News - Autumn round up of gigs

Autumn is fast approaching…

Which means that the listings for Leeds Jazz clubs are coming in!

I thought I would have a roundup of jazz gigs in and around Leeds, get your diaries out!

Please let me know if I have missed any that are open to the general public.

Jazz at the Grove - http://www.thegroveinn.com/ have the following acts on:

Sept 8th:         Standard Deviation Quartet

Sept 22nd:     Paul Baxter Quartet

Oct 13th:         Laura Jurd Quartet

Oct 27th:         Dee Byrne

Nov 10th:        West Coast Project

Nov 24th:        Matt Anderson/Jiannis Pavlidis  Quartet

Dec 8th:          Stuart McCallum Trio

With the changes to Seven Jazz (3 new and the old venues being used) - http://www.sevenjazz.co.uk/:

Evening international concert series 8-11pm   

28 Sept          “Beats&Pieces” big band                                                    - Seven Arts

10 Oct             Alan Barnes-Bruce Adams Quintet                                     - Seven Arts

19 Oct             “The Impossible Gentlemen”                                                - Seven Arts

2 Nov              Jerry Bergonzi quartet featuring Gareth Williams - Seven Arts

21 Nov            Art Theman + Dave Newton                                                 - Seven Arts

12 Dec           Lee Gibson with Ronnie Bottomley Jazz Orchestra - Leeds Irish Centre

Sunday afternoon concert series 1-4pm:

8 Sept             Steve Hanley Quartet “Orion”                                               - Inkwell Arts

15 Sept          Eirik Svela Trio                                                                      - Inkwell Arts

22 Sept          Kit Downes Trio                                                                    - Seven Arts 

6 Oct               “Taba Time”                                                                           - Seven Arts

13 Oct             Derrick Harris Trio                                                                - Inkwell Arts 

20 Oct             3-5pm Zoe Rahman Quartet                                    - University of Leeds 

27 Oct              “The Weave”                                                             - Seven Arts

10 Nov            Matt Anderson “Standard Deviation Quartet”                    - Inkwell Arts

17 Nov            Nicki Allan Quintet                                                                 - Seven Arts

24 Nov            Richard Iles “Microscopic”                                                   - Seven Arts

1 Dec              Autumn Jazz Café and Jam Session                                  - Inkwell Arts

8 Dec              Simon Beddoe Quintet tribute to Donald Byrd                  -Seven Arts

15 Dec           Festive Jazz                                                                           - Inkwell Arts

22 Dec           Dudley Nesbitt and “Pan Jumby”                                         - Seven Arts

Prices and venues may vary so please check the website, the addresses are:

Inkwell Arts, 31 Potternewton Lane Chapel Allerton

Seven Arts, 31 Harrogate Road Chapel Allerton

Leeds Irish Centre, York Road   

University of  Leeds,  Clothworkers Hall, Cavendish Road LS2 9DL

The Leeds Jazz Club – Armley http://www.leedsjazzclub.com/ 8.30 – 11pm

3rd Sept         Gambit JB (Party Night)

10th Sept       Wabash Jazzmen

17th Sept       Spats Langham & Hot Fingers

24th Sept       New Orleans Heat

1st Oct            Armstrong Oliver Band

8th Oct            White Eagles JB

15th Oct          Harlem Hot Stompers

22^nd Oct          Spirit Of New Orleans

29th Oct          Jazz Gentlemen

5^th Nov            Savannah JB

12th Nov         Dave Mott's Jazz Classics

19thNov          Gavin Lee's New Orleans

26th Nov         Sussex Jazz Kings

3rd Dec          Tame Valley Stompers

10th Dec        Swingamathing (7 piece Swing Band)

17th Dec        Merseysippi JB + Leeds C Stompers 

24th Dec        No Jazz

31st Dec        No Jazz

The Fuse Box - http://www.fuseboxleeds.org.uk/

Special gig at Hyde Park Picture House, Brudenell Road, LS6 1JD

5th Sept,         4pm* Doors Open at 3.30pm.

6th Sept,         7.30pmDoors Open at 7.15pm.

9 Burley Street; Fox and Newt; Leeds LS3 1LD

24^th Sept        FBCOrchestra Open Rehearsal

4th Oct            Silence Blossoms & friends

More to be updated

Sela Bar, 20 New Briggate, Leeds, LS12 1UN. Sun 15 Sep – Stuart McCallum Trio Tue 15 Oct – Compassionate Dictatorship - £7/£5 - 8pm Sun 20 Oct – Jiannis Pavlidis Trio (+ support from The Qul Project) Sun Nov 17 – Joel Purnell Quartet (+ support from Calvin Travers Trio) Tue Nov 26 – Martin Speake Trio with Mike Outram and Jeff Williams - £9/£7 - 8pm Fri Dec 15 – Jamie Taylor's Outside Line (+ support from Peter Johnson Quintet) Unless otherwise stated, all gigs start at 10pm and are free entry. Support bands (where applicable) start at 8:30pm. http://www.selabar.com/index.html

More to be updated

On Thursdays there is always Brendan Duffy’s Something Else at The Victoria Hotel LS1 3BB 

Jazz At Heart – Headingly

http://jazzjeff.wordpress.com/

September 27th - Sam Watts/Mike Fletcher Duo

October 12th - Apollo Collaboration

November 30th - Standard Deviation Quartet

December 14th - Al Morrison's Blues Experience

The Venue Leeds http://www.lcm.ac.uk/whats-on/Highlights-Concert-Season

Ask on their web site to check the first week of September for the autumn-winter programme

Well that’s 83 or more gigs in 4 four months across many styles of jazz, should keep the most enthusiastic music goer busy! I have given the web addresses as the prices vary, so please check before you go.

 It would be great to hear from you which gigs you are looking forward to catching or have been to!

Venue review - Sela Bar

If you’re not careful you may miss this subterranean, Leeds bar as you walk up New Briggate. It has won venue of the year in the Jazz Yorkshire awards and being one of the most central jazz venues in Leeds I thought it was worth a visit.

 

So down the steps I head for the brick and plaster lined walls and stone floor, , kinda’ scruffy round the edges, with the bar one end and the stage area the other with a mishmash of pictures on the walls, and an array seating and tables leading to the stage, the place feels comfortable.

 

Jazz is available on Mondays in the form of the Cooler and a Jam session on Tuesdays. Entry is free. It is my understanding that something is starting up 17^th March too.

Normally on Tuesday the main act starts at 9pm however with a dep drummer coming it was a 10pm start. The evening starts with a guest act for an hour or so then the jam starts after a short break.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It worries me when a sax player has looping and effects pedals, and I had previously been informed it was going to be ‘free’ but after the first number I settled into the music, the paraphernalia was not a distraction in the hands of this master sax player Jan Kopinski, his monster drawing son Stefan on bass, the jam host Nik Svarc on guitar and the depping drummer Steve Hanley. For more details of Jan and his music http://www.jankopinski.com/

 

 

The Jam session kicked off with what looked like a mix of LCM students, swapping over on piano, bass, drums and guitars as I sneaked out ‘round midnight

Having had a chat (more about that later) with Nik Svarc who runs the jam session he is really keen to have more musicians, be they amateur or professional musicians come along, Nik now lives in London, where there is a jam session every night if you know where to go. To my knowledge this is the only jam session in Leeds so it is worth getting involved.

Forth coming guests at the Jam are:
March 5th Ed Jones Quintet
Ed Jones-Sax
Jami Sheriff-Piano
Ulrich Elbracht-Guitar
Garry Jackson-Double Bass
Dave Walsh-Drums
”A formidable saxophonist. Ed Jones may have hit his highest profile through his work with bands US3 and Incognito, but he’s an improviser to his fingertips, a player of forceful imagination, and one of the Uk’s most distinctive saxophonists." John Fordham The Guardian.
facebook Event-

http://www.facebook.com/events/124772551036745/

March 12th Graham Garside Organ Trio
Graham Garside-Guitar
Martin Longhawn-Organ
Steve Hanley-Drums
'A unique jazz guitarist. Magical, compelling, and impressing with beautiful lyrical playing'..
Facebook Event-http://www.facebook.com/events/216218225184088/

March 19th-Dave Hamblett Group
Dave Hamblett - Drums
Josh Arcoleo - Sax
Joe Wright - Sax
Alex Munk - Guitar
Calum Gourlay- Bass
Matt Robinson – Keys
‘delivered a sophisticated impressionistic set, that boiled up with hard-hitting solos…'-JAZZWISE
Facebook Event-http://www.facebook.com/events/101652236688389/

March 26th-Alex Davis Trio
Alex Davis -Double Bass
Reuben James -Piano
Dave Hamblett-Drums
“A standout young rhythm section” - The Financial Times
Facebook Event-http://www.facebook.com/events/171016116379923/

Apr 2nd -Tom Harrison Quartet

Apr 9th -Ben Lowman Quartet

Apr 16th-Jiannis Pavlidis Trio

Apr 23rd -Nik Svarc Organ Trio

Apr 30th -Russell Van Den Berg Quartet

May 7th -Matt Anderson Quartet

SPECIAL EVENT

May 14th - "Smiling Organizm" featuring Eric Harland:
Zhenya Strigalev - Alto sax
Eric Harland (Charles Lloyd, Josua Redman) - Drums
Dany Noel Martinez (Horacio "El Negro" Hernandez, Concha Buika, Celia Cruz) - bass
Steve Fishwick - trumpet (Scott Hamilton, Lew Soloff, Anita O' Day, Jamie Cullum)
Liam Noble - Piano

[Zhenya Strigalev] is a fascinating old-school/cutting-edge hybrid, with a formidable bebop-rooted sax technique, a burgeoning talent for composition, and an engaging willingness to take a chance..."
-The Guardian

"Held together by sheer bravura, raw energy and no shortage of well-placed virtuosity, Strigalev and his band whip up a a delightfully free-flowing musical storm...Smiling Organizm is Strigalev's fifth and best album to date."
-Bass Guitar Magazine

"This dashing young Russian emigré is a fearless jammer....He's in typically fast company here, leading an international sextet including fellow Russian trumpeter Vitaly Golovnev, chameleonic London pianist Liam Noble and the all-American drum'n'bass team of Eric Harland and Larry Grenadier. Bass-guitarist Tim Lefebvre joins the mix for some nimble neobop, muscular funk and a hilariously punked-up version of Midnight in Moscow. Good value If you like fun and originality with your contemporary jazz.
-4 Stars, CD of the Week, Evening Standard

Tickets £10 in advance Contact -
Nicksvarc@yahoo.com

May 21st- Corrie Dick Quartet
May 28th-Alex Roth Quintet -Otriad

Facebook Page-
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Jazz-jam-at-The-Sela-Bar/127289430728896

Twitter-https://twitter.com/SelaBarJazzJam

　

　

　

And the schedule for the cooler is:

More details about Sela can be found on the website, www.selabar.com/

And a few more pics from the night are here http://markbeirne-smith.blogspot.co.uk/

Mark