please note start times are approximate and may vary at short notice
TUESDAY 4th NOVEMBER
Laurie rich's
FIVEOF A KIND
London based quintet exploring Laurie’s original compositions and arrangements for a quintet outfit, featuring for this concert the wonderful Ursula Harrison on Bass. Influences ranging from contemporary Jazz in NYC to free improvisation and European Jazz, expect odd grooves, strange noises and swing! Laurie Rich - Piano, Ursula Harrison - Bass, Finn Genockey - Drums, Dylan Chandler Pardo - Tenor Saxophone, Klara Devlin trumpet
ADMISSION £10 / STUDENTS £6
Doors 8pm MUSIC FROM 8.30PM
WEDNESDAY 5th NOVEMBER
ALEX CLARKE & EDDIE GRIPPER QUARTET
This quartet, fronted by BBC Young Jazz Musician finalist Alex Clarke - praised for her bebop fluency and harmonic instinct - and cardiff-based pianist, Eddie Gripper, whose debut album "drew comparisons with the greats" (Jazzwise) - The Alex Clarke/Eddie Gripper Quartet reunites for another tour, delivering hard-bop and feel-good swing. With Ronan Ristord (drums) and Nick Kacal (Double Bass)
ADMISSION £10 / Students £6
DOORS 8pm Music from 8.30pm
TUESDAY 11th NOVEMBER
PETE KOMOR's HOWL QUARTET
A dynamic, expressive outlet with an emphasis on storytelling through melodic composition and improvisation. Formed of old friends and collaborators, this co-led acoustic quartet emerged in 2017 through a passion for developing a collective sound. Inspired by artists such as Endangered Blood, The Bad Plus and Brian Blade & The Fellowship Band, there is an innate freedom and creative intensity to their music Pete on bass, Dan Smith, Harry Brunt saxes Matt Parkinson drums
ADMISSION £10 /STUDENTS £6
DOORS 8pm music from 8.30pm
WEDNESDAY 12th NOVEMBER
HALFWAY
Halfway is a spin out from RWCMD, when most of the members studied. They are the current Jazz Artists in Residence at Rhosygilwen Mansions, and play multiple jazz idioms, including bossa nova, samba, swing tunes, ECM-vibe and ballads. Whatever your jazz preferences, there is something here for you. As students, Halfway appeared several times at the Flute, and they are really delighted to be back now as working musicians. Vocals – Ania Drewniok, Saxes/flute – Paul Mason, Piano – Will Macleod, Bass – Benedict Stephens, Drums – Sam Green
ADMISSION £10 / STUDENTS £6
Doors 8pm / Music from 8.30
THURSDAY 13th NOVEMBER
BROKEN SPEAKERS CLWB
open mic poetry, prose, spoken word and storytelling
entry £2 includes raffle
doors 7pm
TUESDAY 18th NOVEMBER
JOE NORTHWOODS JAM SESSION
Joes band gets the ball rolling and then the improvisation begins!!
ADMISSION £10 STUDENTS £6
MUSIC from 8.30 / Doors 8PM
WEDNESDAY 19th NOVEMBER
SAM NEWBOULD
Sam alto saxophone and compositions, Bernard van Rossum tenor saxophone, Xavi Torres piano, Jort Terwijn bass and Guy Salamon drums. Celebrated for his uninhibited approach to writing both in his native UK and in The Netherlands where he lives, Newbould brings along a celebrated group of musicians, each bandleaders in their own right, to present original compositions packed with musical storytelling
SAM NEWBOULD
Sam alto saxophone and compositions, Bernard van Rossum tenor saxophone, Xavi Torres piano, Jort Terwijn bass and Guy Salamon drums. Celebrated for his uninhibited approach to writing both in his native UK and in The Netherlands where he lives, Newbould brings along a celebrated group of musicians, each bandleaders in their own right, to present original compositions packed with musical storytelling
ADMISSION £10 / STUDENTS £6
DOORS 8pm / MUSIC FROM 8.30pm
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TUESDAY 25th NOVEMBER
BRUNO HEINEN / HEIDI VOGEL
Virtuoso voice/piano duo both outstanding musicians, Bruno well known to us but here with the awesome Heidi
ADMISSION £10 / STUDENTS £6
Doors 8pm / Music from 8.30
WEDNESDAY 26th NOVEMBER
RWCMD JAZZ SHOWCASE
Set 1: ‘The Blakey Collection’
Rhys Ponting Tenor Saxophone, Owen Goodman Trombone, Luke Sterry Piano, Ella Cleary Bass, Spike Ostle Drums A drummer-led quintet performing the rep of the jazz messengers as homage to the great drummer and bandleader Art Blakey.
set 2: Davydenko and Kavanagh duo
Nick Davydenko and Nils Kavanagh
ADMISSION £10 / STUDENTS £6
