Seven Jazz Gigs Archive Sept 2007- Sept 2008

Autumn 2007 at Seven 

Sept 30 Steve Buckley Organ Trio featuring Steve Buckley (guitar) John Ellis (organ) and Eryl Roberts (drums)

Oct 7 Pat Mccarthy duo

Oct 14 Nicki Allan Quartet with Nicki Allan (vocals) with Curtis Shaw (guitar), Richard Hammond (bass), Paul Smith (drums)

Oct 21 Martin Boyd Band with Martin Boyd (saxes/flute) James Lancaster (trumpet), Brian Herbert (guitar), Steve Crocker (bass) and Rod Mcnamara (drums)

Oct 28 Rosie Brown (vocals)  and Jamil Sheriff (piano)

Nov 4 Nicola Farnon Trio with Nicola Farnon (dbl bass and vocals), Piero Tucci (keyboards and sax) and Chris Walker (guitar)

Nov 11 Kevin James trio Kevin James (piano and vocals) with Russ Pearson (bass) Paul Smith (drums)

Nov 18 Parallel Feat led by Martin Townsend (sax)

Nov 25 Richard Iles/Joel Rurnell quintet with Richard Iles (flugelhorn) Jo Purnell (saxes) Jamil Sherrif (piano) Russ Pearson (bass) Paul Smith (drums)

 
Dec 2 Henrik Linnemann Trio with Henrik Linnemann (flute) Jamie Taylor (guitar) Gary Jackson (bass)

Dec 9 Jon Taylor Quartet - Jon Taylor(tenor sax) Adrian Ingram (guitar) Ian Rose (organ) Paul Smith (drums)

 
Dec 16 Barclay Mckay (guitar) Katherine Mckay (vocals) and John Burr (harmonica)

Dec 23 Christmas Special with Pan Jumby : Dudley Nesbit (steel pans) Barclay McKay (keyboards) Richard Ormrod (saxes) Kenny Higgins (el bass) Sam Hobbs (drums)

Spring 2008 at Seven

January 6  Rosie Brown (vocals)  and Jamil Sheriff (piano)

Jan 13 Frank Brooker Quartet with Frank Brooker (tenor sax and vocals) Graham Hearn (piano) Russ Pearson (bass) Paul Smith (drums)

Jan 20 Brendan Duffy Quintet with Brendan Duffy (saxes) Jenny Hammond (vocals) Andy Cholerton (piano) Richard Hammond (bass) Paul Smith (drums)

Jan 27 Jiannis Pavlidis Trio with Jiannis Pavlidis (guitar) Gary Jackson (bass) Chris wright (drums)

Feb 3 If Destroyed Still True (IDST) with Si Kaylor (saxes) Si Beddoe (trumpet) Johnny Tomlinson (piano) Nick Tyson (guitar) Seth Bennett (bass) Tommy Evans (drums)

Feb 10 Sma Bla: Petter Rosenlundh (saxes) Johannes Nordgaard (double bass)

Feb 24 Adrian Knowles quartet play Mingus Adrian Knowles (bass) Tony Burkill (sax) Kevin Holborough (trombone) Graham Hearn (piano) Paul Smith (drums)

Mar 2 Al Woods Quartet with Al Woods (saxes) Derek Harris (guitar) Ken Marley (bass) Caroline Boaden (drums)

Mar 9 Kate Peters Quartet with Kate Peters (voclas) Graham Hearn (piano) Russ Pearson  (bass) Paul Smith  (drums)

Mar 16 Jim Corry Quartet with Jim Corry (saxes) Eryl Roberts (drums) John Thorn (bass) Jamil Sheriff (keyboards)

Mar 30 Nicola Farnon Trio with Nicola Farnon (dbl bass and vocals) Henrik Linneman (flute) and Andy Cholerton (piano)

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April 6 Zezo Olympio Quartet with Zezo Olympio (piano) Si Kaylor (sax) Paul Baxter (bass) Paul Smith (drums)

April 13 John Kelly trio feat John Kelly (guitar) Garry Jackson (double bass) Kris Wright (drums)

April 20 Ronnie Bottomley Quintessentials with Ronnie Bottomley (drums) Jim Corry (soprano sax), Joel Purnell (tenor sax), Graham Hearn (piano), Rus Pearson (bass)

 
April 27  Joel Purnell quartet feat Joel purnell (tenor sax) Jamil Sheriff (piano) Zoltan Dekany (bass), John Perry (drums)

 
May 11 Rob Lavers Quartet (evening) with Rob Lavers (saxes) Jamil Sheriff (piano) Zoltan Dekany

 
May 18 Tombo Trio featuring Kris Wright (percussion) Taz Modi (Keyboards) Chris Hargreaves  (bass)

May 25 Richard Turner trio - Richard Turner (trumpet) Tom Farmer (bass) Josh Morrison (drums)

 
June 1 Nicki Allan Quartet Nicki Allan (vocals) Gary Jackson (bass) Jason Scott (piano) Paul Smith (drums)

June 8 Rob Durbin Trio : Rob Durbin (guitar) Taz Modi (Keyboards) and Andy Marshall (drums)

June 15 Ros's Tailgaters with Tony Denton (clarinet) Ned Websdale (trumpet) Dave Lewis  (trombone) Pete Cridland (drums) Dave Thompson (banjo) Steve Crocker (double bass) Ros Lewis (vocals)

June 22 Sean Foran Trio with Sean Foran (piano) Russ Pearson (bass), Joost Hendrixx (drums)

June 29  Louise Gibbs Quartet with Louise Gibbs (vocals) Johnny Tomlinson (piano), Russ Pearson (bass), Paul Smith (drums)

July 6 Leeds Jazz Rock Orchestra led by Brendan Duffy

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Chapel Allerton Festival 2008
Jazz Sunday Afternoon 31st August Regent Street Stage, LS74PE: promoted by Seven Jazz

12.30-1.15
Rob Durbin's organ groove.
Rob Durbin - guitar, Taz Modi- hammond organ, Andy Marshall – drums.
Soul-Jazz, Hammond Funk, Jam-band wig out. Hammond organ soul jazz outfit playing classic tunes from the Blue Note and Verve archives.

 
1.30-2.15
Nicola Farnon Band.
Nicola Farnon- bass and vocals, Chris Walker- guitar, Piero Tucci- keyboards and sax.
This will be a thoroughly enjoyable collection of (mostly) standards from vocalist and bassist Nicola Farnon. Not only does she sing with enormous vitality and play vibrant double bass, but she did all the arrangements too allowing sparkling contributions by Piero Tucci (from Canada) on alto, and Chris Walker on guitar

2.30-3.15
Joel Purnell Quartet
Joel Purnell tenor sax, Jamil Sherif –keyboards, Zoltan Dekany bass, John Perry- drums
One of Europe's finest emerging contemporary jazz groups led by Leeds saxman Joel Purnell.  
“Amazing fire and energy- Jerry Bergonzi”. 

 3.30-4.15
Tombo trio + guests
Taz Modi keyboards, Kenny Higgins, bass, Kris Wright drums, Rob Lavers sax and flute. High intensity jazz samba. Influenced by the classic 60's Brazilian piano trios like Milton Banana, Tamba Trio and Som Tres, "Authentic Brasilian Samba Jazz as good as you'd hear anywhere in the world- including Brasil!!" (Snowboy).

 
4.30-5.30
Pan Jumby
Dudley Nesbitt- steel pans, Barclay McKay- keyboards, Richard Ormrod- saxes, Sam Hobbs – drums, Kenny Higgins- bass
“Pan- led jazz quintet playing contemporary Calypso and Carribean Jazz featuring our own Dudley Nesbitt.

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Autumn 2008 at Seven

Sept 7 Jackson/Hoggard Sextet with Ian Royal (trumpet), Bill Charleston (tenor sax)
Lucas Dodd (alto sax) John Higgins (piano) Brian Jackson (bass) Mike Hoggard (drums)

Sept 14 Johnny Tomlinson Trio with Johnny Tomlinson (piano) Rus Pearson (bass) and
Kris Wright (drums)

Sept 21 Five Pieces of Silver featuring Zezo Olympio (piano) Paul Baxter (bass)
James Lancaster (trumpet) John McConnel (tenor sax) Paul Smith (drums) with
Louise Gibbs (vocals)

Sept 28 If Destroyed Still True : Si kaylor (saxes) Si Beddoe (trumpet) Johnny Tomlinson (piano) Nick Tyson (guitar) Seth Bennett (bass) Tommy Evans (drums)

For later gigs see individual pages in the "Archive"