July 2016 Newsletter

Hello again jazz fans, welcome to the latest OJC Newsletter.
We’ve some more great gigs coming up …

Tuesday, 5th July
Celebrating OJC’s fifth anniversary, it’s “Alan’s Summer Jazz Bash” featuring sax diva
Sue Greenway plus:
Tomas Pedersen (bass)
Ronnie Fenn (drums)
Alan Haughton (piano) 

Sue Greenway

Alan Haughton

Plus a host of specially invited surprise guests celebrating with us, including:
Amy Roberts (sax/flute),
Richard Exall (sax/clarinet),
Susan Valliant Speer (vocals),
Gary Wood (trumpet),
Tad Newton (trombone)
Jax Winter (vocals)

Tad Newton

Jax Winter

So let’s end the fifth annual season of Olney Jazz Club gigs with the best jazz bash yet!

Tickets: £12/£10 in advance

All tickets are great value and you can get them from Phonebox Magazine, Stanley Court, Olney 01234 713298 or the Carlton House Club, High St, Olney, 01234 711348, (don’t forget to book separately if you would like to eat).

Check it all out at our website: www.olneyjazzclub.com

Tuesday 9th August
Charity Gala Night at the Carlton House Club with Richard Exall’s Shooting Stars – more info at www.richardexall.com

Tuesday 6th September
The Magnificent Seven Jazz Band

Formed in 2013 by a nucleus of musicians from the Chris Barber, Acker Bilk and Kenny Ball bands, the MAGNIFICENT SEVEN JAZZ BAND comprises some of the most sought-after and successful musicians on the jazz scene today. Performing a wide range of jazz styles through well crafted arrangements, this band of versatile musicians successfully blends music from every jazz genre into an exciting and approachable package.

Calling on their experience of performing with Europe’s most influential jazz bands of the last sixty years, the MAGNIFICENT SEVEN combines a wealth of experience with youthful exuberance. Paying homage to the great jazz masters of the early jazz period as well as keeping alive the sounds of the swing era, the MAGNIFICENT SEVEN’s repertoire also celebrates the jazz revival of the 1950’s, tipping their hat to the great bands of Barber, Ball and Bilk. This band takes no prisoners!

The MAGNIFICENT SEVEN play a varied repertoire, with compositions and arrangements by Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Louis Prima, Errol Garner, Fats Waller, Chucho Valdez, Paquito D’Rivera and many more.

Line-up:
Amy Roberts – clarinet, flute and saxophones
Richard Exall – clarinet and saxophones
Ian Bateman – trombone
Ben Cummings – trumpet
Nick Millward – drums
Bill Coleman – bass
Craig Milverton – piano

How do we do it at £12/£10 in advance?!?!

Hoping to see you at the next OJC gig,

Cheers,
Alan
Olney Jazz Club
Keeping live music alive…..

www.olneyjazzclub.com
[email protected]

Book tickets on: 01234 711348

Founded 1984

Plymouth’s Premier Jazz Venue

PRESENTING JAZZ LIVE AND ALIVE

Jazz&Jazz is delighted to support Plymouth Jazz Club in 
Promoting Live Jazz!

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Sunday, July 3rd • 7.00 for 7.30pm

Fraser Weekes Quartet

Nel Maya

Mainstream jazz band led by local guitar virtuoso Fraser Weekes and
featuring the great saxophonist Neil Maya.

The Royal British Legion Club, Tailyour Road, Crownhill, Plymouth PL6 5DH

Admission £9, Members £7, Full-Time Students £5 Tickets on the door.
Tel: 01752 721179

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Friday, July 22nd • 7.00 pm

Plymouth Jazz Club
Summer Special
“Jazz at the Town Hall”

The Sussex Jazz Kings

Traditional jazz from the nationally acclaimed ‘Sussex Jazz Kings’ plus ‘Just Friends’ playing
laid-back well-known jazz standards beforehand and in the intervals.

Tavistock Town Hall

Admission £12, Members £10, Tickets £13 on the door.
Information Tel: 01752 774343

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Sunday, August 7th • 7.00 for 7.30pm

The Great Western Jazz Company

One of the West Country’s finest jazz & swing bands, led by John Lancaster, playing music from
‘the Great American Songbook’.

The Royal British Legion Club, Tailyour Road, Crownhill, Plymouth PL6 5DH

Admission £9, Members £7, Full-Time Students £5 Tickets on the door.
Tel: 01752 721179

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Sunday, August 19th • 7.00 for 7.30pm

Riverboat Shuffle with the
‘Riverboat Jazz Band’

Spirit of Plymouth

Highly popular annual summer cruise up the Tamar to Calstock with easy listening jazz
from a great quartet featuring Graham Trevarton on trumpet.

Boat leaves Commercial Wharf at 5.15pm

Tickets £15 in advance.
Tel: 01752 721179

www.plymouth-jazz-club.org.uk
email: [email protected]

‘Possibly the most enjoyable jazz concert I’ve ever attended’ The Independent

The 2016 Burton Agnes Jazz & Blues Festival is taking place on the weekend of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd July.

Surrounded by the beautiful Yorkshire Wolds, the Festival is set in the award winning grounds and Great Hall of this Elizabethan stately home. Could this be the most breathtaking place to spend a weekend, soaking up the UK’s hottest jazz and blues acts?

Festival favourites Octopus kick off the festival in style on Friday evening with their classic big band swing, before Bugalu Foundation brings a fusion of jazz, funk and soul with the beats of ’El Barrio’ and the Hispanic traditions of Latin America. This nine piece powerhouse has more than a hint of Palmieri’s trombone rich ‘La Perfecta’, combined with the guitar fuelled Afro-Latin style of Joe Battaan.

Manjula kicks off Saturday’s line up with their haunting ambience of Indian vocal training and the rhythmic attack of jazz improvisation. From here, we move to pianist Dudley Nesbitt, who is an exceptional and unflagging advocate for the art and culture of the steel pan, and presents a blend of contemporary Trinidadian calypso, Brazilian samba and bossa nova, soul tunes, Caribbean jazz, rumba and cha cha. Blind Monk Trio rounds off the afternoon session, putting a fresh spin on the sax/bass/drums trio format. Drawing influences from the history of the genre (including Sonny Rollins, Joe Henderson and FLY), blending their music with alternative rock and eastern folk, Blind Monk Trio present quirky original compositions along with some surprising arrangements of classic standards.

One of the great British jazz voices of all time, Elaine Delmar brings her acclaimed interpretations of two of the greatest songbooks of all time, Gershwin and Porter, to the festival on Saturday evening. Accompanied by a stellar group of musicians, Elaine performs classic arrangements of George Gershwin and Cole Porter, as well as taking a fresh new look at some of the twentieth century’s most iconic music. Completing Saturday’s line up, ’60s legend P.P. Arnold will have festivalgoers off their seats and dancing with a collection of classic tunes including ‘The first cut is the deepest’, ‘Angel of the morning’ and ‘(If you think you’re) groovy’.

Improvising violinist Matt Holborn will start off the festival on Sunday, performing pieces with a gypsy jazz and swing vibe. Also rooted in the improvisational traditions of jazz, Lindsay Hannon and her band will take us on a journey from raucous barrel house blues to thoughtful, spacious ballads across a variety of grooves, creating an electric atmosphere. Next, Graeme Wilson will play an infusion of driving jazz and Latin rhythms, ambient swing with enthusiasm for folk and rock ballads, and free jazz. Simon Cunliffe-lister will join Ben Beattie’s After Midnight Band to round off the festival, playing a combination of the songs that we love and Ben’s own original compositions. As previously, bands overflow from the outdoor main stage into the Great Hall and the courtyard, and the party will continue at the vibrant late night sessions in the Wold Top bar tent.

Delicious, freshly prepared food will be served on the Food Lawn by Field and Forage and in the Tea Tent, and we’ll have wonderful, award winning Wold Top beer on tap, brewed just a few miles away. There will be camping in the beautiful surroundings of our adjacent Park Field, with hot showers laid on as usual.

Courtesy of Burton Agnes Hall & Manilla PR Ltd

“This is a very English festival, with a wonderful laid-back atmosphere…superbly organised and efficiently run, which brought together such a wide range of musical styles across a successful weekend…Yes, this is a wonderful English festival.” Fatea Magazine

“Who could have imagined such an idyllic and sublime location for a Jazz and Blues Festival….thankfully somebody did…This unique venue and event is a must attend festival….make sure you get your tickets…I guarantee you won’t be disappointed.”
Yorkshire Gig Guide

For further information about the 2016 Jazz & Blues Festival, please visit:
www.burtonagnes.com
https://www.facebook.com/Burton-Agnes-Jazz-Blues-Festival-123-July-2016-159412087459893/

 Or email: [email protected] / [email protected]

Always popular at Ramsgate Seaside Shuffle, the Essex-based Frog Island Jazz Band will make a welcome return to the club with their Classic New Orleans Jazz of the twenties and early thirties – Joe King Oliver, Jelly Roll Morton, Johnny Dodd’s et al.

Don’t forget The Ramsgate Seaside Shuffle Festival, 8th, 9th & 10th July.
BOOK NOW!

JAZZIN’ AROUND
IN BEDS, HERTS & NORTHANTS 

TAD NEWTON’S
SUMMER SPECIALS

MARKET THEATRE, HITCHIN
6, Sun Street, Hitchin SG5 1AE. Tel.01462 433553
WEDNESDAY JUNE 15^th 8pm
Tad Newton’s Jazzfriends with Trevor Whiting [clarinet/sax]

NORTHAMPTON MUSIC FESTIVAL
SUNDAY JUNE 19^th
All day celebration of Northampton’s diverse and superb music scene.
Free admission to all venues.
1-2pm: Tad Newton’s Jazzfriends with Trevor Whiting 
at THE NN CAFE GARDEN, 9 Guildhall Rd Northampton NN1 1DP

THE CASTLE THEATRE
Wellingborough NN8 1XA
Tel.01933 270007 for tickets £12.50/£10.50 [concs]
THURSDAY JUNE 23^rd 8pm
Tad Newton’s 70^th Birthday Jazz Party
Roy Williams [trombone], Rachael Johnson [piano], Jim Douglas [guitar],
Bill Coleman [bass], guesting with Tad Newton’s Jazzfriends featuring
Trevor Whiting [clarinet/sax].

Tad Newton’s Jazzfriends At The Spice of Life

THURSDAY JULY 21^ST 8pm
The Frog Island Jazz Band-classic jazz at its best!

THE WALNUT TREE INN
Station Rd, Blisworth, Northants NN7 3DS
Tel.01604 858549 £10
WEDNESDAY JULY 20^th  8pm

GREG ABATE [USA sax/flute star] with Tad Newton’s Jazzfriends with
Trevor Whiting and special guest Lester Brown [superb young trumpet star].

BEDFORD GOLF CLUB
Carnoustie Drive, Gt Denham, Beds MK40 4FF
Tel 01234 320022
THURSDAY JULY 21^ST 8pm
GREG ABATE [USA sax/flute star, ex Ray Charles Band] guests with
Tad Newton’s Jazzfriends (Trevor Whiting [clt/sax] and Lester Brown [tpt]
Tickets £10 in advance/£12 on door.

LIVE JAZZ..USE IT OR LOSE IT!
Tad Newton 01604 858549
www.tadnewtonsjazzfriends.com

“Without This Kind of Work Live Jazz Would Be Dead” (Richard Exall)