Programme 2010

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Wed 03-Feb Players Session £2
  Our regular sitters~in session. The Hulljazz House band with guest player presides. Participating bands and individual players welcome.  
Wed 17-Feb Asaf Sirkis Trio £12
  Asaf Sirkis - drums, Jonathan Harvey - double bass, Tassos Spiliotopoulos - guitar.  
  World class drummer leads an extraordinary trio in a contemporary jazz adventure. Sizzling fusion to atmospheric elegance. www.asafsirkis.co.uk  
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Wed 03-March Ruth Getz Band £5
  featuring Martin Jones  
  Ruth Getz - vocals, Martin Jones - trumpet, Peter Elsdon - piano, Andy Swift - bass, Mark Knight - drums  
  Award winning Hull-based singer - catch her now, on her way up.
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Wed 10-March East Riding College Jazz Students £5
  End of term concert directed by Martin Jones  
  East Riding College runs a 2-year jazz diploma course in Hull directed by the well known local musician and educator Martin Jones. 11 musicians are on the course with an age range from 26 to 72. This performance is part of their diploma.
So: an eclectic mix of styles and songs, designed to be stimulating and audience pleasing, featuring group and individual performances with the East Riding College resident jazz trio.
 
Wed 17-March Players Session £2
  Our regular sitters~in session. The Hulljazz House band with guest player presides. Participating bands and individual players welcome.  
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Wed 14-April The Jazz Æsthetic £5
  Music students of University of Hull play Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea and others. More...  
Wed 28-April Players Session £2
  Our regular sitters~in session. The Hulljazz House band with guest player presides. Participating bands and individual players welcome.  
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Wed 12-May Julie Edwards & Kevin Dearden £8
  Julie Edwards - voice, Kevin Dearden- guitar, Warren Jolly - double bass Chris Sykes - drums  
Jazz & Latin standards performed with consummate flair and originality by this crowd pleasing pair. As always backed by a super squad.
www.julieedwards.com - www.kevindearden.co.uk
Tickets available in advance £7 - contact us
 
Wed 26-May Five Pieces of Silver £8
  Zezo Olimpio -piano, Paul Baxter -bass, James Lancaster -trumpet, John McConnel -tenor sax, Paul Smith -drums  
  Quintet dedicated to performing the music of the legendary Horace Silver  
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Wed 2-June East Riding College Jazz Students £5
  End of year concert directed by Martin Jones  
  East Riding College runs a 2-year jazz diploma course in Hull directed by the well known local musician and educator Martin Jones. 11 musicians are on the course with an age range from 26 to 72. This performance is part of their diploma.
So: an eclectic mix of styles and songs, designed to be stimulating and audience pleasing, featuring group and individual performances with the East Riding College resident jazz trio.
 
Wed 9-June Players Session £2
  Our regular sitters~in session. The Hulljazz House band with guest player presides. Participating bands and individual players welcome.  
Wed 16-June East Coast Big-Band £5
  Directed by Mike Smith  
  Many of the region's best big-band players assemble under the leadership of Mike Smith whose skilled trombone style is nurtured through a lifetime playing with top people in UK and rest of Europe. In his long career, among many famous associates, he has played with the bands of Ted Heath, Johnny Macintosh, the BBC Big-Band and backed Sammy Davis Jnr, Shirley bassey, Buddy Greco, Tom Jones and many other musical household names.  
     
Wed 23-June Graham Galtrey & Ray Fletcher £5
  Graham Galtrey -clarinet, Ray Fletcher -sax, Mike Gordon -piano, Dave Millner -d'bass, Pete Robinson -drums.  
  Tasty playing with swinging rhythm. The Great American Song Book and other cool stuff.  
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Wed 7-July Ben Crosland Quartet £8
  Featuring Stuart MacDonald  
  Stuart MacDonald -saxes, Paul Kilvington -piano, Dave Tyas -drums, Ben Crosland -bass guitar  
Wed 14-July Renato D'aiello Italian Quartet £10
  In association with Hull Jazz Festival 2010 information...  
  Renato D’Aiello -tenor sax, Antonio Tosques -guitar, Nicola Muresu -bass, Fabio Delle Foglie -drums  
  The long-standing collaboration between Renato and Nicola goes back 15 years...more  
Advance tickets available. Ring 01482 346239  
Wed 21-July Session cancelled
  - because the Goodfellowship Inn is closed for refurbishment. You get to see the result in September after our Summer break  
     
Summer Break
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Wed 8-September Players Session £2
  Our Autumn series opens with a laid-back sitting-in session hosted by the Hulljazz House Trio fronted by Graham Galtrey on clarinet. His style leans towards the interesting end of swing, evocative of Buddy DeFranco. Graham has a flair for pulling out the rarer gems from The Great American Songbook as well as more familiar items.
Participating bands and individual players welcome.
 
Wed 22-September It’s A String Thing £7
  Featuring Andy Aitchison on violin and Chris Walker playing guitar, unashamably inspired by the 'Gypsy' swing sound of the legendary Stephane Grappelli and Django Reinhardt. With Warren Jolly - double bass and Keith Stutt - drums.
Andy's web-site
Chris Walker's band web-site: The Djangonauts
 
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Wed 6-October The Varitones £5
  Highly melodic outfit featuring the singing of Audrey Okyere-Fosuwith Andy Swift - bass, Thom Whitworth - trumpet/guitar, Matt Smith - tenor sax, Gary Hammond - percussion.
 
  Made big waves at Hull jazz Festival's "Jazz on the Waterfront". Picture...  
   
Wed 20-October Paul Birchall Trio £7
  Paul Birchall -keyboards, Jonathan Hartley -drums, Bruce Reid -bass
 
 

(Gig previously billed as Garry Boyle/Paul Birchall Band. Regrettably, guitarist and co-leader Gary Boyle is now unable to appear)

Since the progressive rock of his teenage years Paul himself has aquired an impressive musical pedigree. He played with Gary Boyle in the 80's and since with many other names. He's recently been playing with the Snake Davis Band - helping them to fill venues worldwide. More info on Paul's website including a few track samples: www.birchy.net.

 
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Wed 3-November Players Session £2
  Our laid-back sitting-in session hosted by the Hulljazz House Trio.
Participating bands and individual players welcome.
 
Wed 17-November Ian Chalk Quartet £7
  Ian Chalk –trumpet/flugel horn, George Hall –piano/vocals, Caroline Boaden –drums, Ed Jackson –bass  
  Audience pleasing mellow mainstream jazz. Accessable treatment of standards plus a few tasty originals.

A few musicians they've shared a stage with: Sting, Justin Timberlake, Jools Holland, Ronnie Scott, Tony Coe, Pete King, Alan Barnes, Omar Puente, Liane Carroll,

“…best of modern jazz…” Ron Burnett, York Evening Press
“… totally floats my boat…” Michael Linney, ukjazzradio.com
 
TUES 30-November John Etheridge Trio North £10
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not Wednesday
  • John Etheridge - guitar;
  • Ben Crosland - bass guitar
  • Dave Tyas - drums
 
  Celebrity guitarist joins two of the North's finest. More...  
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Wed 8-December Michael Janisch 'Purpose Built' Quintet £12
Note: Venue
YPI Sports Centre
  • Jay Phelps - trumpet
  • Jim Hart - vibes
  • Paul Booth - saxes
  • Michael Janisch - bass
  • Andrew Bain - drums
 
  Information...  
Wed 15-December Players Session £2
  Our laid-back sitting-in session hosted by the Hulljazz House Trio.
Participating bands and individual players welcome.
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Enquiries: 01482 346239 / 07510 247 222

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Concerts are 8:30 to 11:00pm, usually at The Goodfellowship Inn in the Kenilworth Suite. Venue for 8-Dec is Hull YPI Sports Centre