Corey Mwamba | Dave Kane | Alex Hawkins

The cutting edge of British Jazz at Seven!

See Alexander Hawkins solo piano feature with Core Mwamba's trio at Seven Arts on 29/01/2012 (based on the jazz standard "Once in a while")  here and see the trio: here. See Denis Dalby's photos here 

Corey Mwemba- As well as having made four electro-acoustic albums, Corey is on two albums made by Quantic, one by Arun Ghosh and one by Ty. He's worked with lots of people including The Heliocentrics, Orphy Robinson, Robert Mitchell, Andy Hamilton, Scanner and Tony Kofi. More information is on Corey's web-site.

Dave Kane - He's released a critically-acclaimed album called Eye of the Duck on the Edition Records label; plays with pianist Matthew Bourne and Stephen Davis and has a fantastic duo with the trumpeter Alex Bonney which performed with Ken Vandermark in 2008. Dave is also founder of a creative musicians' collective in Leeds called LIMA.

Alexander Hawkins - a pianist who mines a rich vein from the free jazz seam, mixing music from Steve Lacy, Roscoe Mitchell, Dudu Pukwana and Ornette Coleman with his own compositions. He has played concerts and festivals across the world, including in Belgium, Brazil, Finland, France, Germany, Holland, Italy, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Turkey, and elsewhere. Domestic performances have included at the Queen Elizabeth Hall; Purcell Room; Symphony Hall, Birmingham; Ronnie Scott’s, The Vortex, and elsewhere. He has been broadcast in various places, including on BBC Radio 3 and BBC 6 Music. 

Listen at http://trio.coreymwamba.co.uk/ See them in action here

"absorbing, intriguing and at times downright exhilarating music" ~ Vortex Jazz Reviews

Alan Corey Mwamba | Dave Kane | Alexander Hawkins are at Seven on Sunday 29 January 1-4pm, cost £5/ £4 concessions kids under 16 free. Doors open 1pm, music 1.30-4pm