Coming up
2019
OK, summer may be nearly over but the upside is that jazz starts again, particularly an interesting and varied programme at North Devon Jazz Club. See the North Devon Jazz Club page for the 2019 programme arranged so far. Details will appear here as they become available. It's also good to see a couple of jazz events in the Plough Arts Centre programme, which hasn't been the case recently.
Saturday, 5th October (8.00 pm), Bishop's Tawton St John the Baptist Church: Neil Maya Quartet - 1959, the Golden Year of Jazz
The Neil Maya Quartet is one of the South West’s most exciting and talented bands, whose aim is to find fresh, new sounds within the wide scope of jazz whilst staying accessible to everyone. The quartet’s music is crisp, colourful, sassy, smooth, atmospheric, intricate, cool, very imaginative and always highly entertaining!
1959 was an extremely influential year. This project brings some of the best and most famous modern jazz recordings alive 60 years on. Expect to hear tunes like So What by Miles Davis, Giant Steps by John Coltrane and Take Five by the Dave Brubeck Quartet.
“Electrifying performance from a band that has everything – Crisp melody lines and improvisation to match”
— Dave Phillips, Teignmouth Jazz
http://www.neilmayaquartet.co.uk/1959/4594288928
For details and booking go to https://beaford.org/events
Monday, 7th October, Beaver Inn, Appledore: Bruce Adams with the Martin Dale Quartet
Top-flight trumpeter Bruce Adams is special guest at North Devon Jazz Club. He will join the superb Plymouth-based saxophonist Martin Dale and his quartet to perform an evening of fiery bop-based jazz.
Born in Glasgow, Bruce Adams is a veteran of the UK jazz scene. Given a trumpet at 11 years old, he was performing his first gig within a few months. There followed a diverse career, ranging from a winning appearance on Opportunity Knocks, a spell in Canada, work on the QE2 and gigs with big bands which led to him winning the best soloist prize in the BBC Big Band Competition.
Bruce has played all over the world with such jazz greats as Benny Carter, Buddy Tate and Bob Wilbur and he has won the UK Top Trumpet prize three times. Writing in The Daily Telegraph, critic Martin Gayford commented that ‘Adams performs with boppy zip and, when appropriate, a nice, dirty low down feeling’.
http://www.bruce-adams.co.uk/Bruce_Adams/About_Bruce_Adams.html
http://www.bruce-adams.co.uk/Bruce_Adams/Video.html
Saturday, 12th October, Anstey Village Hall: Neil Maya Quartet - 1959, the Golden Year of Jazz
he Neil Maya Quartet is one of the South West’s most exciting and talented bands, whose aim is to find fresh, new sounds within the wide scope of jazz whilst staying accessible to everyone. The quartet’s music is crisp, colourful, sassy, smooth, atmospheric, intricate, cool, very imaginative and always highly entertaining!
1959 was an extremely influential year. This project brings some of the best and most famous modern jazz recordings alive 60 years on. Expect to hear tunes like So What by Miles Davis, Giant Steps by John Coltrane and Take Five by the Dave Brubeck Quartet.
“Electrifying performance from a band that has everything – Crisp melody lines and improvisation to match”
— Dave Phillips, Teignmouth Jazz
http://www.neilmayaquartet.co.uk/1959/4594288928
For details and booking go to https://beaford.org/events
Monday, 14th October, Beaver Inn, Appledore: Liane Carroll
Multi-award winning singer/pianist Liane Carroll returns to North Devon Jazz Club in The Beaver.
Voted several times as the UK’s best jazz vocalist Liane sings every song as though she owns it. She has been described as ‘deeply soulful, wonderfully honest’ by The Times, and by Jazzwise Magazine as possessing ‘ that rare ability to meld effortless, often transcendent vocal and piano technique, with heart stopping emotion and soul bearing power’.
Accompanying herself in a rollicking, bluesy piano style she has enthralled audiences at Ronnie Scott's Club, Pizza Express, Glastonbury Festival, the Proms and many other venues in the UK and abroad.
