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)

3 acts 2 nights in London

Well I was back there last week and caught 3 acts:
Trevor Mires - Trombone lead quartet
I was really impressed especially with the tribute to Abram Wilson with a great solo trombone ending to 'sentimental mood'

Jonathon Gee - Piano trio
Larry Bartley - Bass
Ernesto Simpson - Drums
Thank you to the 606 for the introduction I am going to be keeping an eye out for Jonathons work.

Benet Mclean - Piano/Vocal quartet featuring Jason Yarde - Sax
Saleem Raman - Drums
Jonathon Harvey - Bass
Played an ecclectic mix however my favorite was Rogers and Hart - It never entered my mind, as you could really hear the emotion of the song and fullness of Benets voice.

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

Alexander Stewart

Well after the hiatus I happend to find myself in London again!
Yep you guessed it back to my favorite Jazz club there (no need to tell you where!)
Alexander Stewart brough his band along including Nathaniel Facey, before he went on tour with Dionne Warrick!
Vocals - Alexander Stewart
Piano - Alex Webb
Bass - Gary Crosby
Drums - Andy Chapman
Sax - Nathaniel Facey

The Late set brought some originals by Paul Carmichael and with him a fine collection of musicians:

Piano - Rick Laughlin with iPad

Bass - Paul Carmichael

Drums - Darren Altman

Precussion - Carlos Fuentes

Guitar - Tim Cransfield

Sax and Flute - Rob Hughes, beloow, keeping an eye on the music!

As ever there are more photos of the two bands on my Flickr account

http://www.flickr.com/photos/markbeirnesmith/

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

Another Trip To London

Probably the last of this year so I popped into the 606 on Monday and Tuesday this week. I have a couple of Yorkshire gigs between now and Christmas so there should be another post to come this year.

Monday was the first outing for Davide Giovannsi's Minas Project, which brought a couple of Apple Macs and:

Davide Giovanni - Drum and Voice

Paul Booth - Various reeds, keys and Apple Mac
Neil Angilley - Piano, Keys and Apple Mac

Guille Hill - Guitars

Davide Mantovani - Bass and mobile phone

Tuesday brought 2 bands the first was Michele Drees's Rhythm Tap and Jazz Quartet

Michele Drees - Drums
? - Bass
John Crawford - Piano
Junior Laniyan - Tap
Special guest appearance Steve Rubie - Tamborine and Flute

The late set was Barry Green Trio with standards and interpretations (including one from Charlie and the chocolate factory:
Barry Green - Piano
Dave Whitford - Bass
Jim Hart - Vibes

As ever more photos on flickr

http://www.flickr.com/photos/markbeirnesmith/

Jazz Night at Greystones Sheffield

It was the 20th October and at the top of a hill in Sheffield 3 vocalists had a jazz night with an accopmanying trio.

Cathy Hamlym - Vocals
Kate O'Neill - Vocals
Beverley Beirne - Vocals
Nick Fletcher - Piano
Kevin Shaw - Bass
James Pettinger - Drums

Cath Hamlyn

 

Kate O'Neill

Nick Fletcher and Kevin Shaw

James Pettinger

Kate O'Neill's car was OK in the end... just an over heated clutch with all them hills in Sheffield!

As ever there are some more photos from this gig on my flickr  account