Martin Speake International Quartet Ant Law Quintet Art Themen Organ Trio Friday 14th February 2020 £15.00 Friday 6th March 2020 £15.00 Friday 27th March 2020 £15.00 Martin Speake alto sax A remarkable international jazz supergroup, Ant Law guitar A Physics graduate who lived in Saudi Art Themen sax A fantastically exciting, playful and inventive saxophonist, Ethan Iverson piano featuring one of the UK’s most prominent alto Mike Chillingworth alto sax Arabia until the age of 16, Ant brings a Pete Whittaker organ Art has been a beloved character of the British jazz scene for Calum Gourlay bass sax players and ECM bandleader Martin Speake; Ivo Neame piano wide range of influences to his unique George Double drums over 50 years, in the bands of Alexis Korner and Stan Tracey Jorge Rossy drums pianist Ethan Iverson, founding member of the Tom Farmer bass take on jazz, from Perfect 4ths tuning among others. His new Organ Trio features the soulful and iconic The Bad Plus; rising star bassist Calum to Arabic and Indian music. This is the genuinely groovy organ playing of Pete Whittaker, and on Gourlay, recently seen here leading his own James Maddren drums band from his acclaimed 2018 release drums George Double, most recently in Wakefield with Chris quartet; and influential drummer Jorge Rossy, Life I Know, an album of virtuosic Ingham’s tribute to Stan Getz. Expect mischief, twinkly charm famous for his presence in Brad Mehldau’s Trio. musicianship and melodic accessibility. and down home grit from a genuine treasure of British jazz. A real coup for Wakefield Jazz. “By turns intricate and complex or Web: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Art- “The rapport between Speake and Iverson itself is stripped-back and gentle, there is a Themen/103117689728132 a thing of exquisite beauty.” Downbeat Magazine warmth to his tunes and guitar work. ….” London Jazz News EASTER BREAK Ben Crosland Quintet plays the Web: https://www.martinspeake.com/ Web: http://www.antlaw.co.uk/ Ray Davies Songbook Adrian Knowles’ Sound of ’59, Friday 24th April 2020 £15.00 preceded by the premiere of Suite Rhubarb. John Law’s Re-Creations Theo Travis soprano and tenor sax Following a mis-spent youth jamming along with Kinks records Friday 21st February 2020 £15.00 Friday 13th March 2020 £15.00 John Etheridge guitar in his bedroom, Ben has recently been revealing the hidden jazz Steve Lodder piano/keyboards depths of Ray Davies’ classic songs. He has assembled a starry line-up of top British jazz musicians, including John Etheridge and Jim Corry alto sax 1959 was a unique year in jazz history, with the John Law piano John Law is an exceptional pianist who has Ben Crosland bass release of a string of albums that have become travelled a fascinating path over thirty years, Theo Travis, to reinterpret classic 60s pop songs with a range of Joel Purnell tenor sax Sam Crockatt sax Caroline Boaden drums Mark Chandler trumpet acknowledged as ground-breaking classics - Miles’ James Agg bass from free improvisation, through a Keith innovative jazz grooves. Kind Of Blue, Coltrane’s Giant Steps, Mingus’ Ah Um Jarrett-inspired epiphany, to now recreating Kev Holbrough trombone Paolo Adamo drums “…the album swings consistently…with this sharp, cogent and Brubeck’s Time Out, plus records by Ornette classics not only from jazz (David, Monk, Jason Scott piano collection, a dedicated follower of Ray Davies has made him Coleman and Bill Evans. Leeds bassist Adrian Knowles Gershwin) but also pop/rock (Beatles, Stevie a well-respected jazz composer too.” The Times Adrian Knowles bass has a stellar line-up of northern-based musicians in Wonder, Radiohead) and classical (Satie, Caroline Boaden drums honour of the Rhubarb Festival to celebrate this music, Debussy). Come expecting to hear tunes you Web: https://www.jazz-cat.com/index.php also telling stories about those classic sessions. A know, but not as you have heard them before, Full Bar. Hot food is available 7-8pm, only if pre-booked see website must for anyone interested in the development of jazz. with artistic excellence and spontaneous Doors 7.00pm - Music 8.30pm To celebrate the Rhubarb Festival this weekend, Suite creativity. Free parking on site. Close to city centre Rhubarb by Pete Rosser will feature local musicians “One of the UK’s most imaginative and Pay on entrance or buy tickets online at: and the Wakefield Sings! choir. versatile jazz pianists” International Piano Web: http://adrianknowlesmusic.com/sound- Magazine 2014 www.wakefieldjazz.org of-59/4594694589 Web: http://www.johnlaw.org.uk/index.html CONCESSIONARY RATES Rosie Brown/James Taylor We offer a reduction of £1 for people who are of “bus pass” age, or those in receipt of Remi Harris Duo state benefits. Students and under 25’s receive a 50% discount on full entry fee. + Pete Rosser’s 88 Keys Children under the age of 15 are admitted free except for all-ticket gigs. Facilities for the disabled, wheelchair access by arrangement. Friday 28th February 2020 £15.00 Friday 20th March 2020 £15.00 ALL-TICKET GIGS buy tickets online, at the club or send cheque and SAE to: Judith Waterhouse, 3 Bramley Park, Church Lane, Bramley Rotherham S66 2RU. Remi Harris acoustic and Remi Harris has been receiving rave Rosie Brown vocals Firstly, our promoter’s guide to the history of jazz electric guitars/ukulele reviews for over a decade, since emerging James Taylor guitar piano, from Scott Joplin to Thelonious Monk, Tom Moore bass from the seething jazz hotspots of Pete Rosser piano from Art Tatum to Brad Mehldau, utilising all Nigel Price, Vein/StanMike W Sulzmann,alker meets Cologne Dave Newton/Liz band Tria LingV Fletchero, ,Tina May/Nikki Iles Herefordshire. Drawing influences from eighty-eight keys of our splendid grand piano. Tommy Smith and Brian Kellock Django Reinhart through Wes Montgomery Secondly Rosie Brown and James Taylor, with WAKEFIELD JAZZ to Jimi Hendrix, this duo setting with Tom classic jazz tunes in the style of Ella Fitzgerald WORKSHOPS Moore on double bass showcases an and Joe Pass plus some more contemporary A workshop for all musicians wanting to develop skills eclectic mix of jazz and blues, originals singer-songwriter repertoire. From coruscating in jazz improvisation and collective music making. All and Remi’s favourite tunes. A real favourite keyboard to mellow musings. you need is your instrument and a music stand. PIANO TECHNICIAN Tuesdays 7.30 to 9.30 in the clubrooms £8/£6 (concessions) here, Remi’s star continues to rise since Rosie..“An eloquent and intelligent singer with John Tordoff T:01924 274 815 M:07775 916 209 per session his appearance here three years ago. Details from Pete Rosser 07813 967364 ([email protected]) more than a touch of the great blues influence” Pete also runs Agbrigg Voices for singers. “an extraordinary musician” Jamie Guardian Guide Cullum, BBC Radio 2 Web: http://www.peterosser.co.uk/ [email protected] Tel: 07808 595619 frusion.co.uk/artists/concert/uk/rosie-brown. at Wakefield Sports Club, Eastmoor Road Web: https://www.remiharris.com html WF1 3RR (For SatNav use WF1 3RZ) A terrific line up this year with 5 gigs all with support bands too! .00 Save up to £16 by paying in advance instead of paying per gig. FESTIVAL Concessions - £54 Students under 25’s £30.00 TICKET *Paid in advance no refund ONLY Shirley Smart Trio (plus support from LCoM students) .00* Friday 22nd May 2020 £15.00 £59 Shirley Smart cello After spending a decade in Jerusalem, John Crawford piano Shirley Smart brings an eclectic range of Tango Siempre (plus support Trio Globo) Demi Garcia Sabat drums/percussion influences to her music, from her original classical training through jazz to Jewish, Friday 1st May 2020 £15.00 Arabic and North African musics. Her trio features a couple of well-known faces, Tango Siempre have been the UK’s leading Julian Rowlands bandoneon Latin jazz piano expert John Crawford and tango ensemble since their formation in Bristol Jonathan Taylor piano flamenco percussionist Demi Garcia Sabat, Spring/Summer 2020 in 1998, with authentic performance of classic Rory Dempsey bass for an evening of cello-led inventiveness. tango plus the added grit and sophistication of the nuevo tango of Astor Piazzolla and their “as a cellist-composer she morphs own jazz-inflected compositions. seamlessly from Stephane Grappelli-like swing and Bird-like bebop…” Jazzwise “a brilliant fusion of classical, tango, jazz and roots” The Guardian With support from Trio Globo - balkan/ (plus support from LCoM students) klezmer/celtic/bluegrass/township tunes from Irene Serra Quartet Gill Pearson (violin), Mary Plumb (clarinet/sax) Friday 29th May 2020 £15.00 and Pete Rosser (accordion). Web: http://tangomusic.co.uk/ Irene Serra vocals A London-based singer with Italian-Danish roots, Irene Serra writes sophisticated jazz- (plus support from LCoM students) Naadia Sheriff piano Pete Oxley/Nic Meier Quartet Richard Sadler bass pop songs with a hint of European cabaret and Chris Nickolls drums chanson. Promoting their 2019 CD Requiem Friday 8th May 2020 £15.00 for the Faithful, ISQ features musicians who have worked with Neil Cowley, Andy Sheppard By popular demand, a return to Wakefield Pete Oxley & Nicolas Meier guitars and Yazz Ahmed. We welcome back Naadia Jazz for this guitarists’ fantasy line-up - two Ralph Mizraki bass Sheriff, whom we haven’t seen for a long time. pth, Paul Cavaciuti drums of the best guitarists based in the UK, with an “I’ve always played with people who inspire me, unparalleled array of six- and twelve-stringed “…a melting pot of genres - jazz, pop and enjoying the conversation, going into some de instruments, acoustic and electric, fretless, experimental - which all blend together to and thinking about the musicians” retuned and reshaped.