Stephane Kerecki

UK jazz debut shared between London and Dean Clough, Halifax Thur June 17

International trio and leading US sax player plays Dean Street... and Dean Clough on Thursday 17 June. Stephane Kerecki Trio + Tony Malaby. "A synthesis of African dance/trance rhythms and modern jazz and classical harmonies, a synthesis so subtle and symbiotic that to call it fusion would be to insult it" - All About Jazz

A foray into French jazz. Bassist Kerecki has played with some of the biggest names on the continent and been named as one of the '125 talents of tomorrow' by Jazzman magazine. Drummer Thomas Grimmonprez is barely less conspicuous for his own projects, while saxophonist Matthieu Donarier has the unenviable task of matching Tony Malaby: a virtuosic sax player from Arizona with a near-legendary status among jazz cognoscenti. Rhythmic, filmic and gloriously spikey.

Tickets: £15 / £12 Tel: 01422 255266 Crossley Gallery, Dean Clough, Halifax, HX3 5AX

Online booking: www.deanclough.com

CD review: www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=35697

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Home of the Brave
7 Arts, Leeds, 30 / 31 May 2010

Home of the Brave take the music of great Western film composers like Morricone, Elmer Bernstein and Steiner and blend it with a healthy mix of jazz, blues and free improvisation.

Led by saxophonist Richard Ormrod and featuring the inimitable Paul Hession on drums, Rus Pearson on bass and guitarist Jonny Flockton these four Leeds based musicians are recording their debut album for Jellymould Jazz this coming weekend. The band was selected from 40+ bands and musicians who applied to Jazz Yorkshire for the opportunity to work with Jellymould Jazz.

Dom Sales of Jellymould says "Their music is great fun, is suitable for children (and adults) and makes audiences laugh, cry, stomp and shout. You will know almost all of the themes they play but will never have heard anything like these thrilling, heart-warming arrangements".

Tickets available on the door. If you quote Jazz Yorkshire when buying your ticket you will receive £2.00 off the ticket price. Sunday 30th & Monday 31st May. 8pm. Tickets £10/8 £8/6 quoting Jazz Yorkshire

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www.jellymouldjazz.net

Guitarist and Jazz Educator Kathy Dyson

Kathy Dyson wins UK jazz educator award

Dr Kathy Dyson, Senior Lecturer in Jazz at Leeds College of Music, has received the jazz educator award from the All-Party Parliamentary Jazz Appreciation Group at the annual Parliamentary Jazz Awards the group organises in association with music industry body PPL. A jazz guitarist, Kathy performs regularly with alto saxophonist John Dyson and, of late, with Deirdre Cartwright in Remembering Emily Remler, a tribute to the late guitarist.

www.lcm.ac.uk/...kathy-dyson

www.myspace.com/theboptet Kathy and John's band website

Support Jazz Services Media Campaign

Join Jazz Services Campaign for more jazz on BBC

In association with JazzUK magazine, Jazz Services has launched a campaign to get more jazz broadcast on UK radio, in response to the BBC's recent consultation. The Campaign follows Professor Stuart Nicholson's report 'The BBC - Jazz, Policy and Structure in the Digital Age (available on Jazz Services website). This highlighted that the coverage of jazz in the UK was poor compared to leading European broadcasters.

You can add your name to the campaign online on the Jazz Services website (petition closes 20 May 2010).

www.jazzservices.org.uk/...JazzOffAir

Jazz in The Spa, Boston Spa

'Jazz in the Spa' is now featured on a new community networking website www.ispitv.com. The team behind Jazz in The Spa, Tim Mallinson and Les Brown have been organising regular Saturday sessions since the autumn of 1987. Today Jazz in the Spa has national recognition as a first class venue with what is in their words "the most appreciative and supportive audience in the UK". The video was taken at a recent session with solists Karen Sharp, Tommy Whittle and Roy Williams with Yorkshire rhythm section Ken Marley (double bass) and John Perry (drums).

www.jazzinthespa.com

ispitv.com/...jazz-in-the-spa-boston-spa