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
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
