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.
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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On Wednesday 26 February, Tristan Banks’ “View from Above” – £20
Tristan Banks Drums
Paul Booth Tenor sax
John Crawford Piano
Davide Mantovani Bass
"Impressive sense of immediacy” ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ BBC Music Magazine
For three decades, drummer Tristan Banks has been a first-call sideman for ‘glitterati’ across jazz, pop and soul music. Since 2021, confirming his deep jazz roots, he has also been curator and venue manager at The Verdict Jazz Club in Brighton, restarting the venue after its closure due to the global pandemic of 2020. The Verdict has already received a nomination for Parliamentary Jazz Award Venue of the Year 2022.
In 2023, Ubuntu Records boss Martin Hummel, an admirer of both Banks’ versatility and his jazz soul, offered him his long-anticipated debut with the release of 'View from Above" to critical acclaim. Though predominantly jazz-led, elements of Latin and fusion influences can be detected, though this never betrays the core purpose. The music is a unique combination of high-octane virtuosic performance and sublimely melodic composition.
Banks brings together his long-standing musical friends including multi-sax virtuoso Paul Booth. From his early acclaim as a prize-winning saxophonist, Paul has continually refined and expanded his talents as a solo artist, composer, arranger and bandleader, whilst establishing an elite reputation as a first-call sideman for major contemporary music artists including Eric Clapton, Steely Dan, Carlos Santana, Van Morrison, Gregory Porter, Eddie Henderson, and so many more.
John Crawford was born in London of English/Spanish Parents. His father played Blues piano, and this is the first thing he learnt to play. His mother introduced him to Latin music of all kinds, and he has gone on to perform at Montreal Jazz Festival, North Sea Jazz Festival, Ronnie Scott's, Royal Festival Hall, the 606 club, and Royal Albert Hall amongst others.
Davide Mantovani is known on the scene as a bass player whose flawless technique never gets in the way of his natural feel & groove. He has proven himself in the short time he’s been in the UK playing with Monica Vasconcelos, Ingrid Laubrock, Ian Carr’s Nucleus, Carol Grimes, Great Spirit, Roberto Pla and Antonio Forcione amongst many others.
“A band of craftsmen playing the forms of acoustic jazz they relish, and their pleasure in that is infectiously palpable” John Fordham (Jazzwise)
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On Wednesday 12 March, The Tim Kliphuis Trio – £25
Tim Kliphuis Violin
Nigel Clark Guitar
Roy Percy Bass
“Impressive and moving” - The Strad Magazine
“Playfully inventive and technically brilliant” - Time Out
Award-winning Dutch violinist Tim Kliphuis has created a brand new style that embraces classical, gypsy jazz and folk. Hailed as a ‘current-day improvising Paganini’, his inclusive and innovative approach to music has united audiences and is influencing a new generation of string players.
Kliphuis has seen how music can influence people through the heart - a very different route than the mind. As a composer, he searches for ways to get people to actively care for the planet. For his newest piece ‘Kosmos’, he asked 5 Dutch star scientists about this, and translated their stories and knowledge into music. His journey is can be heard in the Dutch public radio podcast “Componeren of Verzuipen” (release: 20 May 2024); ‘Kosmos’ live performances with an ensemble of 17 young professional musicians will make people think (premiere: 1 June 2024. In 2022, his climate change suite ‘The Five Elements’ accompanied the Royal mission to Stockholm and in 2023, he performed it for the United Nations General Assembly in New York. His 2021 Triple Concerto ‘Phoenix Rising’ (commissioned by NTR ZaterdagMatinee) considers our past, present and future.
An invitation to the Richard Strauss Festival in Germany started the Tim Kliphuis Trio (Nigel Clark, guitar and Roy Percy, double bass) whose mission is a ‘total music’ without stylistic barriers. They performed at the Amsterdam Canal Concert, curated the world fiddle night at Celtic Connections Glasgow, celebrated Stéphane Grappelli at the Django Reinhardt Festival in Samois-sur-Seine and shared the stage with Les Paul, Richard Galliano, Frankie Gavin, Martin Hayes and Daniel Hope. The Trio collaborated with the Netherlands and Tallinn Chamber Orchestras, The Hague and Cape Town Philharmonic and Sinfonietta Amsterdam and toured America, South Africa and Russia.
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Keep your ears attuned to jazz by listening to our very own Gerry England’s Jazz Grooves. on Ipswich Community Radio, Thursday Nights from 5pm to 7pm.
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Updated 28/12/2024
Fleece Jazz: Keeping Jazz Live for 30 years. We are at Stoke by Nayland Hotel CO6 4PZ