The Carlton House Club March Newsletter

Hi to all you aficionados of live music,

I’m sure all who were at the February gig really enjoyed and appreciated Graham Hughes’ wonderful Sunshine Kings jazz band with special guest Adrian Cox….they really rocked the club!

The Carlton House Club concert room has undergone major redecoration and improvements and this coming Tuesday, March 3rd, will be the inaugural gig on the new stage starring top UK outfit the Amy Roberts/Richard Exall Quintet.

The Quintet features the eponymous duo plus Bill Coleman (bass), John Watson (drums) and yours truly on piano. A great night of virtuoso clarinet, sax and flute guaranteed! So get on down to the Carlton House Jazz Club this coming Tuesday for a great night of swinging jazz from the golden era!

Tickets: £8 in advance or £10 on the door.
Also from Phonebox Magazine, Stanley Court, Olney
Tel: 01234 711348,

Why not make a night of it and dine at The Club before the show – in the hall until 8.00pm or in the Club Restaurant. Two main courses for £10.
Tel: 01234 711348 for reservations.

Coming Soon to Olney Jazz Club

Tuesday April 7th – The Richard Baker Quintet featuring Richard (trombone), Alan Wakeman (sax), Ian Riley (piano), Dirk Griffin (bass) and Alan Savage (drums).

Tuesday May 5th – The Gary Wood Swing Band in concert with their new show,
“When Jazz Meets Gospel”.

More details at our web site www.olneyjazzclub.com

Hope to see you at the club soon…..no membership required,

Best wishes,
Alan
Olney Jazz Club

www.olneyjazzclub.com
[email protected]

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Founded 1984

Plymouth’s Premier Jazz Venue

PRESENTING JAZZ LIVE AND ALIVE

Sunday, March 1st • 7.00 for 7.30pm

The Martin Dale Quartet with
Roger Marks

Roger Marks

Plymouth’s favourite jazz musicians come together giving Roger a rare opportunity to break away from his traditional jazz bands for an evening of swinging mainstream jazz.

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, March 15th • 7.00 for 7.30pm

The Sopranos

Chris Pearce brings a traditional jazz band with a two-saxophone front line featuring
Andy Leggett (ex ‘Sweet Substitute’, Rod Mason etc).
Jazz in the style of Sidney Bechet & others.

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, April 5th • 7.00 for 7.30pm

Slide by Slide Quintet

Kevin Grenfell & Richard Leach

Mainstream style jazz band with a two-trombone front line featuring
Kevin Grenfell & Richard Leach.

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, April 19th • 7.00 for 7.30pm

Des Bacon’s Red Hot Syncopators

Des Bacon’s Red Hot Syncopators

Traditional Jazz & dance band music of the twenties & thirties.

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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Gig information and general enquiries:

(01752) 721179

www.plymouth-jazz-club.org.uk

email: [email protected]

Plymouth Jazz Club takes immense pleasure in announcing well in advance their New Orleans September Special!

A number of tickets will be reserved for Club Members so
early booking is advised!

Tickets in advance: Tel: 01752 721179

www.plymouth-jazz-club.org.uk

email: [email protected]

Lemsford Village, Hertfordshire, has a jazz tradition dating back years. Once there were monthly gigs in “The Long Arm Short Arm” Public House and also in recent years,
“Jazz On The Island”.

Happily, thanks to “Smiffy”, Lemsford Jazz Club, which meets in the wonderfully appointed Village Hall, is now continuing the tradition.

Now in it’s fifth year, Ramsgate Seaside Shuffle Jazz Club continues to go from strength to strength, both with monthly gigs and it’s Annual July Festival.

Ramsgate Seaside Shuffle Club Hotline: 01227 361238

Launched in sunny July 2011, Ramsgate Seaside Shuffle’s Annual Festival has gone from strength to strength year on year.

Ramsgate Seaside Shuffle Festival Hotline: 01227 361238

Fraser McCombe is looking forward to

 Welcoming Z’hulus fans to Macclesfield

8.00 till 11.00pm on Sunday, 17th May

Tickets are now on sale so best reserve your place as soon as possible. As in previous years, all seats will be reserved and allocated in advance so please let Fraser know if you have
any particular seating requirements.

email: [email protected]
Tel: 01625 429356

Brian Turnock Announces The New Orleans Z’hulus 2015 UK Tour Dates
https://www.jazzandjazz.com/?p=11452

Jazz Fans, this event is booking up fast!

Make sure you book your tickets post haste!
Phone the Box Office NOW! 01933 270007.

Featuring Julian Marc Stringle, Amy Roberts, Richard Exall, Ben Cummings! … Don’t stop there, read the list of stars below and book now!

Special Offer: “St Valentine’s Season Tickets” for all four concerts just £40 each!

Trevor Whiting

Julian Mark Stringle

Amy Roberts and Richard Exall

Then, on Thursday 12th March, a Castle bonus with Barry Palser’s Hot Six Jazz Band seen here celebrating “Dixieland to The Duke” at Bedford Jazz Club

A taster …

BE SURE TO BOOK EARLY!

Box Office 01933 270007. Tickets £12.50/£10.50 concessions
Magnificent Seven £12.00/£14.00
TEL 01604 858549 for further information

Photos & YouTube © Peter M Butler, Jazz&Jazz

Ever since their explosive monthly Monday (and Thursday) Mardi Gras nights at
Ronnie Scott’s from 2008-2011, to the current fortnightly Iko’s New Orleans
Music Shop jam sessions at The Alleycat, Denmark Street, Dom Pipkin and
Jazz DJ Lil’ Koko have been bringing the music of New Orleans to London fans.

Theirs is a mix of early 20th Century jazz, 40’s and 50’s Rhythm’n’Blues, funk
and brass bands. 

I first met Dom back in 2008 playing with The Fallen Heroes at a gig out in the sticks close to Faversham, Kent. A brilliant pianist, I have heard him turn youngsters’ hearts to jazz with a medley of classical music, morphing into modern pop and then, brilliantly, into New Orleans Revivalist Jazz. That got them dancing! For a while recently Dom “doubled” as Paloma Faith’s pianist and musical arranger but upon returning full time to his beloved Ikos Quintet he arranged the launch of their latest CD at London’s Phoenix Artists Club.

Dom & The Ikos at their recent Phoenix Artists Club Album Launch

Lil’ Koko fell in love with New Orleans back in 2010 and lived there for a while. She has visited The Crescent City each year since and has built up a heaving vinyl collection that regularly gets spun across London at her various residencies. Lil also features a magical weblog on her New Orleans adventures and her love for jazz greats such as “Buddy” Bolden, Sidney Bechet, Duke Ellington, Fats Waller, Louis Armstrong, Mlles Davis, James Booker, Professor Longhair and Dr John …  but more of that in a later post.

Lil’ Koko

Now Dom’s and Lil’ Koko’s hearts are more than ever in bringing New Orleans to London and currently Mardi Gras in particular, because it’s that time of year.

So Jazz&Jazz is pleased to announce “Mardi Gras Mambo” at The Four Thieves, London, on Saturday 14th February, 2015, 8.30pm till 2.00am.

Mardi Gras Mambo Links:

Tickets: http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mardi-gras-mambo-tickets-9285054849

https://www.facebook.com/events/1535869166682007/?fref=ts
https://www.facebook.com/mardigrasmambo?ref=hl
https://twitter.com/mardigrasmbo

Photos & YouTube © Peter M Butler, Jazz&Jazz

Presenting TJ Johnson’s Bourbon Kick on YouTube at The 100 Club with Adrian Cox, Sky Murphy, Tony Pitt, Roger Myerscough and Jay Darwish on Wednesday, 28th January, 2015. The real thing! Any thing but to old to dream I’d say! Well worth viewing in High Definition.

YouTube © Peter M Butler, Jazz&Jazz

Featured below is another YouTube of TJ Johnson, Adrian Cox, Sky Murphy, Tony Pitt, Roger Myerscough and Jay Darwish presenting an evening of full on jazz at The 100 Club on Wednesday, 28th January.

My Jazz & Jazz YouTubes are integral to my aims in supporting Jazz, besides which they are fun to take. It’s never easy to film at The 100 Club, especially when there is a full house and fans dance in any space available. Plus there is that immovable object front of stage – the nightmare pillar which over the years has defeated the best of professional camera men,
let alone budding amateurs.

TJ and Roger

But on this occasion Raye Caluori, Chief Sound Engineer at The 100 Club, came to my rescue by welcoming me alongside him in the Control Booth from where, to an extent, I even managed to overcome the pillar.

I have the latest high tech Karl Weiss Sony Lens Camera / IPhone combo for discreet, high definition filming. With the lens atop a monopod controlled from the iPhone at my finger tips by a local Sony wifi app, I can film from almost impossible positions. For instance, Raye and I lodged the monopod way out on his Control Panel overlooking the stage and angled in the best possible position to avoid the pillar.

This YouTube demonstrates the results. The first number, “Nobody Knows” is a wrap. But when I continued filming “The Lighthouse” I got into a bit of a tangle by reaching out too far and “loosing” the monopod off the end of the Control Panel, despite Raye’s efforts to rescue me!

Nevertheless, even though “The Lighthouse” is cut short and doesn’t quite avoid the pillar, I simply had to include it! Plus there’s plenty of TJ humour in both numbers to add to the fun. So I hope you enjoy them.

Photos & YouTube © Peter M Butler, Jazz&Jazz