Herts Jazz Festival

Herts Jazz Festival 27-29 Sept at Bishop's Stortford
Seamus Blake headlines Sunday with the French Connection. Full details at www.hertsjazzfestival.co.uk Book here: https://rhodesartscomplex.ticketsolve.com /shows/873609345

FESTIVAL HOTELS
There are plenty of hotels within a short drive or taxi ride of the festival. Here is a small selection:
Jolly Brewers Travelodge - in B Stortford... George Hotel - in B Stortford Grange Guest House - 0.5 miles Days Inn by Wyndham - 1.5 miles Travelodge - 1.5 miles Ramada by Wyndham - 1.6 miles Novotel - 2.3 miles Holiday Inn, Stansted Mountfitchet - 5 miles Premier Inn, Stansted Mountfitchet - 5 miles Holiday Inn Express, Harlow - 7 miles
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Read Festival Director Clark Tracey's interview here: https://londonjazznews.com/…/clark-trac ey-and-herts-jazz-f…/
Full festival details and booking: hertsjazzfestival.co.uk

Our Saturday night headline gig is something rather special:
Classic albums Revisited - Clark Tracey Allstars
Simon Spillett says:... 'By 1959, jazz had reached maturity. And thanks to successive innovations...it was about to enter a wild new phase.' Billboard magazine 'Remembering Jazz's Greatest Year'
There's long been a strong argument for 1959 being jazz's 'greatest' year. Think about it: the vast majority of the idioms finest veteran innovators and bandleaders were still alive and active, and performing as well as ever (think Armstrong and Ellington); a new wave of young lions were fast expanding the envelope of acoustic bop (Miles Davis, Ornette Coleman, Dave Brubeck et al.) and major labels were recording and issuing albums that soon became signal masterpiece that helped define the music: Giant Steps, The Shape of Jazz To Come, Time Out and, of course, Kind of Blue, prominent among them. Tonight, Clark Tracey and Arnie Somogyi's truly 'all-star' line-up celebrates another two 1959 album high spots: bass maverick Charles Mingus's Ah Um and drum icon Art Blakey's Moanin' This isn't, however, one of the frequently opportunistic anniversary cash-ins we see elsewhere in jazz; both Somogyi and Tracey know these records (and their leaders’ styles) inside out, making this much more than an on-paper 're-imagining'. Indeed, there'll be no added 'break beats', no unnecessary 'updating' or excrescent 'reworking' to make this music find its spot; no, it'll be exactly what you'd want it to be – acoustic jazz played by those who know full well the value of what they're handling. Booking and details: http://www.hertsjazzfestival.co.uk/gigs/4 1
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Gig tickets NOW ON SALE! hertsjazzfestival.co.uk

Last day today for early-bird discounts on Weekend and Day tickets! Don't miss out! hertsjazzfestival.co.uk

Early-bird discounts on Festival tickets end on June 30!
Seamus Blake, Quentin Collins, Tom Dunnett, Laura Jurd's Dinosaur, Alan Barnes, Clark Tracey & many more... Don't miss out!
... hertsjazzfestival.co.uk
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Herts Jazz Festival Bishop's Stortford 27-29 September
Weekend, Day and gig tickets now on sale!
All seats are allocated – so the sooner you book, the more choice you have!
... Tickets can be booked online at hertsjazzfestival.co.uk and rhodesartscomplex.co.uk Telephone bookings at 01279 710200 Book in person at Rhodes Arts Complex, 1-3 South Road, Bishop’s Stortford CM23 3JG
Herts Jazz Festival 2019 Schedule FRIDAY 7.30-8.50 Film: Steamboat Bill Jr (1929, Buster Keaton/Charles Reisner) Gareth Williams, keyboard accompaniment 9.10-10.10 Film: Spike Wells – A Love Supreme (2019, Gary Barber/Paul Dutnall) Introduction by Spike Wells and the directors 10.30-11.59 Bar: Gareth Williams Trio Gareth Williams – keyboard, Steve Watts – bass, Martin France - drums
SATURDAY 12–1.15 Tom Dunnett Sextet Tom Dunnett – trombone, James Copus – trumpet, Chris Maddock – tenor, Chris Eldred – piano, Joe Downard – Bass, Will Glaser – drums 1.15-2.15 Bar: Graham Harvey Trio Graham Harvey – piano, Dave Chamberlain – bass, Sebastiaan De Krom - drums 2.15-3.30 Quentin Collins Sextet Quentin Collins – trumpet, Tony Kofi – alto, Leo Richardson – tenor, Steve Hamilton – piano, Larry Bartley – bass, Winston Clifford – drums 4-5.15 Melling/Themen Duo Art Themen – reeds, Steve Melling – piano 7-8 Ronnie’s Remembered Dick Pearce - trumpet, Mornington Lockett – tenor, Rob Barron – piano, Andrew Cleyndert – bass, Spike Wells - drums 8.30-11 Clark Tracey All Stars – Classic Albums Revisited Clark Tracey – drums, Arnie Somogyi – bass, Mark Armstrong – trumpet, Tony Kofi – alto, Karen Sharp – tenor, Jeremy Price – trombone, Mark Edwards – piano 11-12.30 Bar: Leon Greening Trio Leon Greening – piano, Adam King – bass, Steve Brown – drums
SUNDAY 11.30-12.30 Herts Youth Jazz Ensemble 1-2.15 Alan Barnes Octet - Requiem Alan Barnes, Gilad Atzmon, Dean Masser - reeds, Mark Nightingale - trombone, Neil Yates - trumpet, Pat McCarthy - guitar, Dave Green – bass, Sebastiaan De Krom – drums, Josie Moon - narration 2.15-3.30 Bar: Oxley-Meier Guitar Project Pete Oxley, Nicolas Meier – guitars 3.30-4.45 Laura Jurd’s Dinosaur Laura Jurd – trumpet, Elliot Galvin – piano, Conor Chaplin – bass, Corrie Dick – drums 5.15-6.30 Art Themen/Zoza Kole Sextet Zoza Kole/Art Themen – tenors, Nigel Price – guitar, Sarah Tandy – piano, Arnie Somogyi – bass, Clark Tracey – drums 8.00-10.30 Seamus Blake with the French Connection Seamus Blake – tenor, Tony Tixier – piano, Florent Nisse - bass, Gautier Garrigue – drums
Full details at hertsjazzfestival.co.uk
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Don't forget - early-bird discounts are still available for Weekend and Day tickets until 30 June!

Weekend and day tickets on sale with Early-bird discounts NOW! hertsjazzfestival.co.uk
Friday night tickets are also on sale now (limited capacity).
... All seats are allocated – so the sooner you book, the more choice you have!
Tickets can be booked online at hertsjazzfestival.co.uk and rhodesartscomplex.co.uk Telephone bookings at 01279 710200 Book in person at Rhodes Arts Complex, 1-3 South Road, Bishop’s Stortford CM23 3JG
Herts Jazz Festival 2019 Schedule FRIDAY 7.30-8.50 Film: Steamboat Bill Jr (1929, Buster Keaton/Charles Reisner) Gareth Williams, keyboard accompaniment 9.10-10.10 Film: Spike Wells – A Love Supreme (2019, Gary Barber/Paul Dutnall) Introduction by Spike Wells and the directors 10.30-11.59 Bar: Gareth Williams Trio Gareth Williams – keyboard, Steve Watts – bass, Martin France - drums
SATURDAY 12–1.15 Tom Dunnett Sextet Tom Dunnett – trombone, James Copus – trumpet, Chris Maddock – tenor, Chris Eldred – piano, Joe Downard – Bass, Will Glaser – drums 1.15-2.15 Bar: Graham Harvey Trio Graham Harvey – piano, Dave Chamberlain – bass, Sebastiaan De Krom - drums 2.15-3.30 Quentin Collins Sextet Quentin Collins – trumpet, Tony Kofi – alto, Leo Richardson – tenor, Steve Hamilton – piano, Larry Bartley – bass, Winston Clifford – drums 4-5.15 Melling/Themen Duo Art Themen – reeds, Steve Melling – piano 7-8 Ronnie’s Remembered Dick Pearce - trumpet, Mornington Lockett – tenor, Rob Barron – piano, Andrew Cleyndert – bass, Spike Wells - drums 8.30-11 Clark Tracey All Stars – Classic Albums Revisited Clark Tracey – drums, Arnie Somogyi – bass, Mark Armstrong – trumpet, Tony Kofi – alto, Karen Sharp – tenor, Jeremy Price – trombone, Mark Edwards – piano 11-12.30 Bar: Leon Greening Trio Leon Greening – piano, Adam King – bass, Steve Brown – drums
SUNDAY 11.30-12.30 Herts Youth Jazz Ensemble 1-2.15 Alan Barnes Octet - Requiem Alan Barnes, Gilad Atzmon, Dean Masser - reeds, Mark Nightingale - trombone, Neil Yates - trumpet, Pat McCarthy - guitar, Dave Green – bass, Sebastiaan De Krom – drums, Josie Moon - narration 2.15-3.30 Bar: Oxley-Meier Guitar Project Pete Oxley, Nicolas Meier – guitars 3.30-4.45 Laura Jurd’s Dinosaur Laura Jurd – trumpet, Elliot Galvin – piano, Conor Chaplin – bass, Corrie Dick – drums 5.15-6.30 Art Themen/Zoza Kole Sextet Zoza Kole/Art Themen – tenors, Nigel Price – guitar, Sarah Tandy – piano, Arnie Somogyi – bass, Clark Tracey – drums 8.00-10.30 Seamus Blake with the French Connection Seamus Blake – tenor, Tony Tixier – piano, Florent Nisse - bass, Gautier Garrigue – drums
Full details at hertsjazzfestival.co.uk
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