Fleece Jazz
Keeping Jazz Live for 30 years.
We are at Stoke by Nayland Resort CO6 4PZ
The full programme is here. You can pick up the current leaflet if you want it.
Our colleague Douglas Page is a fine artist. He has an exhibition soon from August 31 to September 6. Click the picture for more information.
Tickets for all of our gigs are available at WeGotTickets.com or by phoning the box office at 01787 210796 and at the door.
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Here is a sample of the band's music.
On Wednesday 11 September The Vasilis Xenopoulos/Paul Edis Quartet: Feels Like Home £20
Vasilis Xenopoulos Saxophones
Paul Edis Piano
John Williamson Double bass
Billy Pod Drums
“. . . the quartet’s compatibility and their ease in performance is a delight.” Peter Vacher, Jazzwise
Vasilis Xenopoulos and Paul Edis began playing together 20 years ago, when they had both relocated to West London to study. Originally from Greece, Vasilis had just finished studying at Berklee College in the US, whilst Paul had moved South from the Northeast of England. In the intervening years they’ve played numerous gigs together, releasing their first album in 2016, to critical acclaim. Their latest recording features original music inspired by the theme of ‘home’. “Rooted in the jazz tradition, this is music that’s eclectic, groove-based and fundamentally melodic. Including elements of hard bop, Latin jazz, gospel and even folk, there are nods to Dexter Gordon, Stanley Turrentine, John Coltrane, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Bill Evans, Brad Mehldau, McCoy Tyner and more besides.”
Paul Edis, whom Jazz Journal described as “a major voice in British Jazz, an incredibly fertile composer and improviser” is one of the leading creative musicians in the UK today. As a performer, composer and educator, he has built a reputation for consistently delivering new and original ideas, seeking to innovate within his work whilst always paying respect to both the Jazz and Classical music traditions. As well as collaborating with Vasilis Xenopoulos for 20 years, he has performed alongside other leading jazz names including Jo Harrop, Jon Faddis, Alan Barnes, Bruce Adams, Nigel Price, Jim Mullen, Tim Garland, Julian Siegel, Tony Kofi, Steve Waterman, Iain Ballamy and Mark Nightingale.
Vasilis Xenopoulos has made a significant reputation for himself on the international jazz scene, forming partnerships that have stood the test of time. He places himself firmly in the ‘straight-ahead’ stylistic category and has never concealed his admiration for Dexter Gordon and Hank Mobley, this showing every time he plays.
“Vasilis Xenopoulos… one of the most fiery, young saxophonists around blazes a path through the hard bop repertoire"(The Times) ★★★★
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On Wednesday 25 September, Hoagy II £20
Chris Ingham Piano
Paul Higgs Trumpet
Simon Thorpe Double bass
George Double Drums
“Hoagy II is a show rich with anecdote, insight and delightful curiosities from a unique and varied songbook.”
Hoagy Carmichael was one of the most prolific Tin Pan Alley songwriters of the 1930s. He composed hundreds of songs, often working with lyricists such as Frank Loesser, Johnny Mercer and Harold Adamson.
Ten years after their acclaimed album Hoagy, the Chris Ingham Quartet follow up with a further joyful set of the wry, wise and beautiful songs of the songwriter-singer-pianist following the release of its worthy successor, Hoagy II. Ingham says in his liner notes “These 70-100 year-old songs still sing to us, still make us stop for a moment. Dazzling absurdity juxtaposes plaintive romanticism while at the centre of everything (is) the eternal quest for the peacefully dandy.” Hoagy II expresses this in spades.
With Chris Ingham vibrantly leading on piano and vocals, the quartet comprises trumpeter Paul Higgs, a highly accomplished and respected trumpet player with an impressive career in many fields including performing, composing and arranging music for film, TV and theatre. Formerly with Shorty Rogers, Johnny Dankworth & Nancy Wilson, here he “exquisitely invokes the spirit of cornettist Bix Beiderbecke”. Simon Thorpe is one of the UK's best-known jazz bassists who has worked with many of the great UK and US names in jazz, recording and touring with Bobby Wellins, Stacey Kent , Bheki Mseleku, Alan Barnes, Elaine Delmar, Scott Hamilton, Benn Clatworthy and Ray Gelato. George Double is active on the British jazz scene and appears regularly at Ronnie Scott’s club in London and elsewhere as a freelancer with Chris Ingham, John Etheridge, Art Themen, Digby Fairweather, Derek Nash and many others.
“Captures the essence of Carmichael’s catchy, jazz-influenced melodies and their droll, laconic lyrics perfectly. The performance of all four musicians is superb” Jazz Journal
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Listen to the band's music here
Keep your ears attuned to jazz by listening to our very own Gerry England’s Jazz Grooves. on Ipswich Community Radio, Thursday Nights from 8pm to 10pm.
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Updated 25/07/2024
Fleece Jazz: Keeping Jazz Live for 30 years. We are at Stoke by Nayland Hotel CO6 4PZ