February 2013
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JANUARY - FEBRUARY 2013 Featuring: NATIONAL YOUTH JAZZ ORCHESTRA | SARAH JANE MORRIS | CARLEEN ANDERSON | LARRY GOLDINGS, PETER BERNSTEIN, BILL STEWART TRIO | NICOLA CONTE COMBO | ERIC ALEXANDER & VINCENT HERRING QUINTET FEAT HAROLD MABERN | DEODATO | JAMES LANGTON’S SOLID SENDERS | MANU KATCHÉ | MATTHEW HALSALL + ZARA McFARLANE | MILTON NASCIMENTO | MICHEL LEGRAND | LONNIE LISTON SMITH AND THE COSMIC ECHOES | RUBY TURNER | DIZZY GILLESPIE™ AFRO CUBAN EXPERIENCE FEAT. MACHITO JNR | TRINITY LABAN JAZZ | CEDAR WALTON QUARTET | VALENTINES DAY SPECIAL WITH TINA MAY | ROBERT RANDOLPH AND THE FAMILY BAND | BRANDON ALLEN ALL-STAR SEXTET | MARC JOHNSON TRIO FEAT. ELIANE ELIAS | BILLY COBHAM BAND | SOWETO KINCH | ARTURO SANDOVAL Cover artist: Milton Nascimento (Fri 25th - Sat 26th Jan) PAGE 32 PAGE 01 GIGS AT A GLANCE JANUARY TUES 1ST - WED 2ND: NATIONAL YOUTH JAZZ ORCHESTRA THUR 3RD - SAT 5TH: SARAH JANE MORRIS The theme for the past SUN 6TH: RONNIE SCOTT’S JAZZ ORCHESTRA PRESENTS... THE STORY SO FAR 12 months at the club SUN 6TH LUNCH JAZZ: LEE GIBSON ‘THE GLORY OF GERSHWIN’ MON 7TH - TUES 8TH: CARLEEN ANDERSON WED 9TH - THUR 10TH: LARRY GOLDINGS, PETER BERNSTEIN, BILL STEWART TRIO has been upgrading. FRI 11TH - SAT 12TH: NICOLA CONTE COMBO SUN 13TH: NATALIE WILLIAMS SOUL FAMILY The theme for the past 12 months at the club has been upgrading. We SUN 13TH LUNCH JAZZ: JIVE ACES have an enormous number of people come to the club and bar each MON 14TH - TUES 15TH: ERIC ALEXANDER & VINCENT HERRING QUINTET FEAT HAROLD MABERN “IN THE SPIRIT OF week and of course the old place takes a bit of a battering. In the past COLTRANE & CANNONBALL” year we have upgraded the sound desk situation, all the bathrooms, WED 16TH - SAT 19TH: DEODATO SUN 20TH: JAMES LANGTON’S SOLID SENDERS much of the back house, the kitchen floor, walls and some of the kit, SUN 20TH LUNCH JAZZ: ALEXANDER STEWART replaced the club table bases for extra comfort and have installed MON 21ST - WED 23RD: MANU KATCHÉ cameras and built an AV studio. Busy, and costly, times. To be frank it’s THUR 24TH: DOUBLE BILL: MATTHEW HALSALL + ZARA M cFARLANE a bit of a Forth Bridge this place. FRI 25TH - SAT 26TH: MILTON NASCIMENTO SUN 27TH: THE RONNIE SCOTT’S BLUES EXPLOSION It’s often easy to consider Ronnie Scott’s as just the club and the SUN 27TH LUNCH JAZZ: BLUE HARLEM MON 28TH - WED 30TH: MICHEL LEGRAND headliner playing therein, when in fact there is a whole lot more going THURS 31ST: LONNIE LISTON SMITH AND THE COSMIC ECHOES on. The Bar upstairs is a venue in its own right with separate promoter nights bringing all sorts of jazz based music each evening. The FEBRUARY Wednesday jam, for instance, has been running almost 5 years now FRI 1ST - SAT 2ND: LONNIE LISTON SMITH AND THE COSMIC ECHOES and is as packed as ever. Downstairs the Late Late Shows have been SUN 3RD: RONNIE SCOTT’S JAZZ ORCHESTRA PRESENTS... THE STORY SO FAR getting extremely busy, with Thursdays particularly getting so full we are SUN 3RD LUNCH JAZZ: KEVIN FITZSIMMONS finding the place is full at 1am with a queue outside! And then there’s MON 4TH - THUR 7TH: RUBY TURNER FRI 8TH - SAT 9TH: DIZZY GILLESPIE AFRO CUBAN EXPERIENCE the Big Band and All Stars getting bookings around the world and the FEATURING MACHITO JNR weekly radio show - now presented by Ian Shaw - broadcast on Jazz FM, SUN 10TH: NATALIE WILLIAMS SOUL FAMILY SUN 10TH LUNCH JAZZ: JIVIN’ MISS DAISY and in Toronto too. Maybe this year’s theme should be world domination. MON 11TH: TRINITY LABAN JAZZ TUES 12TH - WED 13TH: CEDAR WALTON QUARTET Highlights of the early 2013? Well we have a few new artists to the club THUR 14TH: VALENTINES DAY SPECIAL WITH TINA MAY in Eumir Deodato - remember “Also Sprach Zarathustra (aka Theme to FRI 15TH: ROBERT RANDOLPH AND THE FAMILY BAND SAT 16TH: BRANDON ALLEN ALL-STAR SEXTET 2001: A Space Odyssey)”? Plus pop percussionist Manu Katché and FEAT. MARK NIGHTINGALE & NIGEL HITCHCOCK Brazilian superstar Milton Nascimento . And at the tail end of February SUN 17TH: MARC JOHNSON TRIO FEATURING ELIANE ELIAS SUN 17TH LUNCH JAZZ: TJ JOHNSON a very long awaited return of Trumpeter Arturo Sandoval . Pedal Steel MON 18TH - SAT 23RD: BILLY COBHAM BAND ‘TALES FROM THE SKELETON COAST’ Guitar fans will love Robert Randolph on Feb 15th. SUN 24TH: THE RONNIE SCOTT’S BLUES EXPLOSION SUN 24TH LUNCH JAZZ: PEGGY, DUKE & BENNY MON 25TH - TUES 26TH: SOWETO KINCH Simon Cooke WED 27TH - SAT 2ND: ARTURO SANDOVAL MD, Ronnie Scott’s Booking: ronniescotts.co.uk Tel: 02074390747 A word to the wise, Kurt Elling in April is shifting at a rate of knots. Contact: [email protected] Ronnie Scott’s: 47 Frith Street, London, W1D 4HT facebook.com/ronniescottsclub twitter.com/officialronnies ronniescotts.co.uk / tel: 02074390747 PAGE 02 PAGE 03 January Artists SUN 6TH: (Doors 6.30pm / £25.00 -£40.00) RONNIE SCOTT’S JAZZ ORCHESTRA TUES 1ST - WED 2ND: (Doors 6pm / £18.00 - £32.50) Presents… The Story So Far NATIONAL YOUTH Led by award-winning saxophonist and band-leader Pete Long, the RSJO is one of the UK's finest Big Bands and features the JAZZ ORCHESTRA cream of UK talent. This month featuring the music of Count Basie, Justly revered as a glittering showcase for the country’s best young musicians, Duke Ellington, Woody Herman, Stan Kenton, The Rat Pack and NYJO was founded by Bill Ashton, OBE, in 1965, and many of the current generation Benny Goodman. of top British jazz musicians have risen through its ranks, often becoming established jazz stars whilst still playing with the band. Featuring two vocalists and 22 band members, NYJO is a powerful celebration of the jazz orchestra sound from a band of under 25 year olds, many of whom are destined to become the next UK jazz generation. Much of NYJO's music is written specially for the orchestra by British composers, including past and present members of NYJO. MON 7TH - TUES 8TH: (Doors 6.00pm / £30.00 - £42.50) CARLEEN THUR 3RD - SAT 5TH: (Doors 6pm (& 10.30pm fri/sat) / £25.00 - £45.00) ANDERSON SARAH JANE MORRIS Blessed with a uniquely soulful voice, soul singer Anderson found early fame with the hit single ‘Apparently Nothin’ with the cult band Young Disciples Sarah Jane Morris (voc), Henry Thomas (bs), Dominic Miller (gtr), and has since gone on to great things as a popular and highly rated Tony Remy (gtr), Martyn Barker (drs), Alistair Gavin (pno), plus special soul/jazz vocalist, both as a solo artist and in the company of acts such guests John Eacott (tpt), Annie Whitehead (tb), Michael Rosen (sax). as The Brand New Heavies, Paul Weller, Bryan Ferry and Courtney Pine. Revered, sensual singer-songwriter Sarah Jane Morris, straddles rock, blues, She also just happens to be James Brown’s goddaughter and the jazz and soul with a goose-bump raising four octave range that rumbles from daughter of his legendary vocalist Vicki Anderson. the heels of her size eight shoes to the tips of her flame-red mane. Famed for her association with the Communards in the mid-80s and infamous for a banned rendition of the classic Me and Mrs Jones, Sarah Jane Morris has SUN 6TH LUNCH: (Doors 12 noon - 4pm / £15.00 - £18.00) always attracted as much attention for her politics as for her soul-driven, seismic voice. Ten solo albums later, pop stardom on the continent, and a LEE GIBSON ‘The Glory Of Gershwin’ diverse set of musical collaborations on record, film and stage, Morris One of UK finest interpreter of this classic material and influenced early in her continues to steer her unorthodox career to greater heights. Expect old faves singing career by the likes of Sarah Vaughan, Lee knows how to swing a band. She alongside new material from her recent “Where It Hurts” album. is accompanied by the John Horler Trio plus featured saxophonist Jamie Talbot. facebook.com/ronniescottsclub twitter.com/officialronnies ronniescotts.co.uk / tel: 02074390747 PAGE 04 PAGE 05 January (cont) SUN 13TH: (Doors 6.30pm / £20.00 - £28.50) NATALIE WILLIAMS SOUL FAMILY Hosted by charismatic singer Williams, Soul Family Sunday is a monthly event presenting a host of top-notch guests from the world of UK R&B, soul and jazz. Blessed with a huge range, Williams moves effortlessly WED 9TH - THURS 10TH: (Doors 6pm / £20.00 - £35.00) between heart-rending ballads, funky originals and deft swing and she has been joined by guests ranging from Beth Rowley and Gwyneth LARRY GOLDINGS, Herbert to Roachford, Jamie Cullum and Omar. PETER BERNSTEIN, BILL STEWART TRIO Storming trio featuring the classic Hammond B3, guitar and drums format that drove the soul jazz boom of the 60s. With renowned Hammond maestro Larry Goldings as at home in funk and pop as jazz and a hugely in demand sideman and virtuoso performer, top class drummer Stewart MON 14TH - TUES 15TH: (Doors 6pm / £25.00 - £40.00) and world-class guitarist Bernstein who has played with the likes of Dr Lonnie Smith, Joshua Redman and Diana Krall. ERIC ALEXANDER & VINCENT HERRING QUINTET FEAT HAROLD MABERN “IN THE SPIRIT OF COLTRANE & CANNONBALL” FRI 11TH - SAT 12TH: (Doors 6pm & 10.30pm / £25.00 - £45.00) Vincent Herring (alt sax), Eric Alexander (ten sax), Harold Mabern (pno), NICOLA CONTE Milan Nikolic (bs), Joris Dudli (drs). COMBO Top class straight-ahead jazz as two of the most powerful mainstream saxophonists around, Eric Alexander and Vincent Herring, bring the spirit of the Nicola Conte (gtr), Bridgette Amofah (voc), saxophone battle to Ronnies.