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APRIL 2009

April 3rd
Trio with Mark Hodgson and Paul Clavis
8.00pm
Limelight Theatre
Queens Park, Aylesbury, Bucks, HP21 7RT
Tel: 01296 424332 / 01296 431272

April 4th/5th
Steve Waterman Contemporary Big Band Jazz Course
The Diplomat Hotel, Felinfoel, Llanelli, South Wales
An opportunity to be part of a unique course focusing on contemporary big band music hosted by one of Europe’s finest trumpet soloists, composers and educators. Steve Waterman. Along with tutor Rob Marks, and Special Guest Tutor Alan Barnes, this course will be covering ensemble, improvisation and sectional playing.
Course cost includes all accommodation, meals and refreshments, and all group tuition.

April 8th
Frank Griffiths Nonet
8.00pm
The Spice of Life
6 Moor Street,
London W1

April 9th
With the Bobby Worth Trio
Langley Park Social Club
Hawksbrook Lane
Beckenham, Kent
BR3 3SR
tel: 01245 420 475

April 10th/11th/12th/13th
Compere and various bands
British Jazz Foundation
7th International Jazz Festival
Easter Weekend.
SwallowHotel
Churchgate St. Village
Old Harlow
Essex
Tel:01279 420246
For music reservations
Tel: Liz Lincoln 01702 339565
email: lizlincoln@blueyonder.co.uk
website: www.britishjazzfoundation.com
All star cast including Alan Barnes Octet plays Ellington on
10th April

April 14th-18th
East Jazz Course Week 2009
52-52 Union St
London, SE1 1TD
020 73787458
www.lccm.org.uk
email: contact@lccm.org.uk
Tel: 0207 407 2819
Course fees are £325 inclusive of a £50 registration fee

April 18th
Porthcawl Jazz Festival
With the Capital City Jazz Orchestra
The Box Office
Grand Pavilion
The Esplanade
PorthcawlPavilion,
CF36 3YW,

April 19th
Scarborough Jazz Club 25th anniversary gig
Music all day
Bruce Adams/ Alan Barnes Quintet in evening with Robin Aspland, Alec Dankworth and Bobby Worth
The Cask Inn & Sigma
Cambridge Terrace,
Scarborough, YO11 2LH
www.caskinn.com
CF36 3YW
Box Office: 01656 815995

April 20th
With Bruce Adams and local trio
Wilmslow Conservative Club
8.00pm
15 Grove Avenue
Wilmslow
Cheshire
United Kingdom
SK9 5EG
Telephone: (+44) 01625 528336
Box Office: 01625 528336

April 21st
With Christian Brewer Quartet
Jazz nights
8.30pm
£3
Lower Ground Bar and Nightclub,
269 West End Lane,
West Hampstead,
London, NW6 1QS
Daytime 07801 259 307
After 9pm 020 7431 2211

April 23rd
Duo with John Horler
8.00pm
The Dysart Arms
135 Petersham Road
Richmond
Surrey
TW10 7AA
020 8940 8005

April 25th
Isle of Wight
With Bruce Adams details tba

April 26th
Youth Band in Burton Details to follow

April 27th
183 London Road,
Isleworth,
Middlesex, TW7 5BQ

April 30th
Guy Barker Jazz Orchestra
Cheltenham Town Hall
Performance 19:30 – approx 21:30
“The Billy Strayhorn Story”

MAY 2009

May 1st
The Liquorice-stick All-sorts
8.30
The Richard Attenborough Centre
University of Leicester
Lancaster Road
Leicester LE1 7HA
Tel: Leicester (0116) 252 2455
e-mail: arts-centre@le.ac.uk

May 2nd/3rd/4th
Norwich Jazz Party
The Holiday Inn, Norwich City Airport
Saturday 2nd May to Monday 4th May 2009
Contact: Norwich Jazz Party, 43 Whitlingham Hall, Kirby Road, Trowse, Norwich, NR14 8QH
Tel:01603 467777 or 01603 620287 – Fax: 01603-0305505 – email:- info@norwichjazzparty.com

May 5th
Keith Nichols’ Blue Devils Orchestra
with special guest Joan Viskant (USA)
8pm
Theatre by the Lake Keswick

May 6th
Keswick Jazz Festival with:
Keith Nichols’ Harlem Madness
11.30-2.30
Theatre by the Lake
Rico Tomasso tribute to John Kirby
3.00pm- 5.30pm
Theatre by the Lake
7.30-10.30
John Hallam/ Tom Kinkaid
Studio, Theatre by the Lake

May 7th
Keswick Jazz Festival- sets with:
Enrico Tomasso + trio
Matthias Seufert + trio

May 8th
Keswick Jazz Festival
Talk
10am-11am

May 8th
Gumbles Jazz Club
The Prince of Wales
Weston Road
Stafford
Organiser: Chris Gumbley
tel: 01785 259144

May 9th
ALAN BARNES OCTET
RONNIE SCOTT’S CLUB
47 Frith Street
Soho
London
W1D 4HT
reservations:
T 44 (0)20 7439 0747
F 44 (0)20 7437 5081
2 seperate shows!
Doors at 18:00 Saturday 9th May (First house)
Doors at 23:00 Saturday 9th May (Second house)
All-star octet:
Alan Barnes- saxes and clarinet
Noel Langley- trumpet
Andy Wood- trombone
Tony Coe- Tenor and Clarinet
Andy Panayi- saxes and flute
John Pearce- piano
Andy Cleyndert- bass
Iain Thomas- drums

May 11th
Arnie Somegyi’s “Scenes from the City”
The Music of Charles Mingus
Arnie Somogyi – bass, Alan Barnes and Tony Kofi – reeds, Alastair White – trumpet, Mark Edwards – piano, Clark Tracey – drums
Warwick Arts Centre Box Office, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL.
Call the Box Office on 024 7652 4524. Please have your credit card ready. Visa, Mastercard, AMEX, Maestro and Diners cards accepted.

May 12th
With the Roger Healey duo
The Corner Pocket
Coventry CV1 3AY

May 13th
Alan Barnes Octet plays the music of Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn
The Bury St Edmunds Festival

May 14th
Arnie Somegyi’s “Scenes from the City”
The Music of Charles Mingus
Arnie Somogyi – bass, Alan Barnes and Tony Kofi – reeds, Alastair White – trumpet, Mark Edwards – piano, Clark Tracey – drums
8.pm
The Castle
Castle Way
Wellingborough
NN8 1XA
Box Office: 01933 270 007
www.thecastle.org.uk

May 15th
Alan Barnes plays Johnny Hodges
8.30
Rafa Club
Rafa Club, Riverside Chatham Kent
07908 826840

May 16th
THE LOUISE PARKER QUARTET
with SPECIAL GUEST ALAN BARNES
Louise Parker – vocals
Alan Barnes – saxes, clarinet, and flute
Craig Milverton – piano
Tom Hill – bass
Nick Millward – drums
Syngenta Cellar,
Lawrence Batley Theatre,
Queen Street,
HUDDERSFIELD,
tel: 01484 430528
Tickets: £14 on the night/£13 booked in advance and concessions

May 17th
With Roger Odell
8pm
The Bell
Market Hill
Clare
Suffolk
CO10 8NN

May 18th
With Rico Tomasso and the Joe Mudele Trio
8.30
Kings Head
Bexley High Street
Bexley
Kent
DA5 1AA

May 22nd
Alan Barnes Octet plays the music of Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn
Wycombe Arts Festival

May 23rd
Don Weller Big Band
Coventry Jazz Festival

May 24th
2-4
The Pricess of Wales
22 Chalcot Road, London, NW1 8LL
Tel: 0871 917 0007

May 25th
With Brian Knapp Trio
8.30
West Ruislip Golf Club
Ruislip Golf Club,
Ickenham Road,
Ruislip, HA4 7DQ

May 26th
8.30pm
Hadleigh Hall
Rectory Road
Hadleigh
Essex
UNITED KINGDOM
SS7 2NA
View Map
Telephone: (+44) 01702 557330
Box Office: 01245 422556 (Susan May)

May 29th
Everyman Theatre
7-10 Regent Street
Cheltenham, GL50 1HQ
01242 512515

May 30th
The Man in the Moon Pub
2 Norfolk Street
Cambridge, CB1 2LF
01223 565 396
Workshops 11-4pm

May 31st
12.30- 3.00pm
With the David Newton Trio
Jagz
Station Hill
Ascot
SL5 9EG

May 31st
With the Joe Mudele Trio
The Crown
19 Park Road
Bromley
Kent
BR1 3HJ
Call Martin on: 07724 01177

JUNE 2009

June 1st
Enrico Tomasso and Ritchie Bryant Trio
8.00pm-10.30pm
Corus Hotel Hyde Park
1-7 Lancaster Gate
London
England
UK
W2 3LG

June 3rd
Bruce Adams/ Alan Barnes Quintet
Syvie’s Place – Warlingham Jazz Club
Croydon PO Social Club, Trenham Drive, Warlingham, Surrey CR6 9RU
Fish & Chips can be ordered on arrival, served in the interval
Sylvie’s homemade soup & French bread available all night

June 5th
Roy Williams, Alvin Roy
The Cornerstone Arts Centre
25 Station Road,
Didcot, Oxon, OX11 7NE.

June 6th
Swing Parade
The Trumpet
58 High St
Bilston, WV14 0EP
01902 493723

June 7th
Workshops
10am-4.00pm
Windband Ltd
9 Greyfriars Road
Longden Coleham
Shrewsbury.
SY3 7EN
Tel: 01743 367482
Shop opening hours
Tuesday -Friday 9.00am till 5.00pm Saturday till 4.00pm

June11th
Googlies Jazz sopper Club
live Jazz every Thursday evening
Doors open 7.30pm
Live Performance from 8 o’clock
Licensed Bar, food available & free ample car parking
at Botany Bay Cricket Club,
East Lodge Lane, Enfield, EN2 8AS

June 12th
The Allan Ganley Jazz Legacy
Jazz’n’Stuff
South Hill Park
Ringmead,
Bracknell,
Berkshire,
RG12 7PA , UK
Box Office:
Tel:
Fax: +44 (0) 1344 484123
+44 (0) 1344 484858
+44 (0) 1344 411427
£15.00
Members £14.00
NUS, Under 21s & UB40s – £7.00
A tribute to a truly notable composer, Band-leader and Drummer who passed away in 2008. In a remarkable career, Ganley performed with a whole host of greats from the jazz world and was the house drummer at Ronnie Scott’s.

Tonight’s performers, many of whom were close friends, include: John Horler, Mark Nightingale, Andy Panayi, Alec Dankworth and Alan Barnes.
“… as superlative a jazz musician as any one in Britain so far has come up with, in my humble opinion.” Sir John Dankworth

June 13th
Alan Barnes/ Bruce Adams Quintet
Dinton Jazz Festival
Jesses, in Snow Hill, Dinton.
Dinton is a small village in Wiltshire,
eight miles west of Salisbury

June 14th
12.15-2-30 pm
With Richard Shepherd (saxes)
The Chelmsford Jazz Club
The Cramphorn Theatre
Fairfield Road
Chelmsford
Essex CM1 1JG

June14th
8:00pm
Allan Ganley Jazz Legacy
Fundraising concert in aid of Wavendon Allmusic Plan Ltd
£18.00
The Stables Theatre
Stockwell Lane
Wavendon, Milton Keynes, MK17
01908 280800

June 17th
Belfast
Details tbc

June 18th
8.30pm
Allan Ganley Jazz Legacy
Watermill Jazz Club
Friends Provident Social Club,
Pixham Lane,
Dorking, RH4 1QA

June 19th
Steve Waterman- one of the top British jazz trumpet players both here and on the international scene. Steve brings with him the stellar line up of Alan Barnes alto sax / baritone sax / clarinet, Gareth Williams piano, Alec Dankworth bass and Clark Tracey drums. The Quintet feature the music of Gerry Mulligan with such classics as “Line for Lyons”, “Walkin’ Shoes”, “Swinghouse”, “Night Lights” and many others, all with new arrangements especially written by Steve for this Quintet.
Fleece Jazz at Kersey Mill
Kersey Mill is situated just north of Hadleigh on the A1141

• some 11 miles from Ipswich,
• 19 miles from Bury St Edmunds, and
• 16 miles from Colchester.
  The postcode is IP7 6DP

June 20th
MUSIC IN THE GARDEN-
Hosted by John Dankworth and Alan Barnes
The Old Rectory Gardens, Wavendon,
Milton Keynes MK17 8LU
Tel: 01908 280800
11.30am Jazz on a Summer’s Day
Tugboat: Alan Barnes, John Dankworth,Don Rendell, John Horler, Alec Dankworth, Tony Kinsey and Jimmy Hastings.£11 in advance £12 on door
2.30pm
Bobby Wellins Quartet with Mark Edwards, Andy Cleyndert and Spike Wells. £12 Full day ticket £20

June 20th
8.00PM
ALLAN GANLEY JAZZ LEGACY
with special guest Elaine Delmar
Quench Cafe, Salcombe Gardens,
Mill Hill, London, NW7 2NT
Tickets: £20. Cash bar. Doors open at 7.30pm.

June 21st
MUSIC IN THE GARDEN-
Hosted by John Dankworth and Alan Barnes
The Old Rectory Gardens, Wavendon,
Milton Keynes MK17 8LU
Tel: 01908 280800
2.30pm
The National Saxophone Choir of Great Britain, conductor Richard Ingham, guest narrator Lord Robert Winston.

June 22nd
Grassington Festival
Town Hall | 8pm | Tickets £18 | Under 16: Tickets £9
The Guy Barker International Quintet
Incredibly talented trumpeter/composer/arranger Barker leads this exceptional band of internationally renowned musicians who have come together especially for Grassington, featuring a top quartet of Scots piano ace Dave Newton, popular saxophonist Alan Barnes, Berlin-based bassist Phil Donkin, and great drummer Sebastiaan De Krom.

Expect some old favourites with a twist and some slick originals from Barker all used as the perfect vehicle for some blistering solos.
Do book early as this has to be the hottest jazz quintet around.
BY TELEPHONE: 01756 752691
Box Office opening hours Mon to Fri 10am – 4pm for credit card bookings.
24hr answer service for enquiries.

June 24th
ALLAN GANLEY JAZZ LEGACY
with special guest Elaine Delmar
The Concorde Club
Stoneham Lane
Eastleigh, SO50
023 8061 3989
www.theconcordeclub.com

June 26th
with Bruce Adams
The Swan and Royal Hotel
26 Castle St
Clitheroe, BB7
01200 423 130
www.swanandroyal.co.uk

June 27th
MUSIC IN THE GARDEN-
Hosted by John Dankworth and Alan Barnes
The Old Rectory Gardens, Wavendon,
Milton Keynes MK17 8LU
Tel: 01908 280800
11.30am Jazz on a Summer’s Day with Bob Wilber, John Dankworth, Alan Barnes, Richard Busiakiewicz, Dave Chamberlaine and Bobby Worth. £13 in advance £14 on door.
2.30
Pete Churchill
Come Rain or Come Shine
£10 Full day ticket £20

June 27th
Alan Barnes Septet
The Naturist Foundation Jazz Festival
Brocken Hurst
Set in 50 acres of lush woodland park in North West Kent, the Naturist Foundation grounds are within the Greater London Boundaries and accessible by public transport and a short walk, and just a few minutes drive from M25 and the A20/M20.
WWW.naturistfoundation.org

June 28th
MUSIC IN THE GARDEN-
Hosted by John Dankworth and Alan Barnes
The Old Rectory Gardens, Wavendon,
Milton Keynes MK17 8LU
Tel: 01908 280800
Glad Day
Setting the music of William Blake by Mike Westbrook. With Phil Minton, Kate Westbrook, Steve Berry, Karen Street, Billy Thompson and the London College of Music Chamber Choir.
£17.50 including champagne tea.

JULY 2009

July 2nd
8.00pm
With Kelvin Christiane Quartet
The Crown Bar and Kitchen,
174 Richmond Road, St Margarets,
Twickenham
London TW1 2NH

July 3rd
Birmingham Jazz Festival
gigs tbc

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