07 December 2018 - Archipelago
In partnership with jazznorth
North-East trio Archipelago absolutely "rocked" JATPjazz on Friday evening with their genre-obliterating, power trio garage-jazz leaving a highly attentive and appreciative audience in a veritable trance. Having seen Archipelago on a number of occasions now, I can only say that they seemed especially "pumped" for this gig. One regular commented it was the best gig we'd ever had, adding that there's three unbelievable musicians stood before you , yet you hear an orchestra. Christian Alderson - d, Faye MacCalman - s,cl, John Pope - b, as many have observed before, really do "have all the goods"! Brilliant Night!!
https://archipelago-jam.com/
23 November 2018 - Eirik Svela Group
My, oh MY! what an outstanding band this is. Svela knows precisely when to come forward and step back and given the scarcely believable talents surrounding him - Andrew Robb flourishingly rock solid, Jamiel Sheriff brimming with the manifest class and nuance for which he is rightly famed, Magnus Sefaniassen Eide a simply staggering prospect of Maddren-esque proportion and Matt Anderson who has been learning the dark sax arts of old London Town for sure - it's little surprise that his was a JATPjazz night to remember. And so thought the audience who would have sought multiple encores had the time allowed prior to departing with smiles from ear to ear. And so, as we hope JATPjazz nights are, a splendid evening was had by all Eirik Svela - g, Jamil Sheriff - p, Matt Anderson - sax, Andrew Robb - b and Magnus Sefaniassen Eide - d
www.eiriksvela.com
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02 November - DAN WHIELDON Quartet
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What a "classic" evening of classy jazz Dan Whieldon's quartet brought us!! Dan's contemporary pieces, tastefully tweaked songbook standards and even jazzed-up English Hymnbook. Jazz for everyone in fact. I urge you to take-in the Dan Whieldon Quartet at your earliest opportunity. Richard Iles - tpt/flugel, Dan Whieldon - p, Ed Harrison - b, Caroline Boaden - d www.danwhieldon.com
19 October 2018 - Artephis
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RNCM Alumni Artephis are a jazz delight drawing a cavalcade of musical influence, often into one number. It's easy for an old fart to wax-lyrical over the future of UK Jazz on the listening end of such musical glory but Artephis really do have something special. Drop into that mix what lovely young Men these guys are and one's heart is full of gladness at the prospects for jazz. Another ripping album in the works and well-developed plans for another with strings - check-out their website and Youtube outlets - and you'll see/hear why Artephis are a band well worth the seeing. Top Nottch!! They even asked the Old Fart if they could help closing down?? Need I say more ? Aaron Wood - tpt/flugel, James Girling - g, Ali Roocroft - p, Alasdair Simpson - b, Matt Brown - d
www.artephis.co.uk/
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05 October 2018 - Ubunye
In partnership with jazznorth
Well Lordy Mamma!! This was one bad-ass gig and a half. We have had some stonking gigs over the years, some instrumental, some single voice + band, but never choral and instrumental. I don't think it is the uniquity to JATP of Ubunye's line up which persuades me this gig sits at the top of JATP's "Wow" tree. No! It is placed there by the unanimous and widely-expressed views of high appreciation and broad grins of 70-odd very happy Bradfordian Jazzers afterwards.
So BIG UP Ubunye!! (‘one-ness’) Thandanani Gumede, Nokuthula Zondi-Kamudyariwa, Xolani Mbathe - voc, Dave Evans - keys, Nik Rutherford - g, Kenny Higgins - b, Alex Wibrew - d
07 September 2018 - Toby Carpenter Organ Trio + Nadim Teimoori
Shiver me Timbers !! WHAT a start to the season. Bradfordian Tobie Carpenter’s Organ Trio transported us right back to 20's New Orleans, 50's New York and new millennium Europe in whirlwind style, with Nadim Teimoori's unbelievable sax absolutely sealing the deal. No wonder debut EP DEAD PAN PARTY (Turquoise Coconut Records), hit No.1 in the iTunes Jazz Album Chart. Currently on tour, I urge you to try take one of these gigs in. Jazz treats await
https://tobiecarpenter.com/gigs/
Tobie Carpenter - g, Jamie Safir - o, David Ingamells - d + Nadim Teimoori - sax
https://tobiecarpenter.com/organ-trio/
06 July 2018 - Freddie Gavita Quartet
In my most regrettable enforced absence, Roger advises that it was a terrific gig, highly engaging, intricate music from a band which also are tuned-in to the crowd, resulting in an evening of the finest jazz
For me, Transient is an understated masterpiece. I swear if you closed your eyes you would not be at all surprised to find Miles Davis before you when you opened them. That is not to say that I find you Davis-esque in anyway in terms of performance or composition, more that such are all those qualities in you, you should be equally considered. Highly entertaining album from front to back to which of course Tom, Callum and James add immensely. An oft revisited feast!! Freddie Gavita - tpt, Tom Cawley - p, Calum Gourlay - db & Josh Blackmore - d, freddiegavita.com/
5 June 2018 - Rob Luft Quintet
An absolute belting gig from a belting band. Simply stunning how a band combining such brilliant individual virtuosities come together in ensemble to produce such glory seemingly infinitely greater than the sum of the parts. It would be churlish to highlight individuals - this is a band of glorious unity weaving musical spells and melding genres and styles from across the Globe. Rob Luft - g, Joe Wright - sax, Joe Webb - keys, Tom McCredie - b and Corrie Dick - d are simply AWESOME!! and beautiful people to-boot!! 01 June 2018 - BRIAN BICAT Memorial
Atlantic Crossover ft. John Settle
God's Truth!! WHAT A NIGHT!! Glyde House packed to the rafters and every chair in the building redeployed and still people standing, Atlantic Crossover and John Settle completely obliterated a most receptive, eager and engaging audience. The place was "on fire" with break-neck sax runs, trumpet and flugel "voluntaries" rippling about the place floating on a forceful rhythmic feather-bed. And then there was John Settle. Hitherto I must confess to some perplexity regarding vibes - I know, "ignoramus"! - well not any longer - Stripes! can John Settle make those bars sound - they were bloody-well dancing on the cords - and they had to with the machine-gun pace emanating from the front line, but the highest accords to John's talent were the looks of amazement on the brass instrumentalists faces and the rapturous appreciation of an audience greedy for more. If Jim and James' playing failed to thrill - an impossible precept in fact - then their arrangements of long familiar tunes into a state of complete "newness" completely converted any faith-free. Mark Chandler, despite being delayed by a drugs-bust en-route, was at his bristling best, strafing the audience with almost supersonic salvos, and then there's Rod Mason. What is there to say about Rod which hasn't already been said?? The man is a megalith. I closed my eyes often as his baritone rasped out "fire", images of John Surman filling my mind's eye. Of course all this "bristling" out front simply demands the finest rhythm. I don't think I've heard a better rhythm section anywhere, live or recorded, than Jami Sheriff, Adrian Knowles and Dave Walsh? Oh! no bit-part players, these - they pushed their way forward with beautiful appropriation, thunder, gentility and glorious talent. All of this resulted in such a gloriously spectacular celebration of jazz, befitting the Great Brian Bicat, our Founder often mentioned in Jim's commentary, was surely there amongst us in spirit with a broad grin on his face and jaw dropped at such unbelievable virtuosity, and particularly so at the closing Caravan - always persuasively requested by Brian of bands, yet Atlantic never got round to it. They absolutely "nailed" it last night! And so I think Brian will join me in especially thanking Jim and Rod for putting such a thing of beauty together in Brian's honour - thank you both sincerely for that and the band for such thrilling delivery. I am sure JATPjazz will never have a better night.
Mark Chandler - trumpet
Jim Corry - alto sax
James Russell - tenor sax
Rod Mason - Baritone sax
Dave Walsh - drums
Jamil Sheriff - piano
Adrian Knowles - bass
Special Guest John Settle - vibes
Special Guest John Settle - vibes
04 May 2018 - Edwards-Dearden Quintet
Julie Edwards Kevin Dearden Qtotally "smashed" JATPjazz !! amply evidenced by repeated calls for encores and the insistent sbottom shuffling, seat "dancing" and foot-tapping throughout the auditorium. An absolutely thumping night Julie Edwards - v, Kevin Dearden - b, Ed Kainyek - sax, Ed Barnwell - p, Tim Franks - drums
www.julieedwards.com
06 April 2018 - Treppenwitz
Treppenwitz : The live manifestation, as usual in my view, added greatly to the CD, but then that’s the whole point of a degree of “improvisation” I think – you can’t get the dynamic which this type of angular, sometimes oblique, sometimes achingly “romantic” / symphonic, sometimes anxiously spacious jazz creates on the night – the musicians’ collective mood ?? As I put it to the trio afterwards, “it was the continuously sweeping drift generally of the music from classical to abstract/angular to romantic to Bebopishness with such virtuosic exponentiation that still has me now in a bit of a "dream state".Matthew Aplin - p, Tom Riviere - db, Steve Hanley - d
newjazzrecords.co.uk/artists/treppenwitz/
16 March 2018 - Phil Meadows Project
As I emailed Phil after the gig . . . "Storming Gig – Loved it, particularly the fusion/rock/fusion/fusion style bass & the washy, wailing guitars and what a drummer Jay is turning out to be – all that promise fulfilled & more and what can we say of Meadow’s sax ?? “He’s coming on! Ain’t he ??” Phuqing BRILLIANT Man !! I’ve said before that you have the goods but you just keep piling them on – good for you Phil as I know you put a lot into jazz too
It will not be 5 years til the next gig I intend !!
Phil Meadows - sax, Michael De Souza – g, Joe Downard – b, Jay Davis – d
www.philmeadowsmusic.co.uk/projects/
02 February 2018 - Emily Brown Quintet
Stone the Crows!! this Lady can sing, schmooz and generally have the audience eating right out of the palm of her hand. Emily just gets better and better - and I know I keep saying this, but Emily's gigs mirror that as do increasing audience numbers - 94 is very close to the record - and the irrepressible smiles on the faces of Emily's bandmates speaks volumes. Glyde House was full to busting - not a chair left in the place If you ain't seen Emily yet, please do go out of your way to rectify that omission. Always Top Drawer!!
Emily Brown - voc, Stuart McDonald - sax, Jason Scott - p, Fergus Quill - b, Caroline Boaden - dr
soundcloud.com/embrown
05 January 2018 - The Retrosettes
The Retrosettes absolutely "wiped the floor" with a packed house delivering a rapturous evening of high energy 50s / 60s inspired music with a jazz inflection and by all accounts, their debut album '1, 2, Yes, Go!’ sold well. A Bouncing night with Andrzej Baranek : p/org, Tommy Fuller : b, Rick Weedon : drums/Bvs, Helen Bytheway - p, voc and Paul Bytheway - g/voc 
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