Lots of international
stars, and lots of talented Yorkshire bands to
see at Seven Jazz’s two venues, Seven Arts and Inkwell Arts in Chapel
Allerton in early 2014.
Firstly, award-winning
jazz alto saxophonist and hip hop star Soweto
Kinch celebrates the release of his studio double album titled ‘The Legend of Mike Smith’ - the tale
of a young MC caught in a very modern world of temptation on January 23 at
Seven Arts. Then Canadian Trumpeter Jay
Phelps has put together a wonderful Transatlantic sextet to perform the
music of Miles Davis in his “Projection
of Miles” concert for February 20.
Leeds based jazz singer Louise
Gibbs premiers her new “Seven
Deadly Sings” on March 6, a jazz song cycle scored for voice and septet and
a star line up of international musicians such as Tony Kofi, Tim Whitehead and
Quentin Collins and then the same month on March 20 Jean Toussaint – former sax playing member of Art Blakey's Jazz
Messengers – returns to Seven Arts leading his own quartet.
Australian tenor sax star
Brandon Allen, with his exciting new
quartet, is there on April 3 and finally, just before Easter on April 10, the
superb duo of saxman Tommy Smith and pianist Brian Kellock
make it down from Scotland
The funky Sunday
afternoons provide good entertainment and good value too with some wonderful
new Leeds based bands including bassist Simon
Read’s Octet, saxman Robin Porter’s
Quartet, fresh from this year’s Proms, the piano trios of Jami Sheriff and Declan Forde, guitarists Jamie
Taylor and Gary Boyle, saxman Will Howard’s double drum Quintet, and
from London the wonderful young trumpet star Laura Jurd.
To get jazz fans in the
mood for Le Grand Depart from Leeds we have a
couple of groups that recreate the music of Stephane Grappelli and Django Reinhardt
– Ben Lowman’s Django Project and Matt Holborn’s Gypsy Jazz Quartet. And
for those who like jazz singers we have welcome returns by Kate Peters and Kevin James!
All this to see and enjoy
then. But if you want to join in too,
then there is the highly successful Seven Jazz workshop, improvisation group,
the Seven Jazz Voices Choir and the Spring Jazz Café and Jam Session on March
30th!
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