16 December 2016 - Andre Canniere
Well Slap my Thigh (but not too hard please?) - Andre Canniere and Friends totally blew our podiatric contrivances clean OFF in closing JATPjazz' 2016. WHAT a band - teeming with ideas and talent - were the music in any way insufficient (it ain't!!) then the virtuosity right across the piece made for a jazz gig to long reside in the memory - and we've had a boat-load of those this year - which just goes to underlining my thrust.
In no small part Thanks to the Arts Council and Andre Canniere + Ensemble's generosity otherwise our piggy bank would be seriously malnourished.
Get the "Darkening Blue" album from http://www.whirlwindrecordings.com/the-darkening-blue/- you will be far from disappointed on the strength of this showing.
Our innumerable thanks to := Andre Canniere : t, Tori Freestone : s, John Turville : p, Michael Janisch : b, Andrew Bain : d and Brigitte Beraha : voc.
www.andrecanniere.com
02 December 2016 - Jamiel Sheriff Trio
Alas I was elsewhere for what I am widely advised by reliable witnesses was a STUNNING gig full of the subtlety, nuance and delightful twist and turn for which these Masters of their art are renowned. But the rueful can catch these guys again at Matt & Phred's in Manchester on January 4th and see/hear what all the fuss is about ‘Places like This’ - a great album of top trio jazzin'Jamil Sheriff : p, Pete Turner : db, a, Dave Walsh : d
www.jamilsheriff.co.uk/trio
04 November 2016 - eyeshutight
Widely and variously compared with the likes of Esbjorn Svensson Trio, Avishai Cohen and Jarrett/Haden/Motian, the fact is that eyeshutightr are carving their own niche in 'jazz'. Stunning Jazz, Stunning Geezers! Beautiful !! and at eyeshutight.bandcamp.com/ awaits a bargain example of eyes liveJohnny Tomlinson : p, Kristoffer Wright : d, Paul Baxter : b.
www.eyeshutight.com
"The Manchester Jazz Collective dectet comprises some of the region's most creative and fiery young jazz musicians, an eclectic spread of influences ranging from reggae to minimalism, metal, township, and folk music to inform their extensive catalogue of original compositions." is what I wrote but I confess to total under-pitching. In a City boasting the likes of Beats & Pieces Big Band, perhaps it's no surprise to discover what a Grade-A, kick-ar$e, BEAUTIFUL troupe the Manchester Jazz Collective truly are. An utterly astounding evening of highest quality composition, playing (this really is a 'collective' in all respects) and totally face-melting JAZZ. Other than for the obvious 'logistical' torments of aligning 10 top musicians, quite how this band struggle to get gigs is both unbelievable and outrageous. Folks!! You know not what you are missing! They are so, so , so well worth the experience
Kyran Matthews, Jeff Guntren, Stuart MacDonald :s, Graham South; Nick Walters : tr, Ellie Smith; Daniel Mitchell : trom, Andy Stamatakis-Brown : p, Paul Baxter : b, Johnny Hunter : d
16 September 2016 - Corrie Dick's "Impossible Things"
Corrie Dick : d, Laura Jurd :t, Rob Luft : g, Matt Robinson : p, Joe Webb : org, Conor Chaplin :b,
www.corriedick.com/
02 September 2016 - Angus Bayley's Scrapbook
was launched in superb style with
Angus Bayley's Scrapbook - now this was not carpet ripping jazz! Thoughtful, pensive, majestic, hymnal, symphonic, folky and subtle - a terrific azeotrope of composition and virtuosity beautifully created by Angus Bayley :p, Paul Trippett :b, Dave Storey :d, Nick Sigsworth :violin, Daisy Watkins : viola, Ben Rodney : t, Kieran McLeod : trom.If you missed this gig, then a second chance awaits at Seven Jazz www.sevenjazz.co.uk/whats-on on 11 September @ Inkwell @ 1:30pm. Highly Recommended !!
www.scrapbook-music.com
www.facebook.com/scrapbookmusic
www.soundcloud.com/angusbayley
01 July 2016 - Paradise Trio
I am wishing I had avoided the "one-handed" tag following an hour of impenetrating explanation, but .. Cracking end to the season & BIG thanks to Richard for bringing Mike to Bradford and also to Les for a detailed analysis and description as to why our joanna is a tad 'bright' and what to do to fix it. Glory, Glory Be! and all for a pittance!
Mike Walker - guitar, Richard Iles - one-handed flugelhorn, Les Chisnall - piano
richardiles.com/
03 June 2016 - The Weave
JATPjazz's Glyde House inaugurating band, The Weave, brought peace to our troubles with a thrilling show of highly refreshing jazz of West Coast 'cool', hard-bop and New Orleans flavours sauteed in exquisite Liverpudlian msicality and humour. STORMING !! and I am most chuffed that this superb band of troubadors go from strength to strength- OUTSTANDING in every department to a man regardless of a late line-up change pays testament to all concerned - A RIPPING NIGHT !!
Martin Smith, Tony Peers - trumpet, Tony Ormisher - guitar, John Ellis - piano,
JATPjazz's Glyde House inaugurating band, The Weave, brought peace to our troubles with a thrilling show of highly refreshing jazz of West Coast 'cool', hard-bop and New Orleans flavours sauteed in exquisite Liverpudlian msicality and humour. STORMING !! and I am most chuffed that this superb band of troubadors go from strength to strength- OUTSTANDING in every department to a man regardless of a late line-up change pays testament to all concerned - A RIPPING NIGHT !!Martin Smith, Tony Peers - trumpet, Tony Ormisher - guitar, John Ellis - piano,
Hugo Harrison - double bass, Viktor Nordberg- drums
06 May 2016 - The Lindsay Hannon Plus
Well the following 'herald' was accurate but retrospectively failed ENORMOUSLY to convey what a TOP TOP TOP Band LHP are. Being a man of few words and much blather as you well know, a perfect summary of this band is they are SOOO TIGHT and together, the point of a pin is a dancefloor to them. ABSOLUTELY BLINDINGLY EXCELLENT night. I confess to expletives in my 'closer' - THAT GOOD!! SO GOOD that 3 times the ticket price would be 'meagre'. And a FINE testament to the quiet, yet bountiful musical garden which is the North East, to whom "Hat's Off!!"
The Lindsay Hannon Plus’ début album, ‘The Spy’, contains a variety of material from original pieces - ode ‘Heather forever’, original lyrics set to Joshua Redmond’s ‘Wish’, interpretation of Joni Mitchell’s lyrically complex ‘The Hissing of Summer Lawns’, to the tense, brooding title track. An engaging band with improvisational jazz roots, raucous barrel house blues & thoughtful, spacious ballads
in a variety of grooves, creating an electric atmosphere.
Lindsay Hannon - v, John Pope - db, James Harrison - p, Tom Chapman - d
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15 April 2016 - Partikel : String Theory
what a belting evening of startlingly excellent jazz we had from Partikel and Benet McClean & not a theorem of chaos in sight. One might consider CD sales a good measure of an audiences appreciation - and the best jazz audience to be had, anywhere, reduced a rather impressive audio pile to a meagre one or two, and thus I conclude a great time was had by all and the band loved it too
Duncan Eagles - ts, Max Luthert - db, Eric Ford - d, Benet McLean - violin
www.partikel.co.uk/stringtheory
04 March 2016 - Manjula
Consider if you will a musical equivalent of the famous Jungle Book scene of Kaa's "Trust in me" and you will have an excellent analogy
of the effect which Leeds-based MANJULA have on even the best prepared 'jazz nut'. One of our enthusiastic regulars commented at half-time that they had not been particularly looking-forward to the gig (they like it 'hard and fast') but also that it was such a pleasant and cossetting surprise, words were not easily found to describe, so we settled on "beguiling". Manjula (“melodious”) really are something so different but in a quietly spectacular way - they creep up on you unawares and with imperceptible realisation, you are into it, hooked, eager for every musical jewel brought forth by this very special ensemble. I'll leave you with the thoughts of their ripping young bassist, Simon Read, "I only travel North to play with his band" therein the secret? The band loves the music just as much as the audience. STRONGLY RECOMMENDED Vanessa Rani - v,p, Sam Bell - p, Joe Harris - g, Simon Read - db
vanessaranimusic.com/bands/manjula/
04 March 2016 - Blind Monk Trio
Late! I know . . . A letter to Bob . . .
That was a special gig last night – weather-affected audience I think but those hardy souls who made it were rewarded with – and one cannot suggest no prior warning of same – a BLINDING night of jazz. The dexterity, super-fluidity, intonation and POWER of your sax, the horizon-wide genre bass-style injections and beautiful ‘voice of Hugo, the Uzi sticks and ‘finger-print’ brushwork of Johnny’s percussion, all so wondrously mixed, melded and individually exposed as required gave rise to wonder as to how such a beautiful musical expanse could come from a trio!!?? The Music?? Your original compositions sit in no shadow of the ‘standards’ you add. In fact I find they complement each other enormously and I love the way you bend and twist the standards to your personalities, casting-off all slavishness – all of which made for two mouth-watering sets of aural jazz paradise.
And I far from loneliness in this general view by all reports.
Bottom Line Bob – there ain’t many jazz gigs where my fat old ass starts swinging and my boots a-stomping – almost ‘Dad Dancing’
Bob Whittaker - ts, Hugo Harrison - db, Johnny Hunter -drumswww.blindmonktrio.com
05 February 2016 - 7 Pieces of Silver
A-List :- Band, Audience, Venue, Ambience. Not wishing to be repetitive, boring or tedious or tempt providence, but YET AGAIN a SUPERB evening of Jazz from a totally 'JAZZING' band. A MUST SEE band and their recently released album encapsulates the vigour and beauty of their live performance as much as a 'record' can. But then there's the live spontaneity, all of which makes £20 per head an absolute steal to see . .
James Lancaster - tr, John Mckillup - ts, Stuart Macdonald - &bs, Matt Ball - trom, Andrzej Baranek - p, Paul Smith - d, Paul Baxter - b
www.7piecesofsilver.com
22 January 2016 - Matt Holborn Quartet with Jazz North
"Matt Holborn's Gypsy Jazz Quartet gave us one of the JATPjazz nights of all time. Stunningly Good, superbly augmented by each musicians highly subtle and personal 'injection' of contemporary jazz style extended the 'Hot Club' stand out from crowd - impeccable musicianship and ensemblinto new and exciting beautiful territory - all too rare in the UK possibly, the Quartet festooned by the eager audience thereafter. Matt Holborn - violin, Ben Mallen - g, Ben Danzig - g, Simon Read - db transport you straight to Paris!!
www.mattholborn.com/gypsy-jazz-quartet/
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