ANDY PANAYI is an exceptionally gifted jazz musician, skilled in performance, composition and arranging.
He plays all the flutes and all the saxophones and currently leads his own groups, both jazz and classical. He also writes commissioned works and preparing manuscripts for his
arranging -composing -transcribing business ALP Music™.
Andy has performed and recorded with many singers such as;
Shirley Bassey, Jessye Norman, Paul McCartney, Salena Jones, Elvis Costello, Georgie Fame, Peter Skellen, Zoot Money, Irene Reed, Elaine Delmar, Helen Shapiro, Madeline Bell & Patty Austin to name a few.
He's also worked alongside or supported Abdulla Ibrahim (Dollar Brand), FreddiHubbard, Louie Bellson Octet & Big Band, Ed Thigpen, Jiggs Whigham, Billy Cobham, Indo-Jazz Fusions run by Johnny Mayer, Vale of Glamorgan Contemporary Music Festival, LSSO, The Moscow City Ballet, Ronnie Scott & his Side-men, Scott Hamilton, Ken Peplowski, Pepper Adams, Kenny Baker, Ted Heath/ Don Lusher Big Band, BBC Radio Big Band, Bert Kaemphert Orchestra, Stan Tracey Big Band -Septet - Octet, John Dankworth & Cleo Laine, The John & Alec Dankworth Generation Big Band, Humphrey Lyttelton and many more
Most recently, Andy has performed as a featured soloist with Wynton Marsallis
with the Lincoln Centre Jazz Band at the Barbican
See Andy's website for more details;
www.andypanayi.co.uk
We are pleased to welcome
MARK BASSEY
Jazz trombonist Mark Bassey has been described as “a superb, witty player” (Dave Gelly), his playing can stretch from the “raucous” (John Fordham) to an “exquisite sound and perfect phrasing” (Brian Blain). Mark is a highly versatile musician who covers all styles from swing to bop (with John Dankworth, Stan Tracey, Alan Barnes) and the contemporary (Julian Arguelles, Nikki Iles).
Recent recordings include Daphna Sadeh, Johannes Lemke, Clark Tracey …
In 2007 he released ‘Mark Bassey’s Telling Stories’ an album featuring his own highly programmatic writing. His quintet ‘Bassey Plays Basie’ also has an album in the pipeline.
Mark has been involved with jazz education for many years, teaching trombone and running classes in harmony, improvisation, composition and arranging at many colleges including the Royal Academy of Music, Trinity College of Music, and also the Jamey Aebersold jazz summer school.
Other quotes:
"Mark Bassey is a fine tutor and knows how to draw the music out of each student. It was an honor teaching with him at the Jazzwise course" Jamey Aebersold
“unquestionably one of the most gifted trombonists the UK has to offer”
“one of the country's most inspirational educators”
Brighton Jazz Club
November 4th with ANDY WILLIAMS
Andy Williams is a highly respected jazz guitarist and has recently recorded and toured with bassist-composer Spike Heatley. He played funkier jazz with Rupert Cobb in the ‘Hazardous Funk’ Duo in the 1990’s. In EC&G he’s had the chance to utilize his jazz/rock styles more fully and contributes to the band’s repertoire and arrangements. Roger and Andy have also been involved with the reformed Gentle Giant (Now known as Three Friends) and have been touring the world with this legendary prog rock outfit including gigs in Japan and Canada and Europe. Simon Page has played and recorded with many artists including Will Faeber with whom he toured the UK and Europe and also recorded with The Raincoats.
Andy first picked up the guitar at 13 and by the age of 18 had embarked on a serious musical career. He started working in local jazz bands and joined an established function band playing in London ’s top hotels with a residency at Trelawne Manor, Cornwall . Andy has performed at many Pizza Express jazz venues, the Soho Jazz Festival and until recently enjoyed a 9 year Sunday residency at Pizza on the Park in London . As well as working with many of Britain ’s finest jazz musicians, he has performed alongside American Artists such as Tal Farlow, Benny Waters, Warren Vache and has opened for acts such as Barney Kessel and Harry Allen. Andy is also a regular member of his father’s quartet (the trombonist Roy Williams).
JAN 3RD 2011
WE ARE DELIGHTED TO WELCOME BACK TROMBONIST
MARK BASSEY
We had a great gig last year when Mark joined us along with
Simon Woolf on double bass.
For anyone who missed that evening, this is another chance to see Mark in action. Tickets are already selling fast so please book early for this one.
Jazz trombonist Mark Bassey has been described as “a superb, witty player” (Dave Gelly), his playing can stretch from the “raucous” (John Fordham) to an “exquisite sound and perfect phrasing” (Brian Blain). Mark is a highly versatile musician who covers all styles from swing to bop (with John Dankworth, Stan Tracey, Alan Barnes) and the contemporary (Julian Arguelles, Nikki Iles).
Recent recordings include Daphna Sadeh, Johannes Lemke, Clark Tracey …
In 2007 he released ‘Mark Bassey’s Telling Stories’ an album featuring his own highly programmatic writing. His quintet ‘Bassey Plays Basie’ also has an album in the pipeline.
Mark has been involved with jazz education for many years, teaching trombone and running classes in harmony, improvisation, composition and arranging at many colleges including the Royal Academy of Music, Trinity College of Music, and also the Jamey Aebersold jazz summer school.
Other quotes:
"Mark Bassey is a fine tutor and knows how to draw the music out of each student. It was an honor teaching with him at the Jazzwise course" Jamey Aebersold
“unquestionably one of the most gifted trombonists the UK has to offer”
“one of the country's most inspirational educators”
Brighton Jazz Club
February 3rd with Julian Nicholas
Postponed...due to all that snow!..We are pleased to present...
julian nicholas
saxophonist and composer
Julian has performed/ toured/ recorded with
Jimmy Witherspoon, Bobby Wellins, Oleta Adams, Will Gaines, Joe Lee Wilson, Arnie Lawrence, Martha Reeves, Loose Tubes, Harry 'Sweets' Edison, Chris McGregor's 'Brotherhood of Breath, Dudu Pukwana, London Jazz Composers' Orchestra, Ernest Mothle, Stan Tracey, Claire Martin, Eddie Henderson, Kirk Lightsey, Mark Lockhart’s ‘Big Idea’, Balugi Shrivastav, Bosco D’Olivera, Selena Jones, Edwin Starr, Osibisa, Toyah Wilcox, Hazel O’Connor, A Man Called Adam, Belle And Sebastian.
Julian is currently recording on Liana Carroll's latest album, touring the UK with Pete Oxley’s ‘Curious Paradise’, whose new album ‘Now!’ is out on 33Records, and with ‘Massukos’ from Mozambique (Glastonbury & Finsbury Park Festivals), around Ireland with ‘Carmina’, and internationally with Carleen Anderson, with whom he also sings bv’s!
Julian has just returned from the Czech Republic where he and his long time associate Emil Vitlicky performed for President Klaus. His associations with fellow alumni of 'Loose Tubes' have continued in the Ed Parker Band, and with Chris Batchelor, John Parricelli, Martin France, and Oren Marshall - giving rise to perhaps his most exciting project to date – ‘Heavy Plant Crossing’ – which entertains audiences with it’s broad stylistic canvas, humour and intensity.
Julian is tutor of saxophone on the Jazz B.A. at Middlesex University and tutor on the Trinity College of Music summer school.
Here's what the press have to say about Julian:
Nicholas is characteristically sure-footed and affecting (he has one of the most winsome tenor sounds in the UK and his soprano tone is simply exemplary in its keening purity)
.... the strikingly warm, warbling tenor of Nicholas - a mysteriously underrated figure whose profile should be similar to that of, say, Julian Argüelles or Iain Ballamy.
Chris Parker - Vortex Reviews
Killer tunes executed with verve - Phil Johnston - Independent
Julian Nicholas is a saxophonist of not only great technical prowess but also delicacy of expression and intensity of feeling.......he has exciting and expressive qualities alongside a faultless technique - The Times
Stylish and original - Mike Hrebeniak - Jazz the Magazine
Twenty years on, in short, a great deal of British jazz sounds like Loose Tubes' music: quirky, adventurous, punchy, original, occasionally laced with irony and/or whimsy, partly because the likes of Mark Lockheart, Iain Ballamy, Django Bates, Eddie Parker, Chris Batchelor, John Parricelli, Martin France and Julian Nicholas have been at the heart of the UK scene during that period, but also because the original 21-piece band opened up, courtesy of its refreshing and good-humoured refusal to be exclusively influenced by the US jazz template, musical territory that is still being explored by bands in the new millennium. -Vortex Reviews
Don't miss this one! Book early!
March 3rd Joe Robinson
Unfortunately, Joe was unwell and we played this gig as a quartet with Imogen. We had special guest Paul Whitten on double bass and played some Bill Evans/Tony Bennett arrangements. Turned out to be a great gig!
Tenor sax is especially well suited to jazz voicing, and Joe Robinson has a gift when it comes to voicing jazz. The first edition was self-produced by Joe under Vivid Records and shows a remarkable sensitivity toward tone and balance. We asked Joe if there was anything he thought could be improved. He went back to the raw tracks and polished this gem to an even brighter sheen.
Here is the review of Joe's CD from Beezwax Records;
". . . a refreshing slice of post Dexter Gordon music making. Saxophonist Joe Robinson (b. 1963) has played everything from rock to Cuban to Thelonious Monk tributes. His breathy tone conjures both Dexter, Stan Getz and curiously, the moody 1970’s feel of John Klemmer.
"The disc opens and closes with covers of Kenny Barron and Wayne Shorter. In between are four Robinson originals. The way they effortlessly swing Barron’s “Voyage” sets up the remainder of the record for success. This quartet features veteran drummer Spike Wells, the one-time house drummer for Ronnie Scott’s club, as a powerful rhythmic engine throughout. Together with bassist Simon Thorpe (Stacy Kent) the time never lags here, even on the ballads."
Mark Corotto
allaboutjazz.com
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"When I first listened to While I'm Waiting, I thought, this is a quartet that has perfect harmony together as a playing unit. By the third listening, I reached the conclusion this is one of England's hidden secrets -- a great jazz sound that knows the ins and outs and beauty of straight-ahead/classic jazz."
Lee Prosser
jazzreview.com
MARCH 10th WITH IAN PRICE
Saxophonist, flautist and clarinetist Ian Price is primarily a jazz player,
but is well-versed in many styles of music.
He is a member of Cubana Bop, and also of the John Donaldson Quartet.
He has recently been touring with 'Milestones', celebrating the music of
Miles Davis. He has appeared with Peter King, Bobby Wellins, Roy Ayers,
Alan Barnes, Herbie Flowers and many more, both in the jazz and pop
worlds.
We had a great gig with Ian and are pleased to have him back at the club on June 2nd for our anniversary!
SOLD OUT !
APRIL 7th WITH GEOFF SIMKINS
WE ARE DELIGHTED TO WELCOME GEOFF BACK TO THE CLUB!
Geoff started playing jazz in his early teens. His first instrument was drums, but he quickly changed to the alto saxophone. He turned professional in 1977. 
His early work included time with the Harry Strutters Hot Rhythm Orchestra and the Temperance Seven, but his principal stylistic influences have been the American alto player Lee Konitz and tenor player Warne Marsh.
Geoff has played at concerts, clubs and festivals in all parts of the UK, in Europe and beyond. He often works with American musicians who are visiting the UK, and over the years has played with such luminaries as Art Farmer, Bobby Shew, Al Cohn, Tal Farlow, Slide Hampton, Warren Vache, Al Grey, Kenny Davern, Bill Berry, Al Casey, Howard Alden, Ruby Braff, Bill Coleman and Conte Candoli. He has recorded with UK tenor player Danny Moss and with US trumpeters Billy Butterfield and Yank Lawson. Since the 1980s he has worked regularly with UK guitarist Dave Cliff.
Geoff is also a respected teacher, and as well as running improvisation courses in Brighton, UK, he is a regular tutor at the famous Glamorgan Jazz Summer School in Wales (now at Trinity College, London) and the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama. In 1994 he was invited to be a tutor at the Czech Jazz Summer School and appeared at clubs in Prague and on Czech Television.
MAY 5th WITH KJELL BERGLUND
Kjell Berglund - trumpet
Kjell became a member of the Terry Mortimer Band in Brighton in the late 80's.
He was featured as a soloist on a CD and a television programme "Brighton in Jazz" broadcast in 1990.
He appeared at the Helsingborg Jazz and Blues Festival(1992), at the Visingsborgs Festival(1992) with The Terry Seabrook Quintet and at the Visingsborgs Festival(1993) with the American Kevin Flanagan's Quintet.
In 1993 he performed with pianist Gosta Rundquist.
During 1994 Kjell toured Sweden with The Pete Burden Quintet.
He also played on the British TV programme "The Pier".
As well as radio and TV appearences, he has also performed at different jazz festivals in the UK.
During the Brighton Jazz festival in 1996 he appeared with leading British altosaxophonist Geoff Simkins in the "Tribute to Charlie Parker" group and was featured as a soloist in the "People with Instruments" big band. He was invited to play in Cuba in December 1995 and April 1996.
From 1995 to 2002, Kjell Berglund co-led the Ron Parry IKjeli Berglund Quintet,which appeared mostly in London and South East England,but also on tours of Sweden, where the members of the quintet ran jazz workshops over a six year period.
He has also done three tours in UK and Sweden with the Anglo Swedish Quintet, whose English members also included Spike Wells drums, and Terry Seabrook piano. The last tour included a radio broadcast from Fasching Jazzclub in Stockholm.( 2007)
December 1st with Mark Bassey
We are pleased to welcome back
TROMBONIST MARK BASSEY
Jazz trombonist Mark Bassey has been described as “a superb, witty player” (Dave Gelly), his playing can stretch from the “raucous” (John Fordham) to an “exquisite sound and perfect phrasing” (Brian Blain). Mark is a highly versatile musician who covers all styles from swing to bop (with John Dankworth, Stan Tracey, Alan Barnes) and the contemporary (Julian Arguelles, Nikki Iles).
Recent recordings include Daphna Sadeh, Johannes Lemke, Clark Tracey …
In 2007 he released ‘Mark Bassey’s Telling Stories’ an album featuring his own highly programmatic writing. His quintet ‘Bassey Plays Basie’ also has an album in the pipeline.
Mark has been involved with jazz education for many years, teaching trombone and running classes in harmony, improvisation, composition and arranging at many colleges including the Royal Academy of Music, Trinity College of Music, and also the Jamey Aebersold jazz summer school.
Other quotes:
"Mark Bassey is a fine tutor and knows how to draw the music out of each student. It was an honor teaching with him at the Jazzwise course" Jamey Aebersold
“unquestionably one of the most gifted trombonists the UK has to offer”
“one of the country's most inspirational educators”
November 3rd with Kjell Berglund
Kjell played here last year and we are delighted to welcome him back
Kjell became a member of the Terry Mortimer Band in Brighton in the late 80's.
He was featured as a soloist on a CD and a television programme "Brighton in Jazz" broadcast in 1990.
He appeared at the Helsingborg Jazz and Blues Festival(1992), at the Visingsborgs Festival(1992) with The Terry Seabrook Quintet and at the Visingsborgs Festival(1993) with the American Kevin Flanagan's Quintet.
In 1993 he performed with pianist Gosta Rundquist.
During 1994 Kjell toured Sweden with The Pete Burden Quintet.
He also played on the British TV programme "The Pier".
As well as radio and TV appearences, he has also performed at different jazz festivals in the UK.
During the Brighton Jazz festival in 1996 he appeared with leading British altosaxophonist Geoff Simkins in the "Tribute to Charlie Parker" group and was featured as a soloist in the "People with Instruments" big band. He was invited to play in Cuba in December 1995 and April 1996.
From 1995 to 2002, Kjell Berglund co-led the Ron Parry IKjeli Berglund Quintet,which appeared mostly in London and South East England,but also on tours of Sweden, where the members of the quintet ran jazz workshops over a six year period.
He has also done three tours in UK and Sweden with the Anglo Swedish Quintet, whose English members also included Spike Wells drums, and Terry Seabrook piano. The last tour included a radio broadcast from Fasching Jazzclub in Stockholm.( 2007)
Please book early for this gig!
October 6th The Music of Bill Evans
This month the quartet is playing compositions by pianist Bill Evans.
It's fair to say that we've all been heavily influenced by Evans's music and we are excited to play some of his compositions at the club. Tunes like 'Waltz For Debbie' 'Turn Out The Stars' 'Very Early' 'Quiet Now' 'Peri's Scope' 'B Minor Waltz' and many more.....
Book now for this evening of great music in a very intimate setting
September 1st with Ian Price - Saxophones
Back By Popular Demand!
Saxophonist, flautist and clarinetist Ian Price is primarily a jazz player,
but is well-versed in many styles of music.
He is a member of Cubana Bop, and also of the John Donaldson Quartet.
He has recently been touring with 'Milestones', celebrating the music of
Miles Davis. He has appeared with Peter King, Bobby Wellins, Roy Ayers,
Alan Barnes, Herbie Flowers and many more, both in the jazz and pop
worlds.
Ian is back at the club this month for all of you who were unable to get a seat last time he played here.
Please book early!
August 4th with Imogen Ryall
We thought we'd give Imogen the chance to stretch out a bit this month and have her as our featured soloist.
Here's more about her;
Imogen Ryall joins the house trio. Imogen was born in London into a theatrical family - her father is the actor David Ryall and her great uncle the late Robert Eddison. She discovered jazz early in life through her parents record collection which included Art Tatum; Oscar Peterson; Frank Sinatra and, one of her earliest influences, Norma Winstone. She left school at 16 to study jazz and pop at Chichester College of Technology and made her singing debut a year later alongside Kathy Stobart at The Chichester Jazz Festival, broadcast on Radio 2. Later she went on to attend the Guildhall School of Music & Drama studying jazz and it wasn't long before she was making regular appearances on the London jazz circuit. Her first CD "Alone Together" with guitarist, Andy Williams received extensive airplay and was much championed by DJ Sarah Ward who described her as having "A very, very lovely voice indeed". Her second CD "Waltz for Ruth" was recorded during a residency at the Dorchester Hotel and featured her partner, the pianist, Roderick Hart and Dave Green on double bass. She is also a songwriter and has written lyrics to a number of songs including 'Waltz For Ruth' by Charlie Haden; 'All Across the City' by Jim Hall and 'My Little Suede Shoes' by Charlie Parker She is also a featured vocalist for One51 and Duff Note Records with writer/producer Richard Earnshaw on Jazz/House hits 'Summer Rain', 'Joy Ride' and 'Space Jam'"
FEBRUARY 2nd WITH GEOFF GASCOYNE AND JULIAN NICHOLAS
 We are pleased to welcome Bassist Geoff Gascoyne
Geoff
Gascoyne was born in Nottingham, England, on November 23rd 1963. He
was attracted to music at an early age, starting with the piano at the
age of 6. Formal classical training lead him to the passing of the Grade 8
examination at the age of only 13 and soon after that, his love of the
popular music of the day and the need for musicians in local groups
encouraged him to take up the electric bass.
In 1978 he moved to London to study painting at St Martins School of Art.
Throughout this period he was still committed to playing music and
shortly before he left artschool in 1981 he joined his first
professional group. This began a period of learning and intense musical
experiences for Geoff, he became a freelance musician for the first
time. By 1988 his natural curiosity and self-motivating attitude had
lead him to begin studying jazz music.
In 1990 he joined the group 'Everything But The Girl'.
This association lasted for 3 years and included tours of the United
States, Canada, Europe, Japan, and the recording of the album WORLDWIDE
in 1991. There was also another world tour in 1994 with the award
winning 'Hip Hop-Jazz-Rap'group, 'US3'.
Geoff's early jazz work was playing electric bass in the groups lead by
Jim Mullen and Ian Shaw amongst others and it was in 1993 that,
together with guitarist Malcolm MacFarlane he founded his first group
'Wabash.' It was at this time that he started playing the acoustic bass
as well as focusing on composing and arranging for the first time.
It was during a gig in Germany with Jim Mullen that he met Georgie Fame,
an association that continues today. Geoff joined his group in 1995
and later that year, through Georgie, got to perform with the great Van Morrison
on a short tour of the UK. It was also in 1995 that he recorded his
first album as a leader, the widely acclaimed VOICES OF SPRING. It
featured 10 of London's finest musicians and singers and demonstrated
Geoff's achievements on the electric and acoustic bass. With countless
appearances at Ronnie Scott's Club and
many recording sessions under his belt, he became a well-respected name
within the London jazz community. He also began teaching privately and
as a guest tutor at the Royal Academy of Music in London.
In
1996 he joined Guy Barker's International Group and began to
concentrate more on playing the acoustic bass. Geoff recorded his
second CD as a bandleader in 1997, a duet album of Christmas melodies
with pianist Peter Churchill called WINTER WONDERLAND. Also that year
he worked on Guy Barker's album, WHAT LOVE IS which featured guest
vocalist Sting and a 26 piece string orchestra. 1998 began with a European tour with Bill Bruford's 'Earthworks',
some recording with Lisa Stansfield for a movie soundtrack / album and
he was involved in the development of a new 'Rockschool' syllabus,
devising graded examinations in rock, pop and jazz. There were also
concerts with The Britten Sinfonia, Georgie Fame's Birthday Big Band and
tours with Ed Jones Quartet and Guy Barker's International Quintet.
In
1999 Geoff formed his new Quartet but was also involved with many more
diverse projects. An appearance in a Hollywood Movie, Anthony
Mingella's 'The Talented Mr Ripley' which starred Matt Damon and Gwyneth Paltrow. There was also his participation in the West End show entitled 'Lenny' which was directed by Sir Peter Hall and starred comedian Eddie Izzard. Concert highlights were with Dianne Reeves,
Ben Sidran, Norma Winstone and Guy Barker with the Hong Kong
Philharmonic Orchestra as well as a night of Smooth Jazz with Dave Koz
and Peter White. Geoff also arranged music for albums by Trudy Kerr,
Georgie Fame, Ian Shaw and Cedar Walton.
The
year 2000 started with a European tour to promote the Hollywood movie
'The Talented Mr Ripley' and concerts with Georgie Fame and Sally
Burgess. March was a good time for recording, two new albums which
Geoff arranged music for, Trudy Kerr's DAYDREAM (with the great pianist
Mulgrew Miller) and Georgie Fame's
RELATIONSHIPS. Geoff also began working with the great opera star,
Willard White. In the summer there was a tour of Spain with Guy Barker,
concerts with Norma Winstone, Ed Jones Quartet and more touring with
Georgie Fame. The year ended with many film and TV recordings.
In
March 2001 Geoff's third CD for Jazzizit Records was released. AUTUMN,
his first dedicated quartet album, received rave reviews from the
press and marked the start of a new phase for Geoff as a bandleader.
Geoff began devoting more time to his own music playing regularly at
London's Ronnie Scotts and composing and arranging new music. The new
Quartet with Geoff, Ben Castle, Gareth Williams and Sebastiaan De Krom
played its second week at Londons Ronnie Scott's in July 2001 and then
went into the studio to record Geoff's fourth CD SONGS OF THE SUMMER
for Jazzizit records. Geoff married Australian singer Trudy Kerr in
January 2002 in Brisbane, Australia. In March/April Geoff took his
quartet on his first 'Jazz Services Tour' of the UK and then played
Ronnie Scott's opposite the great Elvin Jones in May.
From 2002 to 2006 Geoff worked exclusively with Jamie Cullum,
recording 3 albums and touring the world many times. The band
performed at Montreaux, Glastonbury, Fuji Rock, Newport Jazz and SXSW
Festivals among many others as well as such venues as The Royal Albert
Hall, New York Town Hall, and in countries including South Africa,
Australia, New Zealand, South America and the Far East. They also
recorded a DVD, live at Blenheim Palace for which Geoff arranged music.
In
2006 he released his fifth CD KEEP IT TO YOURSELF for Candid records
and toured the UK with a 10 piece band that included his Jazz Quartet, a
classical string Quartet and Jamie Cullum as a sideman.
2010
saw the release of Geoff's sixth CD POP BOP which saw him return to
the jazz quartet format featuring the great guitarist Jim Mullen and
Aussie Altoist Graeme Blevins and toured extensively within the UK.
In 2011 Geoff performed with some great piano players, Michel Legrand, Phil Markowitz and Cyrus Chestnut and 2 great singers, Gregory Porter and Josh Kyle whom he produced a CD.
Sharing the bill is the great Tenor Player
julian nicholas
saxophonist and composer
Julian has performed/ toured/ recorded with
Jimmy
Witherspoon, Bobby Wellins, Oleta Adams, Will Gaines, Joe Lee
Wilson, Arnie Lawrence, Martha Reeves, Loose Tubes, Harry 'Sweets'
Edison, Chris McGregor's 'Brotherhood of Breath, Dudu Pukwana, London
Jazz Composers' Orchestra, Ernest Mothle, Stan Tracey, Claire
Martin, Eddie Henderson, Kirk Lightsey, Mark Lockhart’s ‘Big Idea’,
Balugi Shrivastav, Bosco D’Olivera, Selena Jones, Edwin Starr,
Osibisa, Toyah Wilcox, Hazel O’Connor, A Man Called Adam, Belle And
Sebastian.
Julian is currently recording on Liana Carroll's latest album, touring the UK with Pete Oxley’s ‘Curious Paradise’, whose new album ‘Now!’ is out on 33Records, and with ‘Massukos’ from Mozambique (Glastonbury & Finsbury Park Festivals), around Ireland with ‘Carmina’, and internationally with Carleen Anderson, with whom he also sings bv’s!
Julian has just returned from the Czech Republic where he and his long time associate Emil Vitlicky performed for President Klaus. His associations with fellow alumni of 'Loose Tubes' have continued in the Ed Parker Band, and with Chris Batchelor, John Parricelli, Martin France, and Oren Marshall - giving rise to perhaps his most exciting project to date – ‘Heavy Plant Crossing’ – which entertains audiences with it’s broad stylistic canvas, humour and intensity.
Julian is tutor of saxophone on the Jazz B.A. at Middlesex University and tutor on the Trinity College of Music summer school.
Here's what the press have to say about Julian:
Nicholas
is characteristically sure-footed and affecting (he has one of the
most winsome tenor sounds in the UK and his soprano tone is simply
exemplary in its keening purity)
....
the strikingly warm, warbling tenor of Nicholas - a mysteriously
underrated figure whose profile should be similar to that of, say,
Julian Argüelles or Iain Ballamy.
Chris Parker - Vortex Reviews
Killer tunes executed with verve - Phil Johnston - Independent
Julian
Nicholas is a saxophonist of not only great technical prowess
but also delicacy of expression and intensity of feeling.......he has
exciting and expressive qualities alongside a faultless technique - The Times
Stylish and original - Mike Hrebeniak - Jazz the Magazine
Twenty
years on, in short, a great deal of British jazz sounds like Loose
Tubes' music: quirky, adventurous, punchy, original, occasionally
laced with irony and/or whimsy, partly because the likes of Mark
Lockheart, Iain Ballamy, Django Bates, Eddie Parker, Chris Batchelor,
John Parricelli, Martin France and Julian Nicholas have been at the
heart of the UK scene during that period, but also because the
original 21-piece band opened up, courtesy of its refreshing and
good-humoured refusal to be exclusively influenced by the US jazz
template, musical territory that is still being explored by bands in
the new millennium. -Vortex Reviews
This is going to be a great gig! Book early!
THURSDAY 7th FEBRUARY DECLAN MONGEY TRIBUTE CONCERT
2013 kicks off with Alto saxophonist Geoff Simkins on February 7th.
This will be a special event to pay tribute to Declan and all profits
will go to his chosen charity, The Cedar Foundation.
We
are all deeply saddened by his passing, we have lost a great friend and
a driving force behind the club which has now run for 3 years. Declan's
support and his sponsorship of the forthcoming jazz festival events
have made this possible.
Each month includes the house band, comprising Imogen Ryall (vocal) Roderick Hart (piano) Paul Whitten (Double Bass)
Doors open at 7.30pm. Tickets priced at £7.50 may be purchased in advance from the venue. Please book early as seating is limited. In addition, there are seats at the bar and standing room at the back. Excellent food and drink is available at the club and tables may be reserved in advance. Phone The Plough on; 01273 390635
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Imogen's CD was sent to me by my friend, the pianist John Donaldson who said "You must hear this singer!" 
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