That’s it Folks
After 25 Years the Leeds Jazz Committee decide to finally put their feet up.
Denis Dalby, Mike Short, Peter Nix, Dave Gadd, Dave Hatfield, Pete Robinson
Taken after their last ever gig on 26th Nov 2009.
December 27, 2009
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Chapel Allerton Festival: Jazz Sunday
Sunday 5th September at the 2010 Chapel Allerton Festival in Regent Street, Leeds 12.30 – 5.30pm
We’re back again on the afternoon of Sunday 5th September at the 2010 Chapel Allerton Festival in Regent Street, Leeds 12.30 – 5.30pm with an outstanding line up of the some of area’s best and most talented acts. Enjoy the big band sounds of the North Leeds Jazz Orchestra, rising stars (and Jellymould recording artists) the Magic Hat Ensemble, Chapel Allerton’s own jazz vocalist Jenny Smith and her quintet, Rod Mason’s funky “Elements”, and saxman Richard Ormrod with his brand new band “A Dread Supreme” giving John Coltrane the dub treatment. For just £2 this has to be the best value jazz day in the U.K. Not to be missed!
12.30pm North Leeds Jazz Orchestra
The North Leeds Jazz Orchestra are directed by local saxman Martin Townshend and are based at the Carr Manor music centre. They have been regulars at local and community events in Leeds over the past few years including an appearance at this year’s Headingley festival
1.30pm Magic Hat Ensemble
The Magic Hat Ensemble are a hard swinging collective of young virtuoso musicians. Their debut album for the Yorkshire based Jellymould Jazz label has been heralded as “sophisticated”, “quirky”, “awesome” and “bursting with ideas”. Steve Chadwick on trumpet, Tony Ormesher guitar, Andrzej Baranek keyboards, Nick Blacka bass and Rob Turner drums. This band grooves…
2.30pm Jenny Smith Quintet
Chapel Allerton’s own jazz superstar Jenny Smith gigs up and down the country with various jazz ensembles, including the Jenny Smith Quintet, the Derrick Harris band and all girl acapella group Solaris. Aside from jazz Jenny sings with Samzeo, a traditional Georgian folk choir. Her band features Jim Corry alto sax, Andy Cholerton keyboards, Adrian Knowles double bass and Paul Smith drums
3.30pm Richard Ormrod’s “A Dread Supreme”
He’s given us Jazz and cowboys, now John Coltrane gets the dub treatment from Leeds saxman Richard Ormrod in the intriguing new band featuring Richard on tenor, baritone, alto saxes, Simon Pugsley, trombone, Chris Campbell, guitar, Bob Birch, organ, synths, Alex Davis, bass, Spear, percussion, Sam Hobbs, drums
4.30pm Rod Mason’ s Elements
A Seven Jazz favourite with the funky Elements band led by larger than life saxman Rod Mason with Richard Hammond (bass) Richard Wetherall (piano) Dave Walsh (drums) “Mason’s Elements delivers high quality originals with great aplomb – an explosive mix of music and personality!”
Presented by Seven Jazz, Seven Arts, Chapel Allerton, Leeds
For more details:
Chapel Allerton Festival : http://www.chapelallerton.org.uk
Seven Jazz, Leeds : http://www.sevenjazz.co.uk
Steve Crocker
0113 2624060
Event details
- Begin: September 12, 2010 at 12:30
- End: September 12, 2010 at 17:30
- Add to your calendar: Download ics file
- Place: Regent Street, Chapel Allerton, Leeds
July 16, 2010
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Clare Teal in Fund Raiser for Yorkshire Cancer Research
Clare Teal
Dear Jazz enthusiasts
Please join us for a special evening with Clare Teal on 12 November, Elland Road, Leeds. Tickets include dinner and an exclusive concert with one of Britain’s finest jazz artists.
The plaudits for Clare have been incessant. Michael Parkinson declared her album to be “the best record I’ve heard from an English artist since … well, I can’t remember when.” ‘The Independent ‘ crowned her as “The new first lady of Jazz”. ‘The Daily Mail’ described her recent album as “fabulous” and the ‘Daily Telegraph ‘advised “In this overcrowded field, Clare Teal deserves special attention.”
Tickets for this event cost £45 with a percentage of sales going to Yorkshire Cancer Research. The evening promises to be a very special night and we know that tickets will sell quickly.
For more information about Yorkshire Cancer Research go to www.yorkshirecancerresearch.org.uk
Kind regards
Clair Challenor-Chadwick
Head of Marketing and Fundraising
Tel: 01423 877 228
Mobile: 07531948014
Fax: 01423 527929
Email: Clair@ycr.org.uk
www.ycr.org.uk
www.facebook.com/yorkshirecancerresearch
www.twitter.com/yorkshirecancer
Event details
- Begin: November 12, 2010 at 07:30
- End: November 12, 2010 at 23:00
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- Place: Elland Road, Leeds
July 11, 2010
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Missing Appleby Jazz Festival Found near Wales
Leeds Jazz can reveal that the Appleby Jazz Festival, thought by many to be lost forever, has just been found in Herefordshire.
Mislaying a Festival which involves Brendan Allen, Simon Allen, Alan Barnes, Guy Barker, Steve Brown, Andy Cleyndert, Tony Coe, Martin Drew, Geoff Gascoyne, Pete King, Sammy Mayne, Steve Melling, Dave Newton, Mark Nightingale, Dave O’Higgins, Arnie Somogyi, Art Themen, Clark Tracey, Stan Tracey, Don Weller and not chancing on it again for a year or two is a challenge.
Simply sending them all round the back of the chapel and hoping no one will find them, because the first sound of Evan Parker out the chapel door will make any curious visitor step briskly backwards off a dry stone wall into the void, is not going to do it. You have to try harder. Think remote. Think time travel. Try this pictorial clue:
Titley Junction Station
That’s Titley Junction Station, it’s not the title of a Louis Jordan song, it’s not a junction, it’s not even the end of the line, it’s the beginning of a private railway that ends up in a wood about a mile away. It’s in Herefordshire, near Kington and you can’t get to the station by train. So you can see why you might have mislaid a whole Appleby Jazz Festival, Don Weller, and several Federation-approved baskets of racing pigeons on the platform there and not chanced on them again for a year or two. Or ever at all. Apart from the pigeons, that is, and Dave Masters organising this festival. You weren’t waiting on your allotment for Don to swoop in with news of the next Festival on a paper stuck in his sock-top, were you?
Nonetheless Titley Junction is a beautiful station wonderfully equipped for performances and Jazz Festivals, there’s Real Ale and Real Cider, there’s toilets, there’s camping, there’s limited shower facilities, and for complete beginners, overtures, and ingenus it’s even got its own Camping Coach.
The Titley Junction Station Jazz Festival takes place on Saturday and Sunday the 31 July and 1 August of 2010. The programme’s here:
http://www.leedsjazz.org.uk/ljb/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/tjf2.pdf
and now more officially here: http://www.titleyjazz.com/whats_on.aspx
Titley Junction Station Jazz Festival
Important Warning
We understand there is no chapel at Titley Junction Station but that unforeseen circumstances may result in the presence of skips. Always have ear protectors handy when approaching skips. You know it makes sense.
Links
The Official Titley Jazz Festival Site: http://www.titleyjazz.com/
The Jazz Mann: Spirit of Appleby lives on in Herefordshire
Event details
- Begin: July 31, 2010 at 12:00
- End: August 1, 2010 at 21:00
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- Place: Titley, Herefordshire
July 7, 2010
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