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Phil Meadows Group
Phil Meadows - Sax
Laura Jurd – Trumpet
Elliot Galvin – Piano
Conor Chaplin – Double Bass
Corrie Dick – Drums
Predicate
Co-promotion with Jazz North East
Tim Hill – alto and baritone saxophones
Dominic Lash – double bass
Mark Sanders – drums
Alex Ward – electric guitar, compositions
Troyka (at the Central Bar Gateshead)
Troyka are three young musicians based in London whose intense live shows have seen them hotly tipped to follow in the foot steps of Polar Bear and Portico Quartet and become the next young band to explode from the capital’s fertile jazz scene.
A multi-textured trio with a febrile imagination where no role is pre-defined, their music twists and mutates in an ongoing dialogue inspired by a shared love of Aphex Twin, the angular world of iconclastic New York saxophonist Tim Berne and the blues-jazz-rock groove of legendary Steely Dan and Billy Cobham guitarist Wayne Krantz.
Chris Montague - guitars and loops
Joshua Blackmore - drums
Kit Downes - organ
Note - this gig is not at our usual venue but is at the Central Bar Gateshead
We Free Kings
Toby Greenwood – tenor and soprano sax
Mark Chandler – flugelhorn
Jamil Sheriff – piano
Richard Hammond – bass
Dave Walsh – drums
Note this gig is at Cluny 2 – next door to the main Cluny Venue
The Neil Yates Five Countries Trio
Neil Yates: trumpet, flugelhorn, tenor horn, whistle, voice, loops
Zsolt Bende: classical guitar
Cormac Byrne: bodhran, cahon, pandhera, cymbals, additional percussion
Five Countries Trio Web Page
Four Star review from John Fordham in The Guardian November 2011
ACV
Note that this gig is in Cluny 2 – next door to the main Cluny venue where we are usually
Paul Edis Keyboards
Mark William Guitar
Graeme Wilson Tenor & Baritone Sax
Andy Champion Double Bass
Adrian Tilbrook Drums
Eyes Shut Tight
Eyes Shut Tight were finalists in July 2011 at the European Jazz Contest in Rome.
Paul Baxter (double bass)
Kristoffer Wright (drums)
Johnny Tomlinson (keyboards)
“Rising bassist Paul Baxter has selected eight cuts of exploratory piano-based jazz, forged in the company of keys master Johnny Tomlinson and the excellent skins and bronze of Kris Wright. ‘Evolution’ manages that often sought, yet rarely achieved balance of being sweetly melodic and sufficiently experimental to please both the improv cognescenti and those who prefer their small band jazz to maintain a mainstream appeal. ‘Time of Arrival’ is a wonderful example, scene-setting arpeggios leading with a warm-hearted sense of inevitability to closing expansive splashes of colour. A True Gem!”
- The Musician, Dec 2010.
Charlotte Glasson Band
Charlie Mcgovern’s photos of the gig ©
Charlotte Glasson – reeds, violin, musical saw
Mark Bassey – trombone
Dave Holdsworth – tuba, pocket trumpet
Mick Hutton – bass guitar & steel pans
Sam Glasson – drums
Breach
Photos of the gig by Charlie McGovern ©
Paul Harrison (organ) Graeme Stephen (guitar) Chris Wallace (drums)
BREACH is an exciting new project that brings together three of Scotland’s most progressive and versatile musicians. Each member composes material specifically for the group and all share the desire to look forward, fearlessly moving into new territory and unashamedly trampling over musical preconceptions. The band create a unique brand of music which is difficult to categorise. Modern jazz and improvisation provide the backbone of the Breach sound, with the trio always willing to explore new sonic language and rhythmic variations.
Graeme Stephen is a well known musician on the Scottish scene. Winner of Jazz Services prestigious Promoter’s Choice award in 2006 and selected for the Take Five professional development scheme in 2008 he has performed internationally as a member of various groups including NeWt, Fraser Fifield and his own Sextet.
Paul Harrison was improvising long before he was exposed to jazz. He settled in Scotland after entering Edinburgh University on a prestigious piano scholarship, where he was awarded the Tovey Memorial Prize. In 2009 Paul won the award for Best Pianist at the first Scottish Jazz Awards. He has performed internationally with a host of world class musicians and has led his own successful groups, releasing two acclaimed albums with Trianglehead. He also produces electronica under the alias “Phenoplastic”
Chris Wallace was born in Canada. Since arriving in Scotland, he has worked with many of the country’s top jazz musicians. Wallace is a member of the experimental trio NeWt, a group that has begun building international credentials via its recent collaborative work with Berlin saxophonist Silke Eberhard. His quartet Loose Grip recently released their debut album. Chris was one of five Scottish jazz musicians selected for the Air Time career development scheme in 2010.