LATEST NEWS
NEW SOUNDCELLAR GIGS ANNOUNCED FOR 2012
SoundCellar has revealed a great line-up of new gigs for 2012, including on Thursday 16 Feb, the brilliant Phil Robson Trio. Check out the dedicated SoundCellar page in the left hand menu for updated listings for 2012 and a link to the new SoundCellar website.
DEREK NASH MASTERCLASS AND CONCERT: 3 March 2012 @ The Woodside Inn, Fordingbridge
Our friend, Richard Woodling, has programmed a masterclass and concert with Jools Holland and Sax Appeal legend DEREK NASH, on Saturday 3 March 2012 in Fordingbridge. A great opportunity, booking details for both workshop and concert are on the flyer below!
New Gigs for 2012
We're delighted to report we'll be programming right up to May 2012 at Lighthouse, and there are some fantastic artists lined up for the new year. Get these dates in your diary - full details to come very soon!
Friday 20 Jan: Liane Carroll Trio
Friday 3 Feb: Arnie Somogyi's AMBULANCE
Friday 17 Feb: Sarah Gillespie Quartet featuring Gilad Atzmon
Friday 2 March: Arun Ghosh Horn E Bass Quintet with support from Thokozile
Friday 23 March: Nigel Price Organ Trio with Vasilis Xenopoulos
Friday 20 April: World Service Project
Friday 11 May: Soweto Kinch Trio
Joan Morrell - a legend of the British Jazz scene
News has reached us that Joan Morrell, legendary promoter of the British jazz scene, who set up and ran Cambridge Modern Jazz Club since 1972, passed away peacefully on the weekend of 19-20 November 2011 after a long battle with cancer. It is individuals like Joan who have kept the British scene alive for many years, and her hard work was recognised by the 606 Club in London last summer, with a tribute concert programmed specifically for her, featuring a plethora of top British jazzers. Thanks, Joan, for all you have done. RIP.
FIRST GIG OF THE SEASON: TOWNSHIP COMETS IN SELLOUT TRIUMPH
We're delighted to report our first gig of the new season, The Township Comets, was a sellout, on Friday 23 September. Hopefully, this is a sign of things to come with our switch to Friday nights. A packed house enjoyed some stirring South African sounds, with the fantastic frontline of Jason Yarde and Chris Batchelor complemented by the wonderful vocals of the legendary Pinise Saul. The first number of the second set saw 19 special guests on stage, as young people from Baden-Powell and St Peter's Middle School - who had hosted a workshop by the Comets that afternoon - joined the band on stage for a special piece. They did amazingly well, having only had 2 hours to get the music ready. Another highlight saw pianist Adam Glasser replaced for one number by Chris Batchelor on piano, so that Adam could show off his superb harmonica skills. A brilliant player, check out Adam's own harmonica-led quartet. A really encouraging opening to the new season, we really hope you keep coming back for more!!
JAZZ AT THE WINCHESTER, BOURNEMOUTH: more gigs coming up
The Winchester in Bournemouth continues to host regular Tuesday night gigs of interest to all modern jazz fans. Next up is The Eddy White Quintet on 28 September (admission £3). For more details, follow the link below:
Jazz at the Winchester - follow this link
NEW SOUNDCELLAR WEBSITE
Just to let you know that SoundCellar now has its own website, where you will be able to access more news, views and video clips than we are now able to host here at Bournemouth Jazz. Bournemouth Jazz will still have a dedicated SoundCellar page listing all the gigs there and linking to the new website - already up on our site if you look down the left hand menu - but SoundCellar's own website will have much more detail. So... check it out! They've gone live but the website is still under development so bear with it until it's up to speed.
SoundCellar is hosting a fantastically strong autumn programme as you will see from the line-up of artists. Please also note their gigs are alternating between Wednesdays and Thursdays this autumn. Have fun!
We're Back! Gigs switch to Friday nights and start on 23 September
Finally, we're back! Bournemouth Jazz, in partnership with Lighthouse, Poole, Swanage Jazz and SoundStorm, returns with a fantastic series of gigs this autumn, gigs that go through all the way until May 2012.
As you will notice, BMJC gigs have moved to a Friday night, and will take place twice a month most months. A truly diverse series includes old favourites such as Liane Carroll Trio and AMBULANCE alongside Lighthouse newcomers, including Monica Vasconcelos, Robert Mitchell's Panacea and Sarah Jane Morris.
Apologies to those of you who have been awaiting for news to appear here over the past few months. We will endeavour to get the website up to date as soon as possible.
Proceedings kick off on Friday 23 September, with the amazing TOWNSHIP COMETS, who feature a truly all-star line-up including pianist ADAM GLASSER, sax star, JASON YARDE, and trumpeter Chris Batchelor (BIG AIR). The Comets celebrate the music of Dudu Pukwana, Chris Macgregor and other of the fabulous South African musicians who had such an important impact on the British jazz scene in the 1970s, in the darkest days of apartheid. Enjoy the gigs!
Besides our gigs at Lighthouse, SoundCellar continues to blaze a trail at the Blue Boar, and has an amazingly strong line-up for the autumn, including vocalist Laura Zakian, and pianist Jason Rebello. More details coming very soon.
Thanks to Ligthhouse and SoundStorm, who continue to support the jazz scene in this area, both in terms of performance and education work.
Add your voice to the jazz community: BMJC and SoundCellar on Facebook
For those of you who want to add your impressions, photos, videos, jazz links etc to the growing jazz community here in the Bournemouth/Poole conurbation, can we recommend you check out and 'like' the new-ish Bournemouth Modern Jazz Club and SoundCellar Facebook pages. More news and events, plus a chance to add your own links and comments. If you go to www.facebook.com and search for 'Bournemouth Modern Jazz Club' or 'SoundCellar', you should find us. You can also find 'Jazz at the Winchester' on the site too.
http://www.myspace.com/safehousepoole
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