EVERY MON - THURS, 11PM - 3AM & EVERY FRI - SAT, 1AM - 3AM Live Swingin’ Jazz from Top UK Musicians “We haven’t had anything like this in New York for over twenty years” Wynton Marsalis SEPT - OCT 2013 2 | 1 Featuring: RUDRESH MAHANTHAPPA’S GAMAK SARAH JANE MORRIS / ANTONIO 0 2 C | | | | | e r FORCIONE INCOGNITO BIG CHRIS BARBER BAND JOSE FELICIANO PATTI AUSTIN u m A n i NATALIE WILLIAMS SOUL FAMILY | MAGNUS ÖSTRÖM | REMEMBERING OSCAR m a j n e B | : PETERSON - FEAT JAMES PEARSON & DAVE NEWTON IAN SHAW AND HIS TRIO / y b o t o | | h WITH SPECIAL GUEST FABRIZIO BOSSO THE RONNIE SCOTT’S BLUES EXPLOSION P TILL BRÖNNER | TERRY REID | REBIRTH BRASS BAND | BEATS N PIECES BIG BAND | STACEY KENT | ROBIN JONES’ KING SALSA | CÉCILE MCLORIN SALVANT | YARON HERMAN QUARTET | KENNY GARRETT QUINTET | ED MOTTA | MIKE LINDUP & | | Entry £10, Concessions available. FRIENDS DAVID MURRAY INFINITY QUARTET WAYNE HENDERSON’S JAZZ CRUSADERS | THE MINGUS BIG BAND | CHRIS POTTER’S UNDERGROUND | BEN Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club, 47 Frith Street, Soho, London, W1D 4HT. SIDRAN | RONNIE SCOTT’S JAZZ ORCHESTRA ronniescotts.co.uk | facebook.com/ronniescottsclub | twitter.com/officialronnies Cover artist: Mingus Big Band (Mon 21st - Sat 26th Oct) PAGE 32 PAGE 01 GIGS AT A GLANCE SEPTEMBER Sun 1st LUNCH JAZZ: GARY WILLIAMS Sun 1st: RONNIE SCOTT’S JAZZ ORCHESTRA Presents... The Story So Far As you well know, we are mostly Mon 2nd: RUDRESH MAHANTHAPPA’S GAMAK: feat. David “Fuze” Fiuczynski, Francois Moutin & Dan Weiss Tues 3rd - Thurs 5th: SARAH JANE MORRIS / ANTONIO FORCIONE famous for our being a jazz club Fri 6th - Sat 7th: INCOGNITO Sun 8th LUNCH JAZZ: BIG CHRIS BARBER BAND Sun 8th: BIG CHRIS BARBER BAND and all that, but there are other Mon 9th - Thurs 12th: JOSE FELICIANO Fri 13th - Sat 14th: PATTI AUSTIN Sun 15th LUNCH JAZZ: CELEBRATING THE MODERN JAZZ QUARTET: things we do that perhaps are Dave O’Higgins, Jim Hart, Matt Ridley, Barry Green and Steve Brown less well heralded. Sun 15th: NATALIE WILLIAMS SOUL FAMILY Mon 16th - Tues 17th: MAGNUS ÖSTRÖM Did you know for instance that we run a small radio operation that Wed 18th - Thurs 19th: REMEMBERING OSCAR PETERSON - FEAT JAMES PEARSON & DAVE NEWTON makes a weekly show for broadcast on stations as far apart as Fri 20th - Sat 21st: IAN SHAW AND HIS TRIO / with special guest FABRIZIO BOSSO Toronto, Berlin and Belgium? well we do - it’s hosted by Ian Shaw, Sun 22ND LUNCH JAZZ: FRANK & ELLA performed by Todd Gordon and Tina May Sun 22nd: THE RONNIE SCOTT’S BLUES EXPLOSION made here on the premises and will also be on all British Airways Mon 23rd - Tues 24th: TILL BRÖNNER AND BAND flights in November featuring new British jazz. Wed 25th - Thurs 26th: TERRY REID Fri 27th - Sat 28th: REBIRTH BRASS BAND And did you know that the Ronnie Scott’s All Stars are also “Guns for Sun 29 th LUNCH JAZZ: PEGGY, DUKE & BENNY - featuring Georgina Jackson & Pete Long Sun 29th: BEATS N PIECES BIG BAND Hire”, having played gigs this summer in Norwich, Fulham, Windsor, Mon 30th: STACEY KENT and other glamour UK hotspots. And we are off to the seaside. In late OCTOBER September the band, with the aforementioned Ian Shaw, will be Tues 1st - Fri 4th: STACEY KENT playing two nights in St Ives in Cornwall as part of the Festival. Sat 5th: ROBIN JONES’ KING SALSA Sun 6th LUNCH JAZZ: KING CANDY & THE SUGAR PUSH Our Big Band in a Day programme, for kids, starts off again in SUN 6 th : RONNIE SCOTT’S JAZZ ORCHESTRA Presents... The Story So Far early October and will be part of the London Jazz festival on Mon 7th: CÉCILE MCLORIN SALVANT Sunday 24th November at the Barbican. If you have a teenager, or Tues 8th : BLINQ Wed 9th : YARON HERMAN QUARTET know one , who might enjoy the learning process go to the web Thurs 10th - Fri 11th : KENNY GARRETT QUINTET site and look up the details. Sat 12th : ED MOTTA Sun 13 th LUNCH JAZZ: SOPHISTICATED LADIES: TINA MAY & LEE GIBSON A word of apology regarding the building works all over the club. Horrid sing Peggy, Ella, Billie & More... Sun 13th MIKE LINDUP & FRIENDS mess but we hope the massive Ronnie Scott image on the building Mon 14th - Tues 15th : DAVID MURRAY INFINITY QUARTET hoarding makes it a bit less blunt. Wed 16th - Sat 19th : WAYNE HENDERSON’S JAZZ CRUSADERS Sun 20th LUNCH JAZZ: TIPITINA Gig highlights?. Mingus Big Band are back, after last years triumphant Sun 20th : NATALIE WILLIAMS SOUL FAMILY Mon 21st - Sat 26th : THE MINGUS BIG BAND week they return in October for six of the best. Nights. And then Sun 27 th LUNCH JAZZ: JEFF HOOPER Sings Tony Bennett & Sinatra there’s Crusader Wayne Henderson , Jose Feliciano , Kenny Garrett , Sun 27 th : THE RONNIE SCOTT’S BLUES EXPLOSION Mon 28th - Tues 29th : CHRIS POTTER’S UNDERGROUND Christian Scott , new star Cecile Salvant McLorin ... every one a winner. Wed 30th - Thurs 31st : BEN SIDRAN: DON’T CRY FOR NO HIPSTER Simon Cooke MD, Ronnie Scott’s Booking: ronniescotts.co.uk Tel: 02074390747 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 September Artists SUN 1ST SEPT: (Doors 6.30pm / £25.00 - £40.00) RONNIE SCOTT’S JAZZ ORCHESTRA TUES 3RD - THURS 5TH SEPT: Presents… The Story So Far (Doors 6.00pm / £25.00 - £40.00) Led by award-winning saxophonist and band-leader Pete Long, the RSJO is SARAH JANE MORRIS / one of the UK’s finest Big Bands and features the cream of UK talent. This month featuring the music of Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Woody Herman, ANTONIO FORCIONE Stan Kenton, The Rat Pack and Benny Goodman. Revered, sensual singer-songwriter Sarah Jane Morris straddles rock, blues, jazz and soul with a goose-bump-raising four octave range that rumbles from 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, MON 2ND SEPT: (Doors 6.00pm / £25.00 - £40.00 ) and infamous for a banned rendition of the classic Me and Mrs Jones, RUDRESH Sarah Jane Morris has always attracted as much attention for her politics as for her soul-driven, seismic voice. Ten solo albums later, pop stardom on MAHANTHAPPA’S the continent, and a diverse set of musical collaborations on record, film and stage, Morris continues to steer her unorthodox career to greater GAMAK heights. She appears here in a tantalising duo setting with sublime, virtuoso acoustic guitarist Antonio Forcione, whose powerful, rhythmic style allows feat. David him to ring every drop of emotion from his guitar. “Fuze” Fiuczynski, Francois Moutin & Dan Weiss RUDRESH MAHANTHAPPA (sax), David “Fuze” Fiuczynski (gtr), Francois Moutin (bs), Dan Weiss (drs). Few musicians share the ability of saxophonist/composer Mahanthappa to embody the expansive possibilities of his music with his culture. Time and again, he has eloquently displayed the capacity to absorb numerous styles and genres of music, combine them with the language of modern jazz, and emerge with a new form still recognizably jazz. What has materialized is a sound that fuses progressive jazz and South Indian classical music in a FRI 6TH - SAT 7TH SEPT: (Doors 6.00pm & 10.30pm (Two Shows) / £35.00 - £55.00 ) fluid and forward-looking form that reflects Mahanthappa’s own experience growing up a second-generation Indian-American. INCOGNITO Legendary British jazz funk and acid-jazz band, led by Jean-Paul SUN 1ST JAZZ LUNCH: (12 Noon - 4pm / £12.00 - £15.00) ‘Bluey’ Maunick, whose jazzy grooves, soulful vocals and funky GARY WILLIAMS horn riffs helped open the door for bands such as Jamiroquai and Top class crooner, Williams, performs Sinatra and beyond with a fine the Brand New Heavies. With over thirty years in the business band featuring pianist Barry Robinson, bassist Joe Pettitt and drummer Incognito remain a powerful live act and a real club favourite! Neil Bullock. Sunday lunch available to order. facebook.com/ronniescottsclub twitter.com/officialronnies ronniescotts.co.uk / tel: 02074390747 PAGE 04 PAGE 05 September (cont) SUN 8TH SEPT: (Doors 12.00pm & 6.30pm (Two Shows) / £20.00 - £35.00) BIG CHRIS BARBER BAND Chris Barber (tb), Bob Hunt (tb/tpt), Peter Rudeforth (tpt/fl.horn), Mike ‘Magic’ Henry (tpt/cornet), Richard Exall (cl/as/bs), Amy Roberts (cl/as/ts), Bert Brandsma (as/ts), Joe Farler (gtr/banjo), Jackie Flavelle (bs), Gregor Beck (drs). Gospel, soul, pop and R&B singer who first rose to prominence singing with Tears For Fears before ringing to global stardom with her debut platinum selling album Circle Of One, which featured the smash hit Get Here. Adams appears here in support of her eighth album the soulful jazz influenced Let’s Stay Here. SUN 15TH SEPT: (Doors 6.30pm / £20.00 - £28.50) MON 9TH - THURS 12TH SEPT: NATALIE (Doors 5.30pm & 9.30pm (Two Shows) / Early Show: £30.00 - £45.00 / Late Show: £40.00 - £55.00) WILLIAMS JOSE SOUL FAMILY FELICIANO 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 Jose Feliciano is recognised as the first Latin Artist to cross over into the and jazz. Blessed with a huge range, Williams moves effortlessly between English music market, opening the doors to others who now play an heart-rending ballads, funky originals and deft swing and she has been joined by guests ranging from Beth Rowley and Gwyneth Herbert to important part in the American music industry.