Jazz Northampton - NCJazz - promoting contemporary jazz in Northampton and Northants
WHAT'S ON :: All gigs are at The Castle (Box Office:01933 270 007) and start at 8pm unless otherwise stated
Thursday 28 January, 8pm - ANITA WARDELL QUARTET
£10 (£8)
Robin Aspland - piano, Jeremy Brown - bass, Steve Brown - drums
Popular Australian jazz vocalist and tutor, currently based in the UK, Anita
Wardell brings well known standards and new material to appreciative
audiences worldwide. Her warm personality and wide repertoire endear
her to all age groups. The musicians with Anita tonight feature on her most
recent CD "Kinda Blue". Winner of a prestigious BBC Jazz Award 2006
"A model of the jazz singer's art" - Guardian
Thursday 25th February, 8pm - GEOFF GASCOYNE QUARTET
£10 (£8)
Geoff Gascoyne - bass, Jim Mullen - guitar, Graeme Blevins - sax, Sebastiaan de Krom - drums
Geoff Gascoyne has put together a new quartet and their first CD came
out at the end of 2009. It is a selection of tunes associated with musicians from the vast world of pop, as diverse as Cat Stevens, Earth Wind and Fire and Diana Ross, sympathetically arranged, and played with the energy or delicacy that each one requires.
Thursday 18th March, 8pm - JIM HART QUARTET
£10 (£8)
'Words and music' (A tribute to the art of song)
Vibraphonist Jim Hart is one of the fastest rising stars of the UK jazz scene.
Joined by Ivo Neame, Mick Coady and drummer Tristan Mailliot, Jim's Quartet
brings a fresh and exciting approach to what is often described as 'straight
ahead' Jazz. Through some neat arrangements and some very open
improvisation they'll take you on a trip through the world of song from fast
swingers through grooving Latin numbers to soulful ballads.
Thursday 22nd April, 8pm - GARY POTTER TRIO
£10 (£8)
Gary Potter is regarded as one of the greatest jazz and country guitarists in the
world. His playing is melodic, lyrical and imaginative. He is influenced by
players such as Django Reinhardt - Gary featured in the Channel 4 film
The Django Legacy - and Charlie Parker, yet his approach to playing jazz
guitar, both acoustic and amplified, is sufficiently original to give him an identity that is all his own.
"He's brilliant" - George Harrison
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