College Collection: the jazz guitarists - Jamie Holroyd Quartet, Adam Taylor with Caterina Comeglio and Jack Gillen's trio

Leeds College of Music has been a vibrant source of new music for over forty years now.

This year we feature six ensembles over two weeks to give you a taste of what’s new. The second week features some young jazz guitarists in various settings

Sunday 26 May: 1-4pm – guitar feature

JAMIE HOLROYD QUARTET Jamie Holroyd guitar, Sam French sax, Seb Booth on double bass, Matt McGraw drums

“Quei Due”: ADAM TAYLOR AND CATERINA COMEGLIO - guitar and vocals here their music here

JACK GILLEN TRIO Jack Gillen guitar, Seb Booth double bass, and Matt McGraw drums.

 
 

College Collection - the "jazz guitarists" are at Seven Arts on Sunday 26 May 2013, £5/£4 concessions kids under 16 free, families welcome. The doors open at 1pm, music 1.30-4pm

 

New York Brass Band

The New York Brass Band are Yorkshire’s only contemporary New Orleans inspired Brass Band. Hailing from the mean streets of York the band are part of a funky brass revolution that is sweeping the UK. Inspired by Rebirth, Soul Rebels, Hot 8, Youngblood and Brassroots, NYBB pack a powerful punch of relentless drums, rumbling tuba and wailing horns… nothing kicks a party into gear like the sound of a smokin’ New Orleans Mardi Gras Jazz Band.

New York Brass Band is a powerhouse 7-piece, with a line-up of percussion, sax, trumpets, trombones and sousaphone. The band take its inspiration from contemporary New Orleans musicians, but have a repertoire that ranges from Marvin Gaye to George Michael, from Cee-Lo Green to Stevie Wonder, with some funky, gritty northern originals thrown in for good measure.

New York Brass Band are at Seven Arts on Sunday 2 June, 1-4pm £5/£4 concessions kids under 16 free, families welcome. The doors open at 1pm, music 1.30-4pm

Jez Hall's Quartet featuring Pete Churchill

Jez Hall tenor sax, Pete Churchill piano, Gary Culshaw bass, Tony Faulkner drums

Business and Jazz don’t often mix but Jez Hall is an exception – he is the MD of the successful Dean Clough Mills –a creative enterprise complex in Halifax - while still retaining all his skills as a top-notch tenor sax player. In his younger days he studied creative arts college Dartington Hall with Bobby Wellins and was later was a member of Bobby's 'northern' quintet in the early '90s, a band that included Nikki Iles (before she moved to London), Gary Culshaw on bass, and Tony Faulkner. After Dartington he studied at Leeds College of Music before joining his father, the businessman and pianist Ernest Hall, on the reconstruction of what was then a derelict mill complex, a responsibility that has necessarily prevented him getting the exposure he deserves. Glad to see him back in the sax chair though, leading an all- star quartet at Seven Arts.

 
The pianist is quite something too- Professor of Jazz Composition at the Royal Academy of Music - Pete Churchill, one of the best singers, pianists and vocal teachers in jazz. Pete possesses a natural enthusiasm that has audiences hanging on his every word. This will be an afternoon to savour.

 Jez Hall's Quartet featuring Pete Churchill are at Seven Arts on Sunday 9 June, 1-4pm £5/£4 concessions kids under 16 free, families welcome. The doors open at 1pm, music 1.30-4pm

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