Jazz Notes at the Edge

All performances are presented cabaret-style with The Edge Bar open throughout. The performance commences at 8.00 p.m. Tickets are now on sale from The Edge Box Office on 01952 728509 or manager@edgeartscentre.co.uk

For more information, email manager@edgeartscentre.co.uk, or call Alison Vermee on 01952 728509.

Photos from previous performances are on the Past Events page.

§ Saturday 28th November
Jazz Notes at The Edge
Asaf Sirkis Trio
8.00 p.m. £10/ £8
Asaf Sirkis drums
Tassos Spiliotopoulos guitar
Yaron Stavi bass
Drummer Asaf Sirkis impressed all who heard him at last year’s performance at The Edge by Tim Garland’s Lighthouse Trio. This evening he is fronting up his own trio with Tassos Spiliotopoulos and Yaron Stavi. The trio released their debut CD The Monk last year. Asaf has also played and recorded with Gilad Atzmon and the Orient House Ensemble and with The Inner Noise. Asaf’s playing and compositions reflect his Middle Eastern and North African influences as well as a healthy dose of 70s fusion.
“Devastatingly creative” John Fordham, The Guardian 2008
“Sirkis is not only an inventive drummer but also a composer of rigour, wit and surprising delicacy” Chris Ingham, Mojo Magazine, October 2008. www.asafsirkis.co.uk

GILAD ATZMON &TOH : SOLD OUT


§ Saturday 16th January
Jazz Notes at the Edge
Gilad Atzmon & The Orient House Ensemble
8.00 p.m. £10/ £8
Gilad Atzmon saxes
Eddie Hick drums
Yaron Stavi bass
Frank Harrison piano
Saxophonist Gilad Atzmon mixes his euphoric contemporary jazz with moments of brooding melodic reflection. Over the years his music has moved more and more towards a cultural hybrid. As a bandleader and reed player he has been amazing his listeners with his powerful personal style that combines great bebop artistry and Middle-Eastern roots in a sophisticated, sometimes ironical manner. Influenced by Coltrane’s powerful approach on the sax, the Orient House Ensemble’s performances are a tour de force of power and creativity. "Gilad Atzmon, the expat Israeli saxophonist/clarinettist, combines thrilling jazz musicianship with a maverick political intelligence." (The Guardian)
www.gilad.co.uk

GILAD ATZMON &TOH : SOLD OUT

CANCELLED WITH APOLOGIES, DUE TO UNAVAILABILITY OF INSTRUCTOR
§ Saturday 30th January • Auditorium
Jazz Notes at the Edge
African Drumming Workshop
2.00 p.m. £7
Appropriate for adults and children (aged 7+).
Percussionist Andy Richards leads this enjoyable and stimulating djembe drumming workshop, exploring the roots of Western popular music through African drumming rhythms and techniques. These workshops are now a regular part of our programming, allowing developing drummers to extend their range whilst still being welcoming to newcomers. The workshop is conducted in a drumming circle with participants copying, repeating and varying rhythms.
CANCELLED WITH APOLOGIES, DUE TO UNAVAILABILITY OF INSTRUCTOR

§ Saturday 6th February • Auditorium
Jazz Notes at the Edge
Jazz Singing Masterclass with Sara Colman
10.00 a.m. £15
Before the afternoon Workshop, Sara Colman is offering a Masterclass to a small number of singers who wish to further develop their skills in a more focused setting. You are asked to have prepared a song to work on, and to bring the chord chart with you. Places are limited and will be offered on a first come first served basis. For further information, call The Edge or contact Sara through her website at www.saracolman.com

§ Jazz Singing Masterclass with Sara Colman
2.00 p.m. £10
Talented singer and composer Sara Colman leads this three-hour workshop in jazz-style singing. The workshop will focus on group harmony singing and will enable singers to develop their improvisation skills. Suitable for singers of all abilities. www.saracolman.com

SOLD OUT
§ Saturday 20th February
Jazz Notes at the Edge
Gwilym Simcock Trio
8.00 p.m. £12/ £10
Gwilym Simcock piano
James Maddren drums
Yuri Goloubev bass
SOLD OUT
This is Gwilym’s third visit to The Edge – he has previously appeared with an earlier trio, and with Tim Garland’s Lighthouse Trio. At just 28 years old, Gwilym has been described as one of the most gifted pianists and imaginative composers on the British scene. Able to move effortlessly between jazz and classical music he can, at times, inhabit both worlds and has been described as stylistically reminiscent of Keith Jarrett. This trio features Russian bass player Yuri Goloubev, himself with a classical background, and gifted young drummer James Maddren.
www.gwiymsimcock.com

§ Saturday 6th March
Jazz Notes at the Edge
Phronesis
8.00 p.m. £10/ £8
Jasper Høiby bass
Ivo Neame piano
Mark Guiliana drums
Phronesis was created by Copenhagen-born/London-based bassist Jasper Høiby in Denmark in autumn 2005. The debut album, Organic Warfare, was released in November 2007, and the highly-acclaimed follow-up, Green Delay, in June 2009. Phronesis features pianist Ivo Neame and US drummer Mark Guiliana. Neame and Hoiby appeared at The Edge in 2009 in Neame’s trio. “Høiby’s full-bodied double bass playing … the bass sounds rich in both melody and sensuous, dancey rhythms on some very fine original themes inspired by Mediterranean, Latin and East European folk music. It’s also the best and most comfortable I’ve heard the Chick Corea/Jarrett-influenced pianist Ivo Neame play… riding on the groove power of bass and drums without sacrificing the underlying melancholy in the themes. Fans of Avishai Cohen or EST would do well to check this one out.” Jazzwise. www.jasperhoiby.com

§ Saturday 27th March • Auditorium
Jazz Notes at the Edge
African Drumming Workshop
2.00 p.m. £7
Appropriate for adults and children (aged 7+).
See notes for 30th January

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Photos from this and other performances available on the Past Events page.