1 October, 2017 | NorVol Jazz

Scarborough Jazz festival – UK 2017 Jazz Venue of the Year!

Posted on 11 October, 2017 by Steve Crocker

So the north has done it again – the second year running a NorvolJazz network promoter has won the jazz venue of the year in the prestigious Parliamentary Jazz awards. And our warmest congratulations to Mike and Marion Gordon who Continue reading Scarborough Jazz festival – UK 2017 Jazz Venue of the Year!→

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Voice of the Norvoljazz network - independent jazz promoters in the North.

Stand Out in Glasgow!

The Jazz Promotion Network conference "Stand Out" is part of the Glasgow Jazz Festival on Thurs 20 and Fri 21 June. Northern jazz promoters will be welcome to go along - it is free to members of the JPN network.

The timings are shaped so you can travel on Thursday morning and back on Friday night if you need to, or stay longer at the jazz festival if you can. Attached is an e-flyer giving a sense of the look and feel we’re going for. In addition to our distinctly Scottish flavour, we have a range of international guests - including Carine Zuber (Moods Jazz Club/ Switzerland), Ikaros van Duppen (injazz / Holland), Kelly Snook (Aerospace Engineer and Music Producer / US), Stephanie Toure (Banlieues Bleues / France) - and major UK and Irish organisations such as Musicians Union, PRSF, Creative Scotland, Arts Council Northern Ireland and Arts Council England. The full programme will be released later this month, as will details of our bursary scheme to help support delegate’s costs, but places can be booked now. There are currently good prices for trains and flights to Glasgow; Air BnB is also offering some great accommodation options if you like that sort of thing. Free places are available if you are a JPN member.

Sign up to the JPN mailing list for more information - jazzpromotionnetwork.org.uk. For more detailed information, contact Amy Pearce on who is co-producing the conference with Kim Macari

Author: Steve Crocker

Posted: May 11, 2019, 10:51 pm

Latest group of Northern Line Bands announced

Jazz North has selected seven bands for seventh round of northern line -

Beyond Albedo, freesetrio, John Pope Quintet, Nishla Smith Quintet, Not Now Charlie, Rafe’s Dilemma and SogoRock will have the chance to benefit from the initiative this coming year.

Beyond Albedo (Leeds/Sheffield)
Lara Jones saxophones, FX pedals / Tim Knowles electric guitar, bass guitar, FX pedals / Ben Gaunt synths / Sarah Heneghan drums, drum machine
Retro-futuristic synth-jazz drawing on jazz traditions yet pushing in new exploratory and experimental directions.

freesetrio (Leeds)
Jemma Freese voice, keyboards / Chris Sellers bass / Theo Goss drums
Heavy triphop dark jazz with twisted lyrics, sliding vocals and eerie harmonies making for a powerful, dark and layered sound.

John Pope Quintet (Newcastle/Manchester)
John Pope double bass / Jamie Stockbridge alto saxophone / Faye MacCalman clarinet, tenor saxophone / Graham Hardy trumpet / Johnny Hunter drums
Drawing on ‘60s avant-jazz and hard bop, but with a modern, European sensibility, their open-hearted, quirky compositions and dynamic, ‘anything-goes’ improvisations are played with swinging groove

Nishla Smith Quintet (Manchester)
Nishla Smith vocals / Aaron Wood trumpet / Richard Jones piano / Joshua Cavanagh-Brierley bass / Johnny Hunter drums
Nishla’s original songs have a delicate, quirky but deceptively simple air about them – she has a quietly commanding presence and a relaxed but assured delivery that wins over audiences instantly. Her often dreamy and melancholic aura is offset with her energetic and imaginative band of Manchester’s finest young contemporary improvisers.

Not Now Charlie (Newcastle)
Jamie Toms saxophone / Pawel Jedrzejewski guitar / Richard Campbell piano / Ian Paterson bass / Mark Johnson drums
A fast-rising young band playing in a variety of styles directly connected to their inspirations: traditional jazz, prog rock, neo soul, R&B and folk – memorable melodies, infectious grooves and a keen, finely-tuned sense of tight ensemble playing.

Rafe’s Dilemma (Leeds)
Eleanor Begley vocals, loops / Jamil Sheriff keyboards / Sam Vicary bass guitar / Katie Patterson drums
Commissioned for Bolton Worktown Festival to celebrate Bill Naughton’s play Spring and Port Wine, Rafe’s Dilemma mixes jazz, electronica and rock to tell the story of a family on the edge. Using spoken word, improvisation, synthesised soundscapes and carefully crafted songs, the material explores our emotions towards families through music, with an electric perspective.

SogoRock (Leeds)
Ferenc Lakatos synth / Matt Hines saxophone / Nik Svarc guitar / Bela Horvath piano, keyboards / Alexander Miller bass / Joshua Gumbs drums
Led by resident Hungarians Bela and ‘Laky Franz’ with their fellow LCoM alumni, SogoRock (meaning ‘brother-in-law’) resists classification: the band blends elements of jazz, fusion, funk, rock and gospel.

Since 2013, Jazz North’s northern line has supported 67 jazz artists and ensembles from across the north with over 700 gigs. The scheme enables the artists to reach new audiences and tour beyond their home area, which Nishla Smith from the Manchester-based Nishla Smith Quintet sees as a great opportunity: “Becoming a northern line artist is really amazing and helpful for us because my band is fairly new and we’re trying to make in roads and develop out of Manchester. It’s really exciting to have that opportunity to tour and make new connections and spread out over the north"

More information www.jazznorth.org

Author: Steve Crocker

Posted: May 7, 2019, 11:30 pm

2019 Parliamentary Jazz Awards - vote now!

There are lots of jazz awards now - the JazzFM, British Jazz Awards, Scottish Jazz Awards, the JJA awards etc - but arguably the most coveted awards are the UK Parliamentary Jazz Awards. Everyone gets a chance to shortlist their favourite artist/venue/musician/album etc, the winners are then chosen from the shortlists by members of the All Party Parliamentary Jazz Appreciation Group of MP's co-chaired by Kelvin Hopkins MP and Lord Colwyn. The awards are supported by PizzaExpress Live. The categories this year are

    Jazz Album of the Year (released in 2018 by a UK band or musicians)
    Jazz Vocalist of the Year (UK-based vocalist who impressed in 2018)
    Jazz Instrumentalist of the Year (UK-based musician who impressed in 2018)
    Jazz Ensemble of the Year (UK-based group who impressed in 2018)
    Jazz Venue of the Year (including jazz clubs, venues, festivals and promoters)
    Jazz Media Award (including broadcasters, journalists, magazines, blogs, listings and books)
    Jazz Education Award (to an educator or project for raising the standard of jazz education in the UK)
    Jazz Newcomer of the Year (UK-based artist, musician or group with a debut album released in 2018)
    Services to Jazz Award (to a living person for their outstanding contribution to jazz in the UK).

The North of England has done well recently - in the last three years, clubs from the Norvol Jazz Network have won the Venue of the Year Award (JazzLeeds 2016, Scarborough Jazz Festival 2017 and Jazz at the Lescar in Sheffield 2018) showing the strength of jazz promotion in our region. Last year too Lancy Liddle from Newcastle won the Jazz Media award. Let's try and make it a fourth great year! Place your votes here by FRIDAY 31 MAY ...

https://www.pizzaexpresslive.com/parliamentary-jazz-awards

Author: Steve Crocker

Posted: May 7, 2019, 12:37 pm