The EFG London Jazz Festival is finally here and boy are we excited!
Following on from the success of the SECollective’s three-day-Amersham-takeover
last year we’re set for a repeat next week – with tantalizing double-bill’s on
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday nights.
Featuring a roster of the SECollective’s finest bands, along with a few
guests it is surely not to be missed! Tickets are just £5 on-the-door and we’ll
be opening up the backroom at 8.30 each night; with a fine selection of beers
to tuck into it should be a whole lot of fun!
But wait, there’s more: following the gig on Thursday the 21st
we’ll be decamping to the front bar to host a Late ‘n’ Live Jam Session from
11pm into the wee small hours! It’s free-entry so even if you can’t make the
gig be sure to bring your horns and axes so you can come and join us for a
play!
***** 3-day SECollective Jazz Festival Special: All 3 Gigs for £10 *****
You can’t say fairer than that, all you have to do is come and enjoy the
music! Here’s what’s going on…
Tuesday 19th November: People & Places + Wandering Stories
Sam Bullard's People & Places
Sam Bullard - Saxophones/Bass Clarinet
Dave Manington - Bass
John Blease - Drums
Mick Foster - Saxophones/Clarinet/Flute
George Hogg - Trumpet/Flugelhorn
Tom White - Trombone
Sam Bullard’s flexible ensemble morphs from classical quartet to
improvising jazz trio and sextet with consummate ease. Chorales contrast with
free improvisations, Latin grooves contrast with driving swing and brooding
ballads.
Arthur Lea's Wandering Stories
Arthur Lea - Piano/Vocals
Alam Nathoo - Saxophone
Henrik Jensen - Bass
John Blease - Drums
Arthur Lea has been hammering honky tonks since his hands could first
reach the keys. He sings a retro brand of rhythm n blues, irregular riffs, and
southern soul. Think Professor Longhair with Blue Note oil - songs that travel
from New Orleans to Nashville to New York to New Cross Gate.
Wednesday 20th November: Acrobat + Dice Factory
Acrobat
Kristian Borring - Guitar
Will Bartlett - Organ
Pat Davey - Drums
+ Tomas Challenger - Tenor Saxophone
Acrobat is a
London-based Jazz organ trio, founded in 2008 by its three members. The warmth
and presence of the classic organ/guitar groups are heard alongside new
textures and stylish improvising. Compelling grooves and melodic clarity invite
the listener inside one of the most exciting sounds in Jazz today. Collective
effort is the key in Acrobat. All members contribute compositions, before
spending time arranging and work-shopping the material together to create a
sound that is original to Acrobat. This subtle, supportive interaction allows
the music to grow from sparse colours and intimate dialgoues to rugged sounds
with electrifying solos: an evolving and involving experience.
For this performance Acrobat are very excited to be joined on stage by guest artist Tomas Challenger on tenor saxophone.
Dice Factory
Tomas Challenger - Saxophone
Dan Nicholls - Piano
Tom Farmer - Bass
Jon Scott - Drums
Musical decisions made by rolling dice to determine structural events,
then lived through for periods of time. Digitally-inspired sparse grooves of
prepared piano, staccato sax overtones, broken beats, and tricky meters create
a charismatic shifting, polyrhythmic pulse.
Thursday 21st November: Draw By Four + Pickpocket + Late Jam Session
Draw By Four
Jon Shenoy - Saxophones
Kristian Borring - Guitar
Will Bartlett - Organ
Dave Hamblett - Drums
With a line-up steeped in tradition, Draw By Four take the classic 60s
organ quartet into brand new territory where the compositions from leader Jon
Shenoy (Ivo Neame Large Ensemble) mix contrapuntal bass lines and rhythmic
hooks with thoughtful lyricism. Mixing stark ethereal voices with gritty
Hammond boogaloo, organist Will Bartlett (Cliff Richard) draws on a wide
palette of sounds that build the foundation for an infectious mix of
groove-based original compositions, enchanting ballads and unique arrangements
of avant-pop songs.
Pickpocket
Ian Bumstead - Tenor Saxophone
Tom White - Trombone
Steve Pringle - Fender Rhodes
Spencer Brown - Double Bass
Jon Scott - Drums
Surreptitiously pilfering through the musical baggage, the fast-fingered
SE-London quintet Pickpocket combine edgy grooves and sinuous lines amid
sonorous free-improv with an almost criminal abandon. More artful than the Artful
Dodger, structured simplicity brushes against anarchic freedom, where dissonant
vamps casually disappear into distant harmonious sequences. With a veiled nod
in the directions of Dave Holland, Mark Turner and David Binney, dexterous
misdirection is the name of the game, no matter how deep the pocket.
Late 'n' Live Jam Session (free entry)
Hosted by Arthur Lea, you're invited to come and join us for a play late into the night. Bring your horns and axes, or recline at the bar and let the good times roll!
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