4th June 2009 Catherine Sykes Quintet Catherine
Sykes is an outstanding jazz vocalist, appearing at
festivals and venues throughout the world. She performs
regularly with pianist Dave Newton, and the Duke Ellington
Repertory Orchestra. Search for ‘catherine sykes’
on www.youtube.com to hear recent performances of
Catherine. She is an amazing talent, and we’re
delighted to get Catherine to perform on our opening
night.
2nd July 2009 Tina May Quartet Tina
May is one of the most talented and highly accomplished
British Jazz singers of our time. She has been releasing
successful albums for over a decade and has performed
all over the world with legendary Jazz artists and
producers, including Humphrey Lyttelton, Stan Tracey,
Ray Bryant, Bobby Watson, Don Sickler, Roger Guerain,
the BBC Big Band and Nikki Iles. More information
about Tina at www.tinamay.com and www.myspace.com/tinamayuk
6th August 2009 Art Themen Quartet Art
Themen is one of the UK’s top tenor saxophonists.
He is well known for his collaborations with Stan
Tracey, and many others including Nat Adderley, Ian
Carr, George Coleman, Peter King and Al Haig. His
style owes much to the influences of Dexter Gordon
and Sonny Rollins, as well as Coleman Hawkins, Evan
Parker, and John Coltrane. Find out more about Art
at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_Themen
3rd September 2009 Becki Biggins Quartet Becki
Biggins has been nominated for the 2009 Grammy Award
of Best Contemporary Jazz Album, and is currently
appearing with Michael Parkinson’s Musical Director,
Laurie Holloway. Becki was the winner of the American
Billboard Best Smooth Jazz Artist 2008 and had a number
one album in the US Smooth Jazz Chart. Find out more
about Becki at www.beckibiggins.com
1st October 2009 Jim Mullen Quartet Jim
Mullen is a truly original voice in contemporary jazz
guitar. For many years, he worked with sax player
Dick Morrissey and together they formed the legendary
funk band Morrisey Mullen. More recently, Jim has
worked with jazz vocalist Claire Martin (3 albums)
and formed a series of quartets (3 albums). You can
hear plenty of Jim on www.youtube.com and hear his
organ trio at www.myspace.com/jimmullenorgantrio
5th November 2009 Alan Barnes Quartet Saxophonist
Alan Barnes’ strong tone, assured improvisations
and imaginative arranging technique have marked him
out as one of the country’s top players for
many years. He is well known for his work with Tommy
Whittle, Clark Tracey, David Newton, Warren Vache,
Ken Peplowski, Don Weller, and the BBC Big Band. An
amazing musician, artist and entertainer. You can
hear more of Alan at www.myspace.com/alanbarnesyeah
video
of alex steele sextet at guiting festival
listen
click
here
to listen to a sample from a recent gig - it's a solo
from Bye Bye Blackbird, featuring Clive Morton on
bass, and Mark Harris on drums.
click
here
to listen to a sample from a recent gig - it's an
intro to Here's that Rainy Day.
click here
to listen to a sample from a recent recording, featuring
Clive Morton on bass, and Matt Jones on drums.
listen to some more samples on the 'recordings'
page.
appearing with alex steele ...
jean
toussaint
gilad atzmon
*
jazz, management, leadership & innovation *
Alex
has led a new project over the last four years taking
jazz out to businesses to help them take a fresh look
at areas including innovation, creativity, change
management, leadership, communications and team building.
The new project is called ‘improwise’.
See www.improwise.co.uk
for more details or contact info@improwise.co.uk
for more information.
recent
appearance at guiting festival, with Jim Mullen (guitar),
Chris Batchelor (trumpet),
Mornington Lockett (sax), Simon Lea (drums) and Simon King
(bass)
