Frank Harrison - piano

Davide Petrocca - bass

Stephen Keogh - drums

After studying jazz in the USA at Berklee School of Music, Boston, pianist Frank Harrison returned to the UK and joined maverick saxophonist Gilad Atzmon's globally acclaimed Orient House Ensemble, whose regular tours took Frank to all major European Jazz and World Music Festivals.

In 2006 he formed this trio.  Their debut album had great press and led to work all over Europe and the Far East. This gig will feature music from their new album "Sideways".

Robert Mitchell - piano

Tom Mason - bass

Richard Spaven - drums

"..a great live performer, who's gone from strength to strength"
GILLES PETERSON BBC Radio 1.

A Jazz Services touring event promoting their second CD "Embrace". Audio and video of the band at 

Tommaso Starace - alto sax
Frank Harrison - piano
Will Collier - bass
Chris Nickolls - drums

This exciting band will play music from his new CD "Blood and Champagne". They will play material by Tommaso plus compositions by Michel Petrucciani.

George Hogg, trumpet and flugel
Ben Somers, tenor saxophone
Alex Munk, guitar
Calum Gourlay, Bass
Dave Hamblett, drums

The band will play original compositions as well as standards. Dave Hamblett, the drummer in this band, is another of the many successful musicians who come from Derby.

Sarah Gillespie - vocals and guitar
Gilad Atzmon - reeds, accordion, harmonica
Ben Bastin - bass
Enzo Zirilli - drums

Tony Woods - saxes and flute

Pete Churchill - piano

Rob Millett - percussion

The short song forms and great melodies of these instrumental works lend themselves particularly well to improvisation, just as the 'standards' of the American song book have been used by jazz musicians since the1930?s.

Liam Noble - piano

Dave Whitford - bass

Dave Wickens - drums

This gig fell victim to the weather last December, but we felt we could not miss it, and so have re-programmed it as soon as was possible.

A trio that Brubeck himself called “an inspiration”.

Asaf Sirkis - drums
Tassos Spiliotopoulos - guitar
Jonathan Harvey - bass

 Asaf Sirkis keeps confirming that he's one of the British jazz scene's most creative drummers. This trio features Tassos Spiliotopoulos on guitar and Jonathan Harvey on Bass generating a compelling intensity, and the leader's percussion responses to their ideas are dazzling eruptions of drum mastery.

North African and Middle Eastern music played a big part in his early listening along with influences from rock and fusion music.

Tim Richards - piano
Dominic Howles - bass
Jeff Lardner - drums

One of the UK’s foremost jazz pianists, Tim Richards is best known as the founder and leader of the groups Spirit Level and Great Spirit.

His latest trio plays music which is a mix of stylish contemporary originals and bluesy grooves. The evening will be interspersed with well known standards and this trio will delight and enthral you.

James Allsopp -reeds
Kit Downes - keys
Tim Giles - drums

The Golden Age of Steam is a new trio featuring James Allsopp on tenor saxophone and bass clarinet. The band builds on his association with drummer Tim Giles and is completed by young Mercury nominee and keyboard sensation Kit Downes.

The trio has recently completed a debut album of brand new Allsopp compositions. The album blurs the line between contemporary classical music, electronics and the full spectrum of Jazz improvisation from the blues all the way to the extremities of the avant garde.

Corey Mwamba - vibes
Joshua Blackmore - drums
Dave Kane - bass
Ntshuks Bonga - saxes
Alex Bonney - trumpets
Arun Ghosh - clarinet

For Heralds, Corey has added sax, trumpet and clarinet.  The project recasts the role of musicians as storytellers using local tales and folk poetry to create maps for communicative, multi-coloured creative music.

Kate Williams - piano

Bobby Wellins - tenor sax

Kate Williams plays melodic, gently lyrical original material, interspersing it with intriguing visits to modern jazz. She is joined by saxophone legend Bobby Wellins performing as a duo for our first CUBE gig of 2011.

Over the past few years, Bobby and Kate have worked together in both duo and quartet form.  Expect an evening of choice classics including tunes by Cole Porter, Jobim, and a few originals too.