ACTS

Forthcoming concerts at JAZZLIVE

The following listings are for THE  CRYPT STAGE AT EALING JAZZ FESTIVAL, WALPOLE PARK, MATTOCK LANE, LONDON W5. Nearest tube - Ealing Broadway. Entry £1 per day.

Wednesday July 23rd
The Mehr Clef Workshop Band: 7.15pm-8.30pm
Based in Roehampton, MEhr Clef organises Jazz courses, Masterclasses, Workshops, Tuition and Live Jazz Events. Everyone involved in the company is an experienced musician/performer and teacher and has, first and foremost, students’ and musicians' interests at heart. This adult student band presents a diverse jazz repertoire including Mingus, Weill and Frishberg.

www.MEhrclef.com

Big Band Metheny: 9pm-10.15pm
Big Band Metheny is a new project by saxophonist Simon Gilby.  This 18 piece big band is based around the music of jazz guitarist Pat Metheny and the Pat Metheny Group. Metheny's music is at once highly melodic but also very intricate, crossing musical boundaries by having its roots in jazz, rock and country music, making it accessible to a wide audience.

Saxes: Simon Gilby , Nigel Penfold, Nick Wilkinson, Charlotte Glasson, Erica Clarke.
Trombones: Alastair Warren, Chris Lowe, Ben Greenslade, Vicky Johnson
Trumpets: Stuart Quinlan, Giles Straw, Andy Gibson, Gabriel Garrick, Matt Wynch
Piano: guest pianist
Bass: Davide Mantovani
Drums: Nigel Appleton
Percussion: Tim Gunnell

Big Band Metheny.co.uk


Thursday July 24th
Jess Blatchley: 5.45pm-6.45pm
Appearing for the first time at the Ealing Jazz Festival, Jess Blatchley is already well known to many jazz enthusiasts in west London.  Her jazz collaborators include Pete Churchill, The Eric Gilchrist Quartet, Nigel Fox, Chris Hodgkins, and Costas Karageorghis among many others. She is known as a singer who uses her voice like an instrument following in the tradition of the great Jazz Divas Ella Fitzgerald and Cleo Laine, and is particularly famous for her scat singing.  Jess is appearing with the Lincoln Noel Trio (Andy Gemmell, drums; Alan Prosser, Bass; Lincoln Noel, piano).

www.blatchley.co.uk

Dave Bitelli Trio: 7.15pm-8.30pm
Former Loose Tubes reedsman Dave Bitelli delivers his unique take on the tenor/bass/drums genre, with Miles Danso (bass) and Rod Youngs (drums). The band will explore some rarer jazz standards.

Hai La Drum: 9pm-10.15pm
Four versatile musicians who met playing gypsy swing music in the late '90s. Led by the incredible Baz Stanescu on violin. Traditional Romanian gypsy forms,  improvisations and unusual arrangements of gypsy jazz tunes. Baz Stanescu (violin), Jonny Hepbir (guitar), Pete Watson (accordion), Dan Sheppard (bass).

www.myspace.com/hailadrum


Friday July 25th
3.45 - 5 pm Sam Frammingham Band
Six piece sax, trumpet, guitar, piano, bass and drums led by London College of Music student Sam Frammingham.

5.30 - 6.45pm Tony Oliver Trio featuring Demis Valsecchi and Mark: Rose plus guests. Mainstream and standards from Ealing musicians.

7.15-8.30pm Blue Jar - Gypsy Jazz From Belfast:
'The panache of Grappelli balanced with a dreamy, atmospheric classical sound”.
Tommy Locke guitar, Lesley Dennison violin, Scott Heron bass.

9-10.15pm John Law Trio:
Playing the beautiful compositions of John Law, interspersed with a couple of unusual standard arrangements, the trio plays highly interactive music with extreme dynamics from the loudest energy music to the merest whisper. The trio will feature the amazing Russian virtuoso bassist Yuri Goloubev, stopping over in the UK for a couple of dates before flying to France with John to perform in duo at a festival.
 
“John Law is a hidden treasure of the UK jazz scene.” Guardian 2006

John Law - piano
Yuri Goloubev - bass
Jon Scott - drums

www.john-law.org.uk


Saturday July 26th
2pm - 3.15pm Mehr Clef Juniors
Based in Roehampton, Mehr Clef organises Jazz courses, Masterclasses, Workshops, Tuition and Live Jazz Events. Everyone involved in the company is an experienced musician/performer and teacher and has, first and foremost, students’ and musicians' interests at heart. Appearing here are the incredibly talented 10 piece junior band.

3.45 - 4.15pm Bob Peachey And Gabriel Keen
Amazing free improvisations from this very dynamic and technically assured duo. Bob Peachy takes on the saxophone, while Gabriel Keen is on the piano.

4.30pm - 5.45pm Jam Session led by George Arnold
Musicians invited to this party-style jam session led by west London pianist George Arnold. But watch out! - George can romp through an entire real book in under an hour!

6.15-6.45pm  Bob Peachey and John Russell.  More free improvisations, this time with sax and guitar.

7.15- 8.30pm Larry Bartley Quartet
Great music from one of the UK's best contemporary bass players.  Adam Bishop soprano and tenor saxes; Seb Pipe, alto sax; Larry Bartley bass, Tom Skinner drums

9 - 10.15pm Zum
A truly fabulous band, Zum present a musical fusion, taking inspiration from the Eastern European fiddle tradition and the Argentinian tango. Their music is open to a host of influences such as bebop and bluegrass, and combined with their own work, among others, they play the music of the Argentinian master of modern tango, Astor Piazolla. The outcome is fiery, passionate and intriguingly beautiful.

Adam Summerhayes - Violin
Chris Grist - Cello
Jani Pensola - Bass
David Gordon - Piano
Eddie Hession - Accordion

zum.org.uk


Sunday July 27th
2pm-3.15pm Richmond College workshop band
The irrepressible and inimitable saxophonist Tony Woods leads this band of future jazz stars from the Richmond College jazz workshop.

3.45 - 5pm Aneesa Chaudhry
Pakistani vocalist performs jazz songs with an Eastern flavour featuring John Crawford on piano and Andres Ticino on percussion. Her versatile range embraces tastes and styles ranging from cabaret, jazz and classical repertoire to soul and Indian song.

5.30-6.45pm Verona Chard Quintet
Ealing based singer brings together some quality musicians from the Vamp Jazz collective.

7.15pm-8.30pm  Alison Neale Quartet
Quality West coast jazz with Allison Neale (alto, flute), Dave Cliff guitar, Simon Thorpe bass and Steve Brown drums

9pm-10.15pm Simon Fernsby Quartet
Quality East coast jazz from the passionate Simon Fernsby (guitar), with Bob Martin (alto), Pete Whittaker (hammond) and Matt Home (drums).
 

Friday August 1st.  (Back @ The Crypt)
Christine Tobin/Phil Robson Quartet
with Phil Robson (guitar); Dave Whitford (double bass) and Thebe Lipere (percussion)
Christine Tobin appears with her trio to coincide with the release of her new CD "Secret Life of a Girl" on Babel.  A night of inimitable Tobin originals and ravishing covers of Leonard Cohen, Rufus Wainwright and others, her music has been described as authentic, streetwise, radical and romantic. 
"a 24-carat voice" The Guardian
"Sexy, gutsy, bluesy and beautiful."   Lionel Shriver, Jazzwise
“flawless”   Chris Parker, VORTEX online
“a jewel of the London jazz scene, streets ahead of the pack… She should be on a global stage, rubbing shoulders with fellow troubadours like Cave, Mitchell and Cohen.” John L Walters The Guardian

Friday August 8th
Nick Kacal's  Guerillasound
Guerillasound is a trio.  They play jazz.  But they like rock. And funk. And punk.  And.... other stuff too.  They try and combine them.  Not the just the flavour, but the attitude.  They like intense.  They like fragile. They like to go from one to the other.  They like emotion, but directed with intelligence.  They like to groove but like to break it too.  They love clean and acoustic but aren't afraid to be dirty and electric.  This is Guerillasound.  Or at least part of it.....
 

Friday August 15th
The Adrian Reid Trio

Friday August 22nd
tbc

Friday August 29th
The John Etheridge Trio

Friday September 5th
Centreline

Friday September 12th
The Roland Sutherland Quartet

Friday September 19th

Christain Brewer Quintet
 

Friday September 26th

The Pete Watson Trio

Friday October 3rd
Byron Wallen's Indigo
With Byron Wallen - Trumpet; Tony Kofi - Saxophones; Larry Bartley - Bass; Tom Skinner - Drums
Byron’s always absorbing music genuinely draws in the disparate elements of African and Eastern cultures, while retaining true jazz spirit. Here he gets ever closer to the source, recently becoming one of a hand-picked McCoy Tyner band performing at the Barbican. He is also a member of the newly-resurgent Bheki Mseleku’s sparkling new band. His front-line partner is another formidable creator; Tony’s skills as soloist and composer can been heard on his CDs ‘Future Passed’ and the multi-award-winning ‘All Is Know’ Monk project, and when appearing with Andrew Hill and Sam Rivers. Larry and Tom complete the Indigo line-up with a great breadth of experience; they have worked variously with Denys Baptiste, Ingrid Laubrock, Christine Tobin and Stanley Turrentine. The whole team appear on the new CD, Meeting Ground, on Byron’s own Twilight Jaguar label.

Friday October 10th

The Gareth Lockrane Septet

Friday October 17th

tbc

Friday October 24th

Sirius B
Sirius B’s unique blend of Brazilian beats, jazz harmonies and groovy  arrangements are at the cutting edge of modern bossa nova.

“A joyous celebration of Brazilian music” Straight no Chaser
“One of the premier U.K. based Brazilian outfits” Timeout Magazine
 
"A gem of a band sprinkling sunshine on the dance floor" Venue Magazine
 
 “This independent gem deserves a special place in the burgeoning Brazilian music scene” Music week
    
“ Sergio Mendes  meets Pat Metheney"  Jed Williams Brecon Jazz Festival
 “Fiery sambas… romantic bossas… echoes of Wayne and Herbie on Native Dancer-Sirius B are a big deal live”. Jazzwise.
  “Their brand of vibrant Brazilian rhythms and charming vocals, are a must hear, any time, any place... it doesn't take a Rio carnival or sun kissed beach with barefoot football playing locals to make this music sound good.” Soul Junkie 
  “the heat of the samba meets the coolness of jazz… a hip-shakingly fine time awaits”  Venue Magazine

Friday October 31st

The Martin Speake Quartet

Friday November 7th

The Steve Fishwick Quintet

Friday November 14th

Jim Hart's Gemini

Friday November 21st

Hai Le Drum

Friday November 28th

Abysinian Tuxedo TBC

Doors Open (Fridays) at 8pm for our fine (and low price) restaurant and bar. Music starts at 9.30pm