Celebrating Jazz with Art
Peartree Gigs July 2012 to December 2012 Admission £7 The Peartree, Hollybush Lane, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire AL7 4JJ Presenter: Brian Smith (Smiffy) Tel: 01707 880569 Email: smiffy.jazz@virginmedia.com Christine’s Stackyard Stompers 16 July 2012 • 8.30 - 11pm Christine (ldr, tmb, voc) • Ron Findon (clt, alto … [Read more...]
Jazz&Jazz wishes to join others in expressing huge delight at the presentation of the 2012 Special All Party Parliamentary Jazz (APPJAG) Award to Acker Bilk on Wednesday, 16th May. And who better to describe Acker's delight than his Personal Manager, Pamela Sutton: "Acker had a great night at the All Party Parliamentary Jazz Awards on … [Read more...]
The Peartree Monday Jazz Club in Welwyn Garden City welcomed back Barry Palser and his Savoy Jazz Band on 21st May. Always favourites with Peartree fans, the band included two Acker Bilk stars, trumpeter Mike Cotton and banjoist Tony Pitt. And who needs drums when Tony Pitt is around! In Barry's own words, it was as ever "All Good Stuff!". Indeed, … [Read more...]
Medway, Kent based Vocalion Jazz Band, led by Sam (it goes without saying!) Weller, is a great favourite with Kent's traditional jazz fans. In this acrylic portrait Sam is playing alongside Vocalion drummer Mark Alexander at The George in Shalmsford Street just outside Canterbury in May, 2011. Sadly The George no longer stages jazz but Vocalion are … [Read more...]
The New Orleans Times-Picayune recaptures two weeks of magical highlights during the 2012 Jazz & Heritage Festival, culminating in a grand Preservation Hall star-studded celebration. Preservation Hall closed out 2012 New Orleans Jazz Fest with star-studded celebration "What followed underscored the … [Read more...]
Jazz portrait of my good friends Roger Nicholls on banjo and Pat Elms on drums, irreplaceables with Bob Thomas and The Thomcats playing "Jazz on the Island" in Lemsford, Hertfordshire - an annual event at which The Thomcats regularly star to help raise funds in aid of Hertfordshire Action on Disability. See also my jazz painting of Bob Thomas of … [Read more...]
Jazz painting of Paul Bonner, Tony Rico and Ben Martyn playing with The Fallen Heroes at a "Jazz In the Barn" concert back in 2009 in Throwley, Faversham, Kent. Sadly Paul Bonner died in January, 2011, after an illness spanning several months. I got to know Paul at The 100 Club and Fallen Heroes gigs. He was very personable and always had the time … [Read more...]
Fred describes his latest work, "River Boat Shuffle, memory of an bygone golden afternoon", as very childlike and primitive. Pure expressionism. Similarly he describes "Jamming" (below) as free flowing, naturalistic and evocative of improvisation at its best. For further information about the availability of Fred’s jazz art you can … [Read more...]
Save the Date! 12th Annual Satchmo SummerFest New Orleans, Louisiana (May 11, 2012) - Save the date for Satchmo SummerFest - August 3-5, 2012 presented by French Quarter Festivals, Inc. The premier American Jazz Festival dedicated to the life, legacy, and music of New Orleans' native son, Satchmo SummerFest will feature three days … [Read more...]
Gerry Birch hails from East Kent where, besides playing sousaphone and double bass and leading his own Stour Valley Jazz Band, he organises increasingly popular weekly jazz gigs on Thursday nights for fans at The Star, Old Wives Lees, just outside Canterbury. But there's more! He also runs his own business repairing and restoring brass … [Read more...]