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Archive of past concerts
2010
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Gilad Atzmon with Strings
Friday 19 November 2010 8pm
Darwin Suite Assembly Rooms, Market Place, DE1 3AH
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Gilad Atzmon with the Orient House Ensemble and the
Sigamos String Quartet |
| Superb alto player Gilad Atzmon and the
acclaimed Orient House Ensemble have joined together
with the Sigamos String Quartet to present a
concert inspired by Charlie Parker’s
legendary 1949 strings recording.
The combination of Atzmon’s bebop genius and
the marvellous string arrangements has everything
you need for a truly enjoyable and exciting evening. |
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Paragon
Friday 5 November 2010 8pm £10
CUBE
Déda, Chapel St., DE1 3GU
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Peter
Ehwald - saxes and clarinet
Arthur Lea - keys and tenor horn
Matthias Nowak - bass
Jon Scott - drums and percussion
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| Anglo-German band, Paragon comprises four of the most
exciting young talents currently working on the
European jazz circuit.
"The group plays highly complex
original material. Ehwald has a prodigious saxophone
technique and a fine ear, particularly in his frequent
excursions into altissimo, but his most natural voice
seemed to emerge in the more thoughtful and
expressive moments. Reactions were
generally so intuitive and quick that the band seem
to be able move convincingly, and with one collective
mind into each new feel...."
- Sebastian Scotney, London Jazz
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Clark Tracey Sextet
Friday 22 October 2010 8pm
Darwin Suite Assembly Rooms, Market Place, DE1 3AH
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| Photo: Bob Meyrick |
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CLARK TRACEY - drums
PAUL JORDANOUS - trumpet
PIERS GREEN - saxophone
KIT DOWNES - piano
LEWIS WRIGHT - vibes
RYAN TREBILCOCK - bass
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A solid set of contemporary hard bop from the
drummer’s latest youthful line-up. Together
they play accessible and flawless straight-ahead
music.
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Phronesis
Friday 1 October 2010 8pm
CUBE
Déda, Chapel St., DE1 3GU
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Jasper
Hřiby - bass
Ivo Neame - piano
Anton Eger - drums
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Swedish drummer, Anton Eger, just
in from Norway, drives the band with precision and
ingenuity, treating his kit as a melodic instrument,
rather than simply laying down the beat.
On bass, leading the trio, Dane Jasper Hoiby,
resident ten years in the UK, quietly demands
respect for his confident mastery, dextrous,
spider-like fingers drawing out assured acoustic
patterns. Ivo Neame, on piano,
drifts in and out of a flowing, Scandinavian jazz
piano style to reveal an assured and personal voice,
with phrasing at times bringing to mind Herbie
Hancock, and even Keith Jarrett - no bad thing.
Interestingly, coming from a bunch of northern
Europeans there is a lot of Latin groove in the
rhythms and the spirit of the playing.
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“The most exciting and
imaginative piano trio since EST”
Jon Newey
(Jazzwise)
"Look out for Phronesis - they
might change your life!"
Sean Rafferty 'In
Tune' BBC Radio 3
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Omar Puente Quintet
Friday 23 April 2010 8pm
Darwin Suite Assembly Rooms, Market Place, DE1 3AH
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Omar Puente - violin
Robert Mitchell - piano
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Rhythm Section |
| World-renowned
Cuban jazz violinist, Omar Puente takes to the stage
with a quintet featuring the outstanding pianist,
Robert Mitchell.
Classically trained, Puente has worked with some of
the world’s greatest jazz musicians including Jools
Holland, Courtney Pine, Ruben Gonzales and Tito
Puente.
An exceptional music talent, Puente promises to
thrill and uplift you with a wonderful mix of styles,
bringing together elements of jazz, classical and, of
course, Cuban salsa.
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| www.myspace.com/omarpuente
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Compassionate Dictatorship
Friday 9 April 2010 8pm £10
CUBE
Déda, Chapel St., DE1 3GU
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Jez Franks - guitar
Tori Freestone - sax
Jasper Hoiby - bass
James Maddren - drums
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Compassionate Dictatorship is born out of the
collaboration between Jez Franks and Tori Freestone
who have been playing and writing together since 1993.
Described as “catching the current wave of Brit Jazz’”,
this guitar and sax led quartet play original material
that draws from a wide and eclectic range of
influences.
“this new band is another vital example of UK
musicians embracing and incorporating both free jazz
and rock elements into an edgy, risk taking approach
to their music” Jazzwise
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www.compassionatedictatorship.co.uk
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Todd Gordon & Anita Wardell
Friday 19 March 2010 8pm
Darwin Suite Assembly
Rooms, Derby
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Two outstanding vocalists with their
tribute to Frank Sinatra and Ella Fitzgerald
Accompanied
by:
David Patrick - piano
Mike Janisch - bass
Steve Brown - drums |
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all your favourite songs - Mack the Knife, Lady be
Good, Witchcraft, New York New York, The Lady is a
Tramp, Every Time We Say Goodbye, Come Fly With Me,
etc. |
| www.myspace.com/toddgordon
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Jonathan Gee + Mika Myllari
Northern Star People
Friday 12 March 2010 8pm
Eden Gardens (formerly Buddha Jee), Queen St., DE1 3DJ
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Jonathan
Gee on keyboards and Mika Myllari on trumpet with
electronic effects.
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duo have often worked together in Finland and launched
this collaboration at the London Jazz Festival this
year |
MySpace Link
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Jim Mullen Trio with Henry Lowther
Friday 5 March 2010 8pm £10
CUBE
Déda, Chapel St., DE1 3GU
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Jim
Mullen - guitar
Mike Gorman - organ
Matt Skelton - drums Henry Lowther - trumpet
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| Guitarist
Jim Mullen returns to The CUBE with his trio and a special
guest - Henry Lowther on trumpet (replacing the
unavailable Stan Sulzmann).
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MySpace
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Abram Wilson - Life Paintings
Friday 19 February 2010 8pm
Darwin Suite Assembly Rooms, Market Place, DE1 3AH
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Abram Wilson: trumpet
Steve Pringle: piano
Karl Rasheed-Abel: bass
Graham Godfrey: drums
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New Orleans native turned London resident, Abram
Wilson is an award-winning trumpeter, vocalist and
composer whose infectious warmth and electric stage
presence spring directly from his roots in the
birthplace of jazz.
His latest project, Life Paintings, is a
musical account of his life. An expression of truth,
this uninhibited reflection on life experiences, some
significant and some even trivial, paint pictures
familiar to many; love, seduction, frustration,
happiness, freedom, leadership, youth, to name a few.
A mature set of purely instrumental compositions
steeped in the jazz tradition, the music offers an
abundance of colours, thoughts, and imagery that can
only be conjured up by articulate improvisational
freedom.
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Kit Downes Trio / Troyka Double Bill
Friday 12 February 2010 8pm £10
Eden Gardens Queen St., DE1 3DJ
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Kit Downes - keyboards
Calum Gourlay - bass
James Maddren - drums
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A double bill of trios
featuring rising star keyboard
player Kit Downes - formerly
with Empirical.
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Troyka:
Kit Downes - keyboards
Chris Montague - guitar
Josh Blackmore - drums
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| Troyka
are well-known to Derby, featuring Chris Montague -
recently here with the James Taylor Quartet and home
grown talent Josh Blackmore. |
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Sarah Gillespie / Gilad Atzmon
Friday 5 February 2010 8pm
CUBE
Déda, Chapel St., DE1 3GU
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Singer-songwriter
Sarah Gillespie with her dynamite band featuring Gilad
Atzmon on clarinet, saxophone and accordion.
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Their
"fiery originals offer a contrasting
combination of sweet folkish melodies and a lyrically
witty, street-talking attitude that transports Lou
Reed and Dylan to multicultural London" (Jazzwise).
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Corey Mwamba Trio
Friday 29 January 2010 8pm
Eden Gardens (formerly Buddha Jee), Queen St., DE1 3DJ
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Corey
Mwamba - vibes
Dave Kane - bass
Josh Blackmore - drums
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acoustic trio creating improvised music from worldwide
popular, folk and art sources. |
Website
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Twelves Trio
Friday 22 January 2010
Eden Gardens (formerly Buddha Jee), Queen St., DE1 3DJ
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Mark
Hanslip - tenor sax
Tim Giles - drums
Rob Updegraff - guitar
Riaan Vosloo - double bass
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Twelves Trio play a mixture of original compositions
and free improvisations - exploring the crack between
the written and the composed.
Their pithily titled debut 'Here Comes The Woodman
With His Splintered Soul' is a heady mix of
Coltrane-esque ballads, dark twenty-first century
waltzes, subtle hooks and tumbling Mingus-esque
grooves - already drawing comparisons with bands like
Polar Bear. Based around killer minimal tunes, tracks
explode giving the musicians maximum room for
improvising and highlighting four artists at the
height of their careers.
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Alan Barnes Ellingtonians
Friday 15 January 2010 8pm
Darwin Suite Assembly Rooms, Market Place, DE1 3AH
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Alan Barnes (saxes), Jimmy Hastings (reeds), Andy
Panayi (saxes), Bruce Adams (trumpet), Mark Nightingale (trombone),
John Horler (piano), Alex Dankworth (bass) and Bobby Worth (drums)
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| Alan
Barnes, one of the best reed players in the country,
has chosen the cream of British jazz to present a
storming romp through the music of Duke Ellington and
his great jazz canon. This all-star octet is united in
their love of and ability to interpret the music of
the Duke. Immerse yourself in a night with the
greatest exponents of swing and bop on the British
scene today. |
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Andrew McCormack & Jason Yarde
Friday 8 January 2010 8pm
CUBE
Déda, Chapel St., DE1 3GU
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| Pianist
Andrew McCormack and saxophone star Jason Yarde will
play music that is a perfect synthesis of their diverse musical backgrounds, creating an exciting and unique musical style. The pace can snap from lyrical to white hot with raw energy and
spontaneity. |
Andrew McCormack Myspace
Jason Yarde Myspace
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Liane Carroll
Friday 24 September 2010 8pm
Darwin Suite Assembly Rooms, Market Place, DE1 3AH
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Liane Carroll - solo vocals and piano |
| Liane
is one of our finest jazz singers with a huge vocal
range. She is also a wonderful pianist and draws from a repertoire including Tom Waits, familiar jazz standards,
and her own outstanding material.
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| myspace link
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Eugene Chadbourne + Roger Turner
Thursday 16 September 2010 8pm £10
Derby Theatre
Studio, DE1 2NF
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Eugene Chadbourne - guitar
Roger Turner - percussion
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A seminal figure in American free improvisation, Eugene Chadbourne, aka Dr. Chad, plays a uniquely entertaining
mixture of country & western, bebop, rock, jazz,
thrash and folk protest.
Widely regarded as some
kind of genius, he has made over 80 albums and
worked with figures as diverse as Camper Van
Beethoven, The Violent Femmes, Shockabilly, John
Zorn, Jello Biafra, Mojo Nixon, Evan Johns, The Sun
City Girls and Jimmy Carl Black.
On this, his first
UK tour in many moons, he is joined by Roger Turner, a central figure in European
improvisation.
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myspace link
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The Ugly Guys
Tango Project
Friday 10 September 2010 8pm
CUBE
Déda, Chapel St., DE1 3GU
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Pete
Wareham - sax
Matthew Bourne - piano
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| Pete Wareham and
Matthew Bourne have teamed up as a brilliant new duo
playing dark and exciting tangos.
The
passionate, darkly mysterious classic tango recordings
of "The Ugly Guy" - Edmundo Rivero are the
source for this exciting new project.
Pete
Wareham is familiar to Derby audiences as a member of
Polar Bear and Acoustic Ladyland. Avant-garde pianist
Matthew Bourne is making his Derby debut.
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