Jazz & Dinner at Broomhill
The art of a well crafted riff
Enjoy a relaxing and intimate evening eating and absorbing the vibes of one of Britain's best jazz performances.
Set in the enlightening atmosphere of the Broomhill Contemporary Art Gallery with a Mediterranean Tapas buffet from the Broomhill kitchen the ambience is definitely appealing. These events are often sold out well before the event although it's always worth a try for a late cancellation. Booking is essential.
Tickets are limited to ensure that the social and musical ambience is at its best.
Doors open at 19:30, concert begins at 20:00. Interval with food buffet 21:00.
Reservations are essential - email here...
Each performance (unless stated otherwise) - £7.50 per person for Jazz. £12.50 for Jazz plus Mediterranean Tapas buffet and cheese board.
Jazz Break
Why not stay at Broomhill for a romantic Jazz Break, you won’t have to worry about driving home. Wake up to a Broomhill breakfast and take a relaxing stroll round our Sculpture Garden.
Jazz Break for Two: 2 night stay with lunch, English breakfast, Jazz concert and Mediterranean buffet including free entry to Sculpture Park. £205.00.
2010 Dates
Asaf Sirkis Trio
Wed 07 Apr 2010 • 20:00
“Israeli-born drummer and London resident Asaf Sirkis unleashes with thunderous abandon on this hard-hitting fusion offering that harkens back to a time before the genre became codified, diluted and reduced to a critical joke.” • Bill Milkowski, Jazz Times (USA), April 2009
“...Sirkis simply the most sensitive of percussionists” • Chris Parker, January 2009
“Sirkis is not only an inventive drummer but also a composer of rigour, wit and surprising delicacy” • Chris Ingham, Mojo Magazine, October 2008
- Asaf Sirkis • Drums
- Yaron Stavi • Bass
- Tassos Spiliotopoulos • Guitar
Jonathan Bratoëff Quartet
Wed 12 May 2010 • 20:00
“Bratoëff’s brittle phrasing and rhythmic energy put him up there with leading UK guitarists”; “Subtle, spontaneous, informed contemporary jazz.” • John Forham, The Guardian
“Downtown NYC edge; cut through with percolating African and Latin rhythms”; “Thoughtful, delicate, yet powerful” • Time Out, London
The Jonathan Bratoëff Quartet draws influences from many sides of the jazz world, from Coltrane to Jason Moran via the New York downtown scene. Each musician brings with him great musical variety and adaptability to a band that looks for a truly contemporary sound with a strong emphasis on melody and energy. The key ingredients are simple with powerful melodies, energetic and vibrant rhythms, rich colourful textures and a mixture of traditional jazz blended with other musical idioms such as African, Rock and Latin music.
- Jonathan Bratoëff • guitar
- Tom Mason • bass
- Mark Hanslip • sax
- James Maddren • drums
Led Bib
Wed 02 Jun 2010 • 20:00
Relentlessly dodging definition, Led Bib are both a maverick jazz band and an unlikely rock quintet. The Walthamstow based five-piece of twenty-somethings who have torn apart the jazz world with their avant-jazz-euphoric-rock explosions of improvisation, pride themselves on side- stepping convention, with incendiary results. Combining the energy and passion of a rock outfit with the technical ability of trained jazz musicians their effect is exhilarating.
“It’s exuberant, intense, varied and exciting.” • BBC Music Magazine ****
“...like a gale of fresh air” • The Guardian
Their new album ‘Sensible Shoes’ is a 2009 Barclaycard Mercury Prize album of the year!
- Mark Holub • drums
- Liran Donin • electric and stand up bass
- Toby McLaren • Rhodes and piano
- Chris Williams and Pete Grogan • alto sax
£10.00 per person for Jazz. £15.00 for Jazz plus Mediterranean Tapas buffet.
Ugly Guys
Wed 14 Jul 2010 • 20:00
Pete Wareham and Matthew Bourne have teamed up for a brilliant new duo project - saxophone and piano playing beautifully dark and exciting tangos, blended together by atmospheric electronics and improvisation.
Pete Wareham: Acoustic Ladyland and Polar Bear.
Matt Bourne: Bilbao Syndrome and solo work.
£7.50 per person for Jazz. £12.50 for Jazz plus Mediterranean Tapas buffet and cheese board.
2009 Dates
Trio Phronesis
Wed 06 May 2009
With the grooves drawn from Høiby’s inspiration of rythms and sounds found in African, Cuban, Brazilian, Middle Eastern and Eastern European Folk and tradition muscic, his compositions succeeds in creating original and meditative soundscapes fusing these rhythms with lyrical and atmospheric contributions from the respective members of his different groups.
“A frenetic grooving, great young band with bags of confidence” - Time Out London
Since returning to London Høiby has reformed Phronesis with Ivo Neame on Piano and Anton Eger on drums, their music is fresh and exuberant wih strong melodic grooves, inspired by a world heritage of rhythms and sounds. Fresh young and sparkling, urban jazz.
Phronesis’ next album ‘Green Delay’ is to be released on the 01 May 09
Disassembler
Wed 10 Jun 2009
Part of the North Devon Festival
Trevor Warren, previously known as the leader of world jazz band Deva, brings together a fusion of jazz, rock and ethnic grooves with this inspired quintet. Winners of the 2009 Best Foreign Jazz Group at the Granada Jazz Festival, Disassembler are considered to be “one of the premiere contemporary jazz units in Britain” - All About Jazz.
“Tasty, groove-based musical stew...the underlying vibe is surprisingly gentle and danceable...new drummer Clifford brings a fresh, funky feel” - Jazzwise, Robert Shore, Nov 2008
“They rock too” - Time Out
“[one of] the premier contemporary jazz units in Britain” - John Kelman at allaboutjazz.com
“picking out individuals isn’t the point - this is just a brilliant ensemble” - musicmetal.com
- Trevor Warren • Guitar/Composer
- Winston Clifford • Drums
- Annie Whitehead • Trombone
- Dudley Phillips • Bass
- Mark Lockheart • Saxes
Rachel Brand
Wed 01 Jul 2009
Southwest album launch for North Devon based Jazz singer Rachel Brand, with Damon Brown: Trumpet, Mike Gorman: Piano, Mark Fletcher:Drums, Neil Burns: Guitar.
Gwyneth Herbert Quartet
Wed 05 Aug • 20:00
Herbert has been marked as one of Britain's brightest young talents by the music and media world.
“Intelligent and technically awesome singer” - The Guardian.
“A voice that’s a knowing mix of honey, steel and gravel. Her voice vibrating over the lyrics in a way that makes your toes curl” - The Observer.
Please note: This is a special Southwest performance for 2009, tickets are £7.50 per person for Jazz or £12.50 including Mediterranean Tapas buffet and cheese board.
Gwyneth Herbert • Vocals and Ukulele
Sam Burgess • Double Bass
Al Cherry • Guitar
Dave Price • Percussion
Brigitte Beraha Trio
Wed 02 Sept 2009
“Brigitte Beraha is a young multilingual singer-songwriter with alert jazz instincts and a lot of promise...Her light and flexible vocal lines over excellent trumpeter and flügelhornist Joe Auckland’s improvised counterpoint will remind many listeners of Winstone's lyrical dialogues with trumpeter Kenny Wheeler... She’s a skilful writer of patiently curling, subtly resolved tunes.” - John Fordham, The Guardian
- Joe Auckland • trumpet/fluegelhorn
- John Turville • piano
Arthurs.Høiby.Ritchie
Wed 07 Oct 2009
High-energy, highly interactive and fresh every time, Arthurs.Høiby.Ritchie are a trio with unlimited potential for invention and for the unexpected; manipulating and extending material through detailed improvisations, and with an individual take on the great composition/improvisation debate. Playing music by Arthurs, Jasper Høiby and Stuart Ritchie complete a trio of personalities drawing on a wealth of influences and experiences.
“This threesome has deserved all the praise it's received this year. They are due for a lot more” - John Fordham, The Guardian
Tom Arthurs • trumpet and flügelhorn
Jasper Høiby • bass
Stu Rtchie • drums
Seb Rochford’s Polar Bear
Wed 18 Nov 2009
Polar bear are a British experimental post-jazz band led by drummer Seb Rochford with Pete Wareham on tenor and baritone saxophone, Mark Lockheart on tenor saxophone, Tom Herbert on double bass and Leafcutter John on mandolin and electronics.
“Here’s something worth your time. Polar Bear are a significant ripple in the new wave of youthful, ahem, post-jazz.” - Nick Coleman, Independent On Sunday - ABC.
Further Dates
Further Jazz dates will be posted here as soon as they are finalised.
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