cox (tenor) at the Ilkley Summer Festival

 

Beverley Beirne (vocals)

Well there has been a bit of a hiatus of posts recently...
Yep I have been busy helping with a project - Seasons of Love - dating back to the initial recordings last year.

Here are some shots from the recording session:
Graham Hearn - piano,
Ian Mann - bass (Adrian Knowles also plays bass on the album)
Ronnie Bottomley - drums,
Mike Cox - tenor
Beverley Beirne - vocals
Barkley McKay - sound engineering and mixing

 

There is more info about this album on a facebook page with some more photos and sounds!
https://www.facebook.com/BeverleyBeirneSeasonsOfLove



Harrogate Jazz and Blues Club

Beverley Beirne was gigging with the Harrogate Jazz and Blues Club, in the new venue
Piano - Andy Cholerton
Bass - Keith Jevons
Guitar - Rich Jevons
Drums - Caroline Boaden
Harmonica - Mort

 

As ever there is a larger selection on Flickr
http://www.flickr.com/photos/markbeirnesmith/sets/72157628944065259/show/

And to find out more about what's on at Harrogate Jazz and Blues Club and the weekly gigs:
http://jazzinyorkshire.co.uk/new.aspx

Vocals - Beverley Beirne