Three Jazz bassist Sam Vicary

Funk Workshops for Young Musicians

A weekend of FREE funk workshops for young musicians delivered by Pied Piper and Three Jazz in North Yorkshire. These workshops are a great opportunity for young musicians to develop their performance skills, learn the key features of funk, interpret funk classics and perform as part of a funk band.

See calendar/piedpiper-workshops

www.piedpiper.org

Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra comes to UK

Eleven School Bands wanted for Essential Ellington UK workshops

Jazz at Lincoln Center is coming to UK and will be working closely with the Barbican – Guildhall Creative Learning Division to give UK Youth Jazz Orchestras and Big Bands the opportunity to take part in the first UK representation of the Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Program. The aim of Essentially Ellington UK is to provide selected young jazz players, band leaders and conductors the opportunity to work with amazing Jazz at Lincoln Center and UK jazz musicians and develop their knowledge and passion for jazz music, its history and improve their jazz playing skills.

See news/essential-ellington.php

Ernie Gill 1938 - 2011

Ernie Gill passed away on the 31st December 2011. Ernie will be remembered on the local jazz scene as a great supporter of local musicians and creator of the jazzcrazy web site. The funeral will be held on Tuesday 17th January at 2.20pm at Cottingley Hall Crematorium Cottingley Hall, Ring Rd, Beeston, Leeds, West Yorkshire LS11 0EU For further information, please contact: Joseph Sheard, Funeral Directors, telephone 01924 492219

See news/ernie-gill.php

Double Bass player required

Fusion World Music Band seek double bass player to join and rehearse prior performing in art centres and similar venues around Yorkshire. news/fusion-band-seek.php

'a blend of groovy riffs, epic improvisations, dubstep & soundscapes'

Leeds' Roller Trio win Peter Whittingham Award

Leeds-based jazz-rock group The Roller Trio have won this year's Peter Whittingham Award. Roller Trio consist of Leeds College of Music (LCM) graduate James Mainwaring, electronics/tenor saxophone, and current LCM student, guitarist Luke Wynter with Luke Reddin-Williams on drums. Jazzwise say "Roller Trio mix epic rock-edged riffs, angular sax explorations, brooding beats and haunting dub-step style electronics all shot through with heady improvisation".

Previous winners of the award have become established names on the UK jazz scene - Soweto Kinch, Led Bib, Gwilym Simcock and Empirical. Peter Whittingham was a medical expert with a love of George Gershwin, Cole Porter, Stephen Sondheim, Leonard Bernstein, George Shearing, and Oscar Peterson. After he died in 1987 and his family set up the trust in his memory.

See news/roller-trio

Gerry Moore receiving 2010 Supporter of the Year Award from Gill Wilde

Jazz Yorkshire Awards 2011

Jazz Yorkshire is now inviting nominations for people or groups who have made an exceptional contribution to the jazz scene in Yorkshire and the Humber region during 2011. Anyone can make an online nomination for an award. The nomination must be for people or groups who are based in and/or undertake the majority of their activities in the this region.

The awards will be presented at a special event at Dean Clough, Halifax on the evening on Monday 19 March 2012.

Jazz Yorkshire Awards 2011

Previous Yamaha Jazz Experience winners receiving awards
on stage with Liane Caroll (l) and Peter Ind (r)

2012 Yamaha Jazz Experience Competition

Yamaha UK are inviting young musicians send in a video of their band playing two pieces for the Yamaha Jazz Experience Competition. Musicians should be aged between 11 - 18 with up to 8 musicians in the band - which must include bass, drums and a harmony instrument. Bill Martin of Yamaha says "Our judges are looking for convincing performances demonstrating improvising, fluency in the jazz language, sense of ensemble, good internal and external communication during the performances".

Videos must reach Yamaha UK by 24 Feb and 9 finalists will then be invited to perform at Cheltenham Jazz Festival in May 2012, in front of our jazz judges and the festival audience. The judges will choose a winning ensemble from each age category: u-15, u-17 and u-19, who will win gigs at top London jazz clubs. This means that younger ensembles stand a real chance of getting through.

Further details 2012 Yamaha Jazz Experience Competition

Gary Husband and Aubin Vanns in the Savile Studio

Gary Husband meets Futures team

In November the Futures 3 team spent a day at Leeds Media Centre working with international pianist / drummer Gary Husband and promoter / programmer Geoff Amos. The day was split between presentations, including a session using Gary's "Hot Wired" album with the Drive Quartet as a case study for planning and recording an album. In the afternoon the team had one-to-one sessions with Gary, Geoff and Nigel Slee, Jazz Yorkshire. It was an inspiring day for us all.

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Yoruba EP Trailer from aron kyne.

Yoruba debut EP launch

Yoruba, led by Futures 2 musician Aron Kyne, have released their hotly awaited debut EP on a steamy night at Musicquarium, Leeds. The album is available online at http://yoruba.bandcamp.com.

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www.myspace.com/yorubaleeds

Big Band jazz workshop for young musicians

Jazz Jamboree Workshop Day 2012

Sunday 5 February 2012 at The Grammar School at Leeds

We will be holding an intensive, one-day big band workshop for young musicians aged between 12 - 18 years of age who are interested in learning more about playing Big Band jazz. The day will be led by Al Wood and John Ellis MBE and will be free to the young musicians who are selected to take part.

Jazz Jamboree Workshop 2012

Sarah Bennett to play at JATP 10th year celebration

JATP Bradford Celebrate 10 years

Friday 7 October will mark 10 years for Bradford promoters JATP. Brian Bicat set up the 'first Friday of the month' club night called Jazz at The Priestley in recognition of its original home. JATP is still going strong at their new home at Bradford Irish Club. JATP has made a name for itself by promoting 'fantastic jazz from established and up-and-coming jazz names from across the North' (see list of bands). JATP receives a voluntary promoter award from Jazz Yorkshire.

The 10th Anniversary gig will feature The Sarah Bennett / Curt Shaw Quartet with Richard Keates - bass and Dave Hassell - drums. The gig starts at 8:30pm.

Future gigs:

• 04 November 2011 - Eyes Shut Tight
• 02 December 2011 - Kim Macari Quartet
• 16 December 2011 - Christmas Special with Somethin' Else
• 06 January 2012 Toby Greenwood's We Free Kings
• 03 February 2011 - Partikel

Press article Telegraph & Argus 4/10/11

Website: jatpjazz.blogspot.com

Leeds International Jazz Conference video

A documentary feature is now online from this year's conference. Produced by Savile and Chrome.

Quiet Leeds' street with real ale pub becomes home of a popular once-a-year jazz festival

Chapel Allerton Festival Jazz Blues and Salsa Sunday (Leeds)

Every year Seven Jazz programme the music for the Sunday afternoon that closes the Chapel Allerton Festival in Regent Street. This year the date for your diary is Sunday is 4th September 12.30-5.30pm. All for £3 contribution into the famous Chapel Allerton buckets

More information: www.sevenjazz.co.uk

7/9/11 Pictures and stories from festival now online:

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Ed O'Donnell - bloodied but unbowed

Richard Turner at the Grove Inn. Pic Guy Hatton

Richard Turner 1984 - 2011

We are sad to report the news that trumpeter Richard Turner died on Thursday 11 August as a result of a sudden seizure. Richard grew up in Leeds and as a teenager was a familiar face at jam sessions and gigs. Even at a young age it was obvious he was going to be an exceptional jazz musician. Richard left Leeds to study at the Royal Academy. Since then he has made a name for himself on the national and London scene.

From London Jazz: "Richard started the gig at the Con Cellar Bar in Camden and ran it for nearly four years, welcoming great musicians: Fly (Mark Turner, Jeff Ballard, Larry Grenadier), Donny McCaslan, Ingrid Jensen, Will Vinson, Joel Frahm, Julian Siegel, Phil Robson, Gwilym Simcock, Kit Downes, The Calum Gourlay- Freddy Gavita Big Band, Matt Penman....down those narrow stairs. He also led the band Round Trip, whose debut album Chris Parker reviewed for us. This is a tragic loss to those close to Richard, and deepest sympathies go to them. For the rest of us, Richard's contribution to the London music scene has been immense, can only be responded to with huge gratitude, and will be irreplaceable".

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Richard Turner