jazz & improvised music

BRIDGE HOTEL,

Castle Garth, Newcastle upon Tyne,

NE1 1RQ

Tel: 0191 232 6400

7.30pm - Admission £5.00 on the door. *Except where indicated*

Please note that the music room at the Bridge Hotel is upstairs and is
not suitable for wheelchair access.

*DOORS OPEN 7.30pm - MUSIC STARTS AT 8.00pm*

Jan 8th - Ruth Lambert Quintet

Jan 15 - Noel Dennis Quintet plays Miles Davis

Noel Dennis
Graeme B Wilson
Paul Edis
Andy Champion
Adrian Tilbrook

Play the music of Miles Davis. From 1949 'Birth Of The Cool' to 1982 'We WAnt Miles'

Jan 22 - Mark Williams Trio

Jan 29th - Saxophonics - Zoe Gilby/Andy Champion Duo (double bill)

February 5th - Lindsay Hannon Plus

February 12th - Wilbers Fate

February 19th - ExExtreme

February 26th - Joe Montague Quartet

Joe Montague drums
Jiannis Pavlidis (Guitar)
Matt Anderson (Tenor Saxophone)
Max Sterling (Double Bass)

"Drummer Joe Montague settled in Leeds following his graduation from the renowned Leeds College of Music jazz course and has now formed a quartet featuring some of the best established and upcoming talent in Yorkshire. On Tenor Saxophone is Matt Anderson, Jazz Yorkshire's 'Young Musician of the Year', Jiannis Pavlidis on Guitar, who has recently worked with saxophonist Dave Liebman and drummer Adam Nussbaum and Max Sterling on Double Bass who has worked with Stuart McCallum and recently toured with Moroccan master musician Hassan Erraji. Expect reworked standards, beautiful ballads and a few surprises."

March 4th - The James Mainwaring Quartet

James Mainwaring - Tenor sax
Nik Svarc - Guitar
Michael Bardon - Bass
Joost Hendricks - Drums

James Mainwaring Quartet
UK based award winning saxophonist and composer. James is known for a style that compliments a wide range of music, from the warmest heart-felt ballads to the energy of fast and complex pieces. At 22 James has a technique beyond his years and applies extended saxophone technique to a conventional foundation. He fuses contemporary composition techniques with the fundamentals of western music. His influences range from jazz names as diverse as Chris Potter and Paul Desmond as well as a range of contemporary classical and rock artists.
With his quartet featuring creative Leeds based musician’s Nick Svarc (guitar), Mick Bardon (bass) and Joost Hendricks (drums), he explores a sound world of dynamic extremes with original compositions and arrangements of jazz standards.

www.jamesmainwaring.com

March 11th - Zoe Gilby Quintet

March 18th - Busnoys

Busnoys offer an intelligent, imaginative combination of vibes, bass guitar and drums. Recalling Gary Burton’s sixties group with Steve Swallow, this is a genuinely contemporary record that should appeal to new as well as established jazz fans” JAZZ UK reviewing Busnoys’ debut album "San Angelo". “The beautiful sound of Busnoys.” Fiona Talkington on BBC Radio 3’s Late Junction While taking its name from a 15th century Burgundian composer Busnoys is very much a 21st century jazz group. The band is fronted by vibraphone player Martin Pyne, a passionate and engaging improviser, who makes imaginative use of electronic processing to take his instrument into unexpected sonic territories. Pyne is a member of innovative improvising trio "Dangerous Kitchen" with saxophone legend Stan Sulzmann and percussionist Simon Allen, and is also has an ongoing collaboration with sax man Tony Woods and vocalist Nette Robinson. The trio's repertoire is based around the Pyne’s striking compositions, which more often than not draw listeners in by telling some kind of a story, and also includes some individual takes on the music of Thelonious Monk, as well as the occasional judiciously chosen standard. Pyne's themes aim to create strongly focused atmospheres for the players to explore through improvisation. Possible reference points within jazz history include the aforementioned Monk, Eric Dolphy, Bobby Hutcherson, Paul Motian and Bill Frisell, while beyond those boundaries the music draws on influences as diverse as John Cage, Balinese gamelan, Americana, electronica, and European free improv. Their debut album “San Angelo” has been well received in the jazz press, and has been broadcast on BBC Radio 3’s flagship new music show Late Junction. Busnoys have recently begun an innovative collaboration with visual artist Maria Hayes, who sometimes appears live with the band creating digital images inspired by the music in real time. Virtuosic bassist and composer Jeff Spencer, main man in Bristol’s exciting “Resonation Big Band”, now holds the bass chair originally filled by Jim Barr of “Get The Blessing”, and has quickly developed a real musical empathy with Pyne. Drummer Trevor Davies has long been a mainstay of the thriving Bristol jazz scene, much in demand for his subtle touch and sensitivity, and his willingness to play at ALL dynamic levels. In recent times he has worked with Byron Wallen, Anita Wardell, Iain Ballamy, John Paricelli and Art Themen. The range of the compositions, coupled with the imagination and interplay of the trio make for a rich and evocative soundworld, full of freewheeling melodic improvisation, and evocative atmospheres, at one moment groovy and swinging, the next atmospheric and tender.

March 25th - No session as its Sage Jazz Festival weekend.