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SUMMARY:Music: Dave Jones Quintet
DESCRIPTION:The Be-Bop Club presents the Dave Jones Quintet \nSpring 2024 saw the Dave Jones Quintet touring to mark the occasion of Dave’s 60th birthday\, performing a mixed programme of Dave’s original compositions alongside those of Kenny Garrett. The tour included a return visit to London’s Pizza Express Soho\, where the band had recorded their live album back in 2023. Other performances have included Birmingham Jazz\, Black Mountain Jazz\, Narberth Jazz\, North Devon Jazz\, Bristol Jazz Festival\, Swansea Jazz Festival and Aberjazz Festival. Tonight’s set will include a couple of pieces from Dave’s Crime Scenes and Subterfuge library music album freshly arranged for the quintet line-up and never previously performed live. \nDave also composes music for TV\, and has had numerous placements of tracks in productions in the US (‘The Big Bang Theory’\, ‘The Today Show’\, The US Open Golf Tournament)\, in Japan (NHK news and current affairs)\, and the UK (‘University Challenge’\, ‘Location\, Location\, Location’\, ‘Alan Carr’s Adventures with Agatha Christie’\, and many others). \n“Scintillating horn interplay that mixed fire with subtlety\, qualities that Jones also brought to a sparkling piano solo” (JazzMann\, live review 2023). “Solid and deep-delving swing\, especially when the band switched straight into fifth gear\, as on ‘Chief Blackwater’ “ (Jazz Journal\, live review 2023). \nSaxophonist Ben Waghorn is one of Bristol’s finest players with a national reputation – he has worked in London’s West End and on many pop\, TV and film recordings. He has been involved in a range of projects with Keith Tippett\, including ‘Tapestry’\, a piece written by Keith for two saxophone quartets and the BBC singers\, the quartet ‘Work in Progress’ and The Keith Tippett Octet. He can also be heard on recordings with Geoff Eales and Dave Stapleton [Slowly Rolling Camera]. Ben has also recently performed with the BBC Big Band and played in Singapore with the London Concert Orchestra. \nTrumpeter Andy Hague is well known as leader of his own quintet\, Double Standards quartet and Horace Silver tribute Silverado. He also frequently appears at the club on drums. \nBassist Ashley John Long is revered for his astonishing technique\, and alongside his jazz career has a growing reputation as a contemporary classical composer. \nDrummer Mark Whitlam is one of Bristol’s busiest musicians\, and has worked with major jazz names such as Andy Sheppard\, Iain Ballamy and Jason Rebello. He is also a Senior Lecturer at BIMM Music College. Mark composed much of the music for neo-soul band We Are Leif and also contributes electronics to band Michelson Morley alongside his acoustic drums..
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CATEGORIES:Jazz,Live music
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SUMMARY:Music: Aidan Pope Quartet
DESCRIPTION:The Be-Bop Club presents the Aidan Pope Quartet \nAidan is a guitarist\, composer and educator based in the midlands. During his time studying at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Aidan was awarded the Phil Miller solo guitar prize and was noted as having a strong improvisation aesthetic by British guitar legend John Etheridge. He has recorded with musicians such as Iain Ballamy\, Emma Rawicz and John Turville\, played in jazz clubs throughout Europe and had airtime on radio stations  such as Brooklyn Free Radio and Jazz FM. Aidan has studied with Jonathan Kreisberg and is heavily influenced by musicians such as Kurt Rosenwinkel\, Jim Hall and Keith Jarrett. \nPianist\, composer\, arranger\, educator and collaborator Rebecca Nash defies categorisation. Established as one of the brightest and boldest jazz talents in the UK\, she is just beginning to garner international recognition for her wide-ranging music which draws on influences from electronica\, rock\, drum and bass\, soul-jazz\, and singer-songwriters to create a distinctive personal sound full of artistry and heart. Her band\, ATLAS\, have become renowned for their uniquely beautiful soundscapes and released their debut album Peaceful King on Whirlwind Recordings to high critical acclaim. “At the vanguard of innovative and compelling new music” (Downbeat Magazine)\, this “simply stunning” (UK Vibe) record has received widespread airplay across stations including Worldwide FM\, Jazz FM and BBC Radio 3’s J to Z. It was also featured on Spotify’s State of Jazz Playlist\, Amazon’s Fresh Jazz Playlist\, Best Jazz on Band Camp\, and the Europe Jazz Network charts. \nDouble bassist James Owston graduated from the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire in 2019 with a first-class degree with honours\, since when he has gone on to forge a prolific career\, playing with many of the UK’s most highly regarded musicians\, and has led multiple projects of his own. He has played and recorded with a diverse range of musicians including Paul Dunmall\, Neil Yates\, Xhosa Cole\, Greg Abate\, Dean Masser\, Jay Phelps\, Lekan Babalola\, Martin Speake and in 2018 was a finalist in the BBC Young Jazz Musician of the Year award\, performing at the Queen Elizabeth Hall with Gwilym Simcock and Asaf Sirkis. \nDrummer Matthew Holmes won the Tony Levin Drum Prize 2019 and subsequently graduated from Birmingham Conservatoire in 2020. He has performed with Soweto Kinch\, Alex Hitchcock\, Tony Kofi\, Norma Winstone\, Nikki Iles\, Alan Barnes\, Tim Whitehead\, Percy Pursglove\, Ian Shaw\, Arnie Somogyi\, Dave Newton\, Liam Noble and Hermeto Pascoal! \nThe programme will be a mixture of Aidan’s original compositions as well as some of his favourite jazz standards.
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CATEGORIES:Jazz,Live music
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SUMMARY:Music: Kieron Garrett Quartet
DESCRIPTION:The Be-Bop Club presents Kieron Garrett Quartet \nPianist Kieron Garrett has been well known on the London circuit for many years and has performed at some of the UK’s most famous venues including Ronnie Scott’s\, 606 Club\, the Jazz Café\, Pizza Express Jazz Club and the Royal Albert Hall. He has shared stages with some of the UK’s finest musicians including Dave O’Higgins\, Tony Kofi and Vasilis Xenopoulos\, and has so far recorded two albums with his quartet and several with his funk group Synthonic. Now relocated to the less hectic environment of Sidmouth\, Kieron has hooked up with many of the best players based in Dorset and Devon and is busy energising the jazz scene on the south coast. \nJoining Kieron are Mike Sayers on sax\, a really melodic player with a great alto sound\, and the rhythm team of Marcus Vergette and Coach York on bass and drums. Marcus and Coach have for many years been the rhythm team powering Mike Westbrook’s Uncommon Orchestra\, with which they have performed at Ronnie Scott’s and international festivals. \nThe set includes some bebop classics alongside some classy funk tunes from the likes of Grover Washington\, Jeff Lorber and The Crusaders. \n 
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CATEGORIES:Jazz,Live music
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SUMMARY:Jazz: Jon Lloyd Quartet
DESCRIPTION:Since their previous visit in Feb 2023 the Jon Lloyd Quartet have released their album Earth Songs\, which has been met with huge critical acclaim and has achieved close to a million worldwide track streams. \n“The interplay between the quartet members is magical\, instinctive… creating music of often startling beauty.” – Peter Vacher\, Jazzwise magazine\, 2024\, **** album review \n“A set which channels deep feeling with considerable power … a mood of patient exploration as beguiling as it is beautiful.” – Jon Turney\, London Jazz News\, 2024 \nSaxophonist Jon Lloyd arrived on the UK free jazz scene in the early 1990s and rose to prominence with recordings on Leo records and HatHut\, and with many UK and European concerts with his quartet comprising John Law\, Paul Rogers and Mark Sanders. Highlights during this period included Berlin’s FMP Festival\, several Arts Council tours and the 1993 Contemporary Music Network tour with the Bill Frisell Band. Over the years Jon has embraced contemporary composition\, abstract improv and jazz\, but in the last decade has developed his music towards the European Jazz aesthetic\, notably recording “Vanishing Points” in 2013 with Asaf Sirkis\, Tom Farmer\, John Law and Rob Palmer. \nJohn Law is one of the outstanding pianists in the UK. His solo\, duo\, trio and quartet projects have played throughout the UK and Europe for 30 years\, and has played with many of the greats of UK jazz: Asaf Sirkis\, Yuri Goloubev\, Andy Sheppard\, Tim Garland\, Paul Dunmall. His most recent projects include “Congregation” with Ashley John Long and James Mainwaring\, “Re-Creations” with Sam Crockatt and “Renaissance” with Jon Lloyd and Patrick Dunn. John and Jon Lloyd have enjoyed a 30 year musical relationship\, collaborating on many varied projects. \nIt’s first time at the club for bassist Nick Pini. Nick has an incredible CV but has been sucked in to the strange jazz vortex of Frome\, so is living relatively nearby. He has worked with Laura Marling\, Ethan Johns\, Nick Mulvey\, Tom Jones\, Mary-Chapin Carpenter\, Gilbert O’Sullivan\, Seth Lakeman\, Ramin Karimloo and Will Butterworth whilst keeping a keen hand in the UK’s rich and diverse jazz scene. He has also recently moved into roles as MD and in string arranging and production. \nAlex Goodyear is a rising star of the drums and is rapidly gaining national and international recognition\, having toured Europe and Israel in late 2022. His dynamic performances have made him a favourite at many UK jazz venues. \n 
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SUMMARY:Jazz: Sam Crockatt Trio
DESCRIPTION:Saxophonist Sam Crockatt returns to the ​club with his new trio line-up. \nHaving graduated from the Royal Academy\, Sam Crockatt formed a band with Gwilym Simcock\, Oli Hayhurst and Ben Reynolds leading to debut recording Howeird in 2008\, which won a Parliamentary Jazz Award later that year. Flood Tide followed commended by The Guardian for it’s “Haunting lyricism”. Citing John Coltrane\, Joe Henderson\, Wayne Shorter\, Sonny Rollins and Lee Konitz among his musical influences\, Sam’s ability to marry his understanding of past masters with contemporary styles keeps him constantly in demand and has taken him to stages at the EFG London Jazz Festival\, Cheltenham Jazz Festival\, Kragujevac Jazz Festival (Serbia) and WDR Festival (Cologne). He also appears on albums by vocalist Kaz Simmons and pianist Sam Leak. In 2011 Sam and his young family moved to Mells in Somerset\, the peal of the bells in his new home village inspiring the title track of most recent recording Mells Bells – the album has drawn praise from such eminent publications as The Guardian\, Jazzwise Magazine\, The Telegraph and The Financial Times. \n“Mells Bells further burnishes Crockatt’s substantial reputation” – The Guardian. \nBassist Henrik Jensen moved from Denmark to London in 1997 and is a graduate of the Royal Academy. He has toured the world from Tokyo to Moscow with various modern jazz projects and also as part of the band for close harmony group The Puppini Sisters. Henrik has previously appeared at the club as band leader with his quartet Followed By Thirteen and trio featuring Danish pianist Esben Tjalve. \nDrummer Dave Smith has now appeared at the club quite a few times with various bands. He has performed with US jazz greats such as Eddie Henderson and Donny McCaslin\, but is possibly best known for his time with Robert Plant and the Sensational Space Shifters.
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SUMMARY:Music: El Hall / Gabriel Moreno
DESCRIPTION:Bristol house boater El Hall (Larkham and Hall) joins London-dwelling Gibraltarean Gabriel Moreno (The Quivering Poets) for another heart-swelling double bill of bohemian song-poetry. \nPolitical\, staggeringly beautiful\, uplifting and at times eminently danceable\, these two song-poet kings will fill your hearts with stunning words\, duende and music. Gabriel Moreno – Cerys Matthews favourite\, 7-times published poet\, beloved singer-songwriter of London and former cultural ambassador for Gibraltar – in a double-bill with El Hall – of whom the NME lavished such praise as ‘The best collection of songs I’ve ever had to review. An awe-inspiring rogue’\, also former crowned king of Bristol Songwriter of the Year.
URL:https://www.henandchicken.com/event/music-el-hall-gabriel-moreno/
LOCATION:Chicken Shed
CATEGORIES:alt-rock,Country,Folk Music,Live music
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SUMMARY:Jazz: Alex Merritt Quartet
DESCRIPTION:Amazing new line-up put together by phenomenal saxophonist Alex Merritt. \nBack in 2016 Alex’s debut album ‘Anatta’\, featuring legendary American drummer Jeff Williams\, received critical acclaim as a “promising debut\, of striking quality” from the Guardian’s John Fordham and was praised as “one of the best UK jazz recordings I’ve heard this year” by Marlbank’s Stephen Graham on its release. Since then he has released a further two albums\, The Fresh Sound Ensemble’s Common Threads\, and Mind Ear Ladder from the quintet Alex co-leads with trumpeter Steve Fishwick. The Merritt/Fishwick Quintet previously played at the club as part of their Arts Council funded tour in 2022. \nElliot Galvin emerged in the 2010s and has been recognised as one of the finest pianists of his generation. His critically acclaimed trio have released 4 albums to date being named one of the 2018 albums of the year in both Downbeat and Jazzwise Magazines and winning the prestigious European Young Musician of the year Award in 2014. Elliot is a prolific sideman touring internationally and recording with Shabaka Hutchings\, Norma Winstone\, Marius Neset\, Mark Lockheart\, Emma Jean Thackray and the Mercury Nominated band Dinosaur\, amongst many others. \nWill Harris is one of Bristol’s finest bassists\, who somehow manages to juggle the twin careers of musician and medical doctor. Some years back now Will completed a Masters at the Royal Academy\, which allowed him to make many contacts in London\, so he is often to be found playing in the capital – notably with saxophonist Matt Anderson and the big band of trumpet star Simon Gardner [Strictly Come Dancing\, Robbie Williams etc]. \nJeremy Stacey is a huge star in the world of drumming. He started his career by wowing the London jazz scene alongside his twin brother guitarist Paul in the Stacey Brothers. Another musician who has been sucked in to the mysterious Frome jazz vortex\, Jeremy frequently performs in his new home town with sax legend Iain Ballamy. Prior to this however\, he became one of the UK’s top rock and pop session drummers with an astonishing CV which includes Sheryl Crow\, the Finn Brothers\, Nick Harper\, Noel Gallagher\, The Waterboys\, Thomas Anders\, Echo & the Bunnymen\, Eurythmics\, Joe Cocker\, Chris Robinson of the Black Crowes\, Adam F\, Andrea Bocelli\, Patricia Kaas\, Susanna Hoffs\, Mike Scott\, Robbie Williams\, Aztec Camera\, Charlotte Gainsbourg\, Nerina Pallot and for a bit of jazz Claire Martin (Take My Heart\, 1999). So you should probably come to hear him.
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