Some hot winter warming stuff at Seven Jazz this November...

November – you’ll be burning all that old rubbish at bonfire night. Lucky we never get any old rubbish at Seven Jazz, just the best music! We hope you enjoyed our October presentations – highlights were the award winning Liane Carroll at her very best – a concert full of new tunes and old jokes, Katie Patterson’s new Big Band and their driving take on music of Steely Dan, and finally the inimitable John Taylor on solo piano in our Leeds celebration of his 70^th birthday. If you’ve missed any gigs then you might find a catch up video clip or two on our You Tube site here http://www.youtube.com/user/stevecrocker1?feature=mhee. October was a sad month as well in that it saw the passing of our great supporter Colin Watson – we remembered him with a lovely afternoon and evening of jazz music at Seven Arts on 24^th October. He’ll be remembered fondly by all of us.

So what’s happening in November? It is shaping up to be a superb month jazz wise, with some of the big names in jazz appearing both at Seven Arts and at other venues in Leeds.  Let’s start with a treat for all lovers of swing and big band jazz with the appearance at Seven Arts of astonishing multi-instrumentalist Al Woods and his nine piece band.

Sunday afternoon 4 November: Al Woods Nonet

Al Wood- trumpet and director, Jim Corry – alto James Russell – alto Stuart MacDonald -  tenor Simon Kaylor – tenor Sam Thornton – baritone, Phil Steel – piano Garry Jackson – bass  Bob Howard – drums

Al is at home as much on alto and baritone saxophones as the trombone and trumpet. He was a member of the Maynard Ferguson Big Band, apparently the only musician to have played every "chair" in the band. He was also until recently deputy head of jazz performance at Leeds College of Music and is a nationally respected big band leader. His nine piece band has a dream line up of some of the best mainstream and bop players in the Yorkshire region

Only £5/4 concessions, kids under 16 free, doors open at 1pm, music 1.30-4pm at Seven Arts, Chapel Allerton!

Thursday evening 8 November 8pm: Benn Clatworthy Quartet

Benn Clatworthy, tenor sax, John Donaldson piano, Simon Thorpe bass, Josh Morrison drums

Welcome return from US based tenor sax star Benn Clatworthy, a former member of the Horace Silver band, and musical associate of Cedar Walton, Lionel Hampton, Jimmy Cleveland, and many other jazz greats. Benn is appearing at Seven Arts along with lyrical jazz pianist John Donaldson, in-demand bass player Simon Thorpe and rising London based jazz star drummer Josh Morrison who is making his first appearance with us.

£15/12 concessions, kids under 16 free, doors open at 8pm, music 8.30-11pm at Seven Arts, Chapel Allerton, tel 0113 26 26 777; full time student standby £5 on the door only

Sunday afternoon 11 November: Kevin Holbrough Quintet

Kev Holbrough trombone, Rob Mitchell tenor sax, Jamil Sheriff piano, Gary Jackson bass, Sam Gardner drums

Leeds based Kevin Holbrough is a busy freelance trombonist, session musician and educator. His quintet features some of the finest talent in the local jazz scene – a welcome return of a very talented musician.. They will be performing original compositions and music that are influenced by Benny Golson, Curtis Fuller, JJ Johnson through to the contemporary sounds of New York sextet “One for All” and Steve Davis

£5/4 concessions, kids under 16 free, doors open at 1pm, music 1.30-4pm at Seven Arts, Chapel Allerton

Sunday afternoon 18 November: Katie Patterson's Allsorts

Russ Henderson sax, Eirik Svela guitar, Aron Kyne keyboards, Pete Gavin on bass, Katie Patterson on drums

Allsorts band fuses jazz, rock and neo soul - a mixture of original music and arrangements of tunes by others. They get great responses from their audiences. Katie Patterson is a freelance drummer/composer/teacher based in Leeds, England. Most recently, she received the Jazz Yorkshire Young Musician of the Year Award for 2012. She graduated from Leeds College of Music in 2011. Her recent Big Band performance at Seven Arts was sold out, so get there early and get a band apron!

£5/4 concessions, kids under 16 free, doors open at 1pm, music 1.30-4pm at Seven Arts, Chapel Allerton

Thursday evening 22 November 8pm: Kim Macari’s “6 for 7”

Kim Macari trumpet, Riley Stone-Lonergan tenor/soprano, Ant Law  guitar, Declan Forde piano, Tom Wheatley bass and Steve Hanley drums

This is the first of two evening concerts to mark our fifth birthday. We have commissioned young Leeds based trumpeter Kim Macari to write some new music for the occasion.  Kim is the band's director and composer, and she has a keen melodic sense, and a clever way of writing accessible jazz scores with a modern twist. One of the sets will be some jazz compositions we have commissioned from Kim - there will also be music from jazz composers like Maria Schneider, Michael Brecker and Charles Mingus. As it is our fifth birthday we will be having a bigger funnier raffle an exhibition of the photos of Seven Jazz gigs taken by our photographer Tom Swire and some music from the Seven Jazz workshop group

£12/10 concessions, kids under 16 free, doors open at 8pm, music 8.30-11pm at Seven Arts, Chapel Allerton tel 0113 26 26 777; full time student standby £5 on the door only

Friday evening 23 November 8pm: Gary Smulyan and Yorkshire Jazz Orchestra - an international celebration of the music of Pepper Adams

Our second concert to celebrate our fifth birthday is one of an international series features US baritone saxophonist Gary Smulyan, onetime member of the Thad Jones- Mel Lewis orchestra. He will be the soloist celebrating the music of the late Pepper Adams.  The series of concerts is taking place mainly in the U.S, including one with the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra. The Seven Jazz concert is the only U.K. contribution to this international celebration of Pepper Adam's music. Gary Smulyan will be accompanied by Tony Faulkner’s Yorkshire Jazz Orchestra and performing Tony’s arrangements written specially for the series.

£15/12 concessions, kids under 16 free, doors open at 8pm, music 8.30-11pm at Seven Arts, Chapel Allerton, tel 0113 26 26 777; full time student standby £5 on the door only

Sunday afternoon 25 November: Autumn 2012 Seven Jazz cafe

You can bring your band, your voice or your instrument or just come to be entertained. These are always relaxed and always good fun - we have a rhythm section who will accompany those who need one so don't forget to bring some music or lead sheets, with Al Macsween on keyboards. The Seven Jazz workshop band will play a few tunes they have been practicing and our new jazz choir will get it’s first musical engagement. Chapel Allerton's got talent!

£5/4 concessions, kids under 16 free, (concessionary price includes performers), doors open at 1pm, music 1.30-4pm at Seven Arts, Chapel Allerton

Jazz Workshops

Our Autumn 2012 Saturday jazz workshop series continue at Seven Arts on the following dates

Saturday 3 November 2.30-4.30pm

Saturday 17 November 2.30-4.30pm

Saturday 24 November 2.30-4.30pm

This autumn the theme is the British songbook.  They’ve been learning the music of Duncan Lamont and Lennon and McCartney + Limehouse Blues! Come and join the fun – all welcome. Cost £8/6 concessions per session. For further information & bookings contact Jean Watson by email at jeanwatsonlifeskills@hotmail.com or phone her on 0113 237 0700.

The Friday night Dom Moore workshop improvisation group continues at the Methodist Centre Chapel Allerton 7-10pm

Friday 9 November 7.30-10pm

Friday 23 November 7.30-10pm

Cost £5 per session. Contact Dominic Moore : dominicgmoore@hotmail.com  

Our new “Jazz Voices” choir meets 7-9pm at Inkwell, Potternewton Lane, Chapel Allerton LS73LW (the former Shoulder of Mutton pub).

Why not come and try out our new Jazz Voices choir an eclectic mix of jazz, pop, gospel and blues run by our good friend and star jazz vocalist Nicki Allan?

Monday 28 October 7-9pm

Monday 12 November 7-9pm

Lots of fun, no experience necessary, just a love of singing and jazz. To sign up contact us via jeanwatsonlifeskills@hotmail.com or phone 0113 237 0700 or come along! Just £5 per session

For all details of all our events and latest news updates see us on www.sevenjazz.co.uk, follow us on Twitter or befriend us on facebook. Look forward to seeing you soon at Seven Arts, Chapel Allerton, 31 Harrogate Road, Leeds LS3 3PD

Other Leeds gigs in November

Lots of other good gigs happening in Leeds in November at other places - here are some we’d recommend…

The busiest evening definitely will be Tuesday 13 November in Leeds when US veteran saxman Charles McPherson plays the Leeds Venue, fellow US saxman Jerry Bergonzi is on down the road at the Sela Bar and hip US band Snarky Puppy play next door at the Wardrobe. Jazz marathon anyone? Leeds Assembly Rooms promote drummer Tommy Evans “Green Seagull” suite on Saturday 10 November and Jack DeJohnette/Don Byron on 14th November. Finally Leeds SELA bar completes the picture in Leeds with a couple more headliners, Kit Downes’ Troyka on the 19 November and New York-based saxophonist Will Vinson on the 26th Nov. Phew!

Steve Crocker

Leeds Seven Jazz