Category Archives: Artists 2009

Liane Carroll Trio

Liane Carroll (p, voc) Roger Carey (bg) Mark Fletcher (d) Having been something of a stalwart of the British jazz scene for many years, Liane has in the last four or five years gone on to enjoy huge critical acclaim and is now considered by many to be one of the UK’s top jazz vocalists. [...]

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Gary Kavanagh and Allison Neale

When Allison met Gary… …they clicked immediately – because their sounds blend brilliantly, their artistic interests are in sync and they both have a passion for the works of Gigi Gryce, particularly his collaborations with Art Farmer and Don Byrd. So they have taken for their starting point the crafted arrangements and attention to detail [...]

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Alton College Jazz Bands

Alton College Music Department supports three jazz bands; the legendary ACJB, the Big Band and the specialist jazz course The Alton College Jazz Collective - an outreach course run in conjunction with Trinity College of Music. Alton College Jazz Bands 2010/2011 were very fortunate, in that during October 2010 Kenny Wheeler and John Taylor visited Alton [...]

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Greg Abate

Greg Abate jazz saxophonist, flutist, composer continues as an International Jazz/Recording Artist with 150 days a year touring the globe. In the mid 70’s after finishing a four year program at Berklee College Of Music, Greg played lead alto for the Ray Charles Orchestra for 2 years. In 1978 Greg formed his group Channel One [...]

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Sam Leak Trio

Sam Leak (p) James Opstad (b) David Hamblett (d) The Sam Leak Trio formed in the Autumn of 2007 and have since gained gigs at a host of venues including the 606 Club, Charlie Wrights, Olivers (with Jim Hart), and The Others. They are already beginning to make their mark on the London Jazz Scene, [...]

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Keith Little Jazz Band

Based in Cardiff, Keith’s band is widely travelled. It gets much of its inspiration from the music of Goodman, Waller, Basie, Ellington. Add a dash of the jump-jive of Louis Prima and Louis Jordan, and the band creates a repertoire of exhilarating jazz that is sheer enjoyment.

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Roger Marks Armada Jazz Band

Roger Marks (tr) Dave Martin (t) Ken Rennison (saxes) Eddie Edwards (bjo) Terry Turland (bg) Terry Lidiard (d) Roger’s Devon-based band plays a wider range of material than most bands, but gives tunes a unique ‘traditional’ jazz treatment. Roger himself is a musician with experience in a wide range of jazz styles, from classic New [...]

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Barnard/Williams/Green Band

Bob Barnard (t,ct) Roy Willaims (tr) Tony Barnard (g) Andy Williams (g) Dave Green (b) The great Aussie trumpet player and multi-instrumentalist and the top British Dixieland/mainstream trombonist lead a band with their sons Tony and Andy (both fine guitarists), and Britain’s premier bass player. Bob Barnard is well-known in Britain for many years as [...]

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Chris Biscoe Quartet

Chris Biscoe (reeds, flute) Tony Kofi (reeds) Larry Bartley (b) Stu Butterfield (d) Chris’s new quartet plays music associated with Eric Dolphy, the staggeringly talented multi reeds player whose early death was a major loss to modern jazz. Dolphy radically extended the language of jazz while staying firmly within the jazz tradition. Chris is joined [...]

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Get The Blessing

Pete Judge (t) Jake McMurchie (saxes) Jim Barr (b) Clive Deamer (d) The four members of this Bristol-based band have lots of experience on the Bristol jazz scene, and also in some of the more interesting rock bands of the past decade – Portishead, Super Furry Animals to name but two most of them played [...]

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