Autumn Season 2011 JAZZ LISTINGS:-
- For full listings please see turnersims.co.uk
PHRONESIS
WITH SUPPORT FROM MATTHEW HALSALL
Friday 7 October – 8pm
Jasper Høiby double bass
Ivo Neame piano
Anton Eger drums
A formidable jazz trio whose third album Alive was hailed Jazz Album of the Year 2010 by Jazzwise and MOJO Magazines, Phronesis are known for their charismatic live performances, which have prompted Jazzwise to describe them as the most exciting and imaginative piano trio since EST. Tonight they are ably supported by one of the UK’s brightest talents, Manchester based, DJ, bandleader and trumpeter Matthew Halsall and his band.
£18, concessions £17, Friends £16.20, students £9
MEADOW
WITH SUPPORT FROM MCCORMACK & YARDE DUO
Friday 21 October – 8pm
Meadow
John Taylor piano
Tore Brunborg saxophones
Thomas Strønen drums
Meadow are three of Europe's finest and most sensitive players whose debut album Blissful Ignorance was hailed by The Guardian as one of 2011’s likely jazz triumphs of the year. This stunning evening of jazz starts with support from the dynamic and inventive MY Duo, pianist Andrew McCormack and saxophonist Jason Yarde.
£18, concessions £17, Friends £16.20, students £9
ASERE
Tuesday 25 October
A unique opportunity to see one of Latin America’s best groups in an up-close and intimate session, as Asere head to the UK for a handful of special, completely acoustic concerts. With brilliant original songs along with classic Latin salsa and Cuban son,they create a unique and soulful Cuban music, bringing a mix of roots and rhythms to a modern world.
£18, concessions £17, Friends £16.20, students £9
ACOUSTIC TRIANGLE
Friday 28 October – 8pm
Malcolm Creese double bass
Tim Garland saxophones, bass clarinet
Gwilym Simcock piano, French horn
Dedicated to performing entirely acoustic and highly innovative music, the members of Acoustic Triangle are widely admired as world-class jazz soloists, but all three also have significant backgrounds in classical music. Together they have become one of the most original and respected British ensembles. Containing a wide variety of influences - from ancient themes and folk styles through impressionism and the jazz era to the avant-garde - their performances are thought-provoking, fun, visually engaging and refreshingly intimate.
Eclectic, adventurous ... three undisputed masters of the game. The Guardian
£18, concessions £17, Friends £16.20, students £9
VIKTORIA MULLOVA: PEASANT GIRL
Tuesday 8 November – 8pm
Viktoria Mullova violin
Matthew Barley cello
Julian Joseph piano
Paul Clarvis drums
Sam Walton percussion
Russian violinist Viktoria Mullova is renowned for her virtuoso interpretations of the core classical repertory both in concert and on disc. This evening she shows a different side of her artistic persona. Joined by an all-star ensemble including her husband,cellist Matthew Barley, and jazz pianist Julian Joseph, she retraces her roots in Ukraine. The programme reflects the phenomenal influence of gypsy music on both classical and jazz music in the 20th century with repertoire includingduets for violin and cello by Bartók, an ode to Django Reinhardt by jazz composer John Lewis, and compositions by fusion band Weather Report. An unmissable evening with an extraordinary artist.
£22, concessions £21, Friends £20, students £11
STEVE COLEMAN
Saturday 12 November – 8pm
Steve Coleman saxophone
David Virelles piano
Kassa Overall drums
Alto saxophonist and composer Steve Coleman was a central figure in the M-Base movement and has been at the forefront of advances in jazz composition for the last 25 years. Inspired by the African Diaspora while studying in Ghana, Coleman explored a new rhythmic language fusing interlocking beats and polyphonic harmonies, offering an alternative to conventional rhythm. Coleman’s latest album, Harvesting Semblances and Affinities, continues to push the boundaries.
The most influential jazzman of his era. Wall Street Journal
£18, concessions £17, Friends £16.20, students £9
STEFANO BOLLANI
Friday 18 November – 8pm
Superstar Italian jazz pianist Stefano Bollani makes a rare visit to the UK for a special solo concert. An award-winning musician (his recent recording of Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue went platinum) with an eclectic style all his own, his combination of virtuosity, originality of ideas, and sheer variety of musicality, places him amongst the very elite of today's jazz pianists.
£18, concessions £17, Friends £16.20, students £9
SABRINA MALHEIROS
Thursday 1 December – 8pm
Xantone Blacq keyboards
Nathan Allen drums
Alex Bonfanti bass
Trevor Kentish percussion
Rio’s original nu-bossa star, Sabrina Malheiros, is an internationally acclaimed singer/songwriter,delivering golden era bossa, soul, samba, disco & dance music, in an original cutting edge mix of Brazilian & contemporary styles. A best seller around the world, Sabrina comes to Turner Sims with her brilliant new band to coincide with the release of her latest album Dreaming.
Essential Brazilian cool Daily Telegraph
£16, concessions £15, Friends £14.40, students £8
THE OLUTUJA PROJECT
Friday 2 December – 8pm
Alicia Olatuja vocals
Michael Olatuja bass
Jason Rebello piano
Femi Temowo guitar
Troy Miller drums
This gifted, New York-based husband-and-wife team create uplifting, inspirational music thatcelebrates their diverse cultural influences. Their collaboration fuses contemporary jazz, traditional gospel, R&B and neo-soul with such traditional elements of African music as the Yoruba tongue, the talking drum and call-and-response vocals. Together with their virtuoso band, they treat us to songs from their latest recording The Promise.
£18, concessions £17, Friends £16.20, students £9
A NEW ORLEANS CHRISTMAS
Sunday 18 December – 8pm
Abram Wilson trumpet, vocals
Myrna Hague vocals
Jason Marsalis drums
Multi-talented New Orleans trumpeter and vocalist, Abram Wilson brings a fresh take on Christmas with original New Orleans flavoured music - an exciting mix of poetic storytelling and compositions that bump, holler, and sing the most passionate blues and the strongest swing. Join Abram, plus special guests, Jamaica’s own Myrna Hague on vocals and fellow New Orleans star drummer Jason Marsalis, for the ‘hottest’ Christmas ever.
Vibrant, confident, and just damn exciting. Not only is Wilson a first class trumpeter, he's extremely accomplished at singing, rapping and scatting too. The Independent
£16, concessions £15, Friends £14.40, students £8
EMPIRICAL
Saturday 14 January – 8pm
Tom Farmer bass
Shane Forbes drums
Lewis Wright vibraphone
Nathaniel Facey saxophone
with guest George Fogel piano
Pioneering British group Empirical head to Turner Sims for the very first date of their UK tour to mark the release of their much-anticipated new album Out ‘n’ In. Their style has drawn admiring notices on both sides of the Atlantic, expertly incorporating elements of classical, African and Cuban music to their fresh-sounding jazz. Their debut recording went on to be voted Jazzwise magazine's album of the year and MOJO magazine's Jazz Album of the Year, whilst 2010 saw them pick up the covetedMOBO award for Best Jazz Act.
Empirical could turn out to be one of the most important bands in UK jazz history. Jazzwise
£18, concessions £17, Friends £16.20, students £9
BEATS & PIECES
Saturday 28 January – 8pm
The Beats & Pieces Big Band is fast becoming one of the country's most talked about jazz groups. Its 14 members are drawn from some of the most exciting and in-demand young musicians active in the UK today, taking the classic big band sound and add slamming bass and drums, skronking guitar, wah-wah funk and retro 70s fusion. Influenced by Loose Tubes, Polar Bear and Radiohead amongst others, their music redefines the role of the big band instrumentation for a new generation.
£16, concessions £15, Friends £14.40, students £8
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