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SUMMARY:Martin Speake Quartet
DESCRIPTION:This concert will feature compositions from albums Always A First Time (with Mike Outram and Jeff Williams) and Intention (Ethan Iverson\, Fred Thomas and James Maddren)\n\nMartin Speake alto saxophone/compositions\n\nNick Costley-White guitar\n\nCalum Gourlay bass\n\nDave Storey drums\n\n​Meditative ballads\, trance like grooves\, classical influence\, free improvisation\, minimalism\, jazz standard songs\, Arabic influenced music\, heavy metal guitar\, unaccompanied solos from each player and more are featured in this unique and intimate music.\nMartin Speake is one of the most interesting and rewarding alto saxophonists now playing jazz on any continent.’ Thomas Conrad - Jazz Times\n\nMartin studied classical saxophone at Trinity College of Music. At that time there were no jazz courses in London\, but he met some future jazz musicians at the college\, including pianist Simon Purcell\, saxophonist Mark Lockheart and the members of saxophone quartet Itchy Fingers who were studying at the Royal Academy of Music. He toured Europe\, South America\, Africa and the USA with Itchy Fingers appearing at major jazz festivals and playing on their first two CDs Quark (Virgin Records) and Teranga (Venture). In 1986 they won the Schlitz Young Jazz Musicians of the Year Award\, which was televised by the BBC.\n\nIn 1988\, he left the group to develop his own projects\, which have been many and diverse\, and establish himself as a composer and improviser. Martin is as comfortable playing personal interpretations of the music of Charlie Parker with his quartet\, free improvising with drummer Mark Sanders\, playing standard ballads in duet with Ethan Iverson and Indian music with Dharambir Singh and Sarvar Sabri.\n\nHe has recorded 23 cds under his own name of diverse projects including the internationally acclaimed ECM release Change Of Heart with Paul Motian\, Bobo Stenson and Mick Hutton and Intention (Ubuntu Records) in 2018 with Ethan Iverson\, Fred Thomas and James Maddren.\n\nHe started his own record label Pumpkin in 2007 and has released 11 cds so far. SPARK is an improvised duo with drummer/percussionist Mark Sanders\, TWO NOT ONE a duo with guitarist Colin Oxley playing standard songs. Two albums with Barry Green\, Dave Green and Jeff Williams entitled GENERATIONS and LIVE AT RIVERHOUSE. ALWAYS A FIRST TIME featuring Mike Outram and Jeff Williams in 2013 and in 2014 SOUND CLOUDS with improvising classical pianist Douglas Finch and THE QUIET MIND with Mark Sanders and Oren Marshall. Recent releases are ZEPHYR with violinist\, violist\, singer Faith Brackenbury\, DUOS FOR TRIO - MUSIC OF BELA BARTOK with Matthew Forbes and Phelan Burgoyne. UNQUIET QUIET with Phelan Burgoyne’s trio with Martin and Rob Luft. FEATHERS is the latest release with Alex Maguire.\n\nMartin has also performed with Paul Motian\, Bobo Stenson\, Loose Tubes\, Stan Tracey\, Bhavani Shankar\, Billy Jenkins\, Django Bates\, Bob Wilber\, Conrad Herwig\, Don Weller\, Ronan Guilfoyle\, Alison Bentley\, The Style Council\, Ann Pigalle\, Kadam\, saxophonist John Williams\, Airto Moreira and Flora Purim\, Jim Mullen\, Dave Cliff\, Julian Arguelles\, Ephie Resnick and the Royal Shakespeare Company among others.\n\nHe is lead alto saxophonist in the London Jazz Orchestra conducted by Scott Stroman and has formed THELONIOUS to study and learn all the compositions of Thelonious Monk with valve trombonist/pianist Hans Koller\, bassist Calum Gourlay and James Maddren. His main creative outlets are a trio with guitarist Mike Outram and US drummer Jeff Williams performing original music and Charukesi with tenor saxophonist Alyson Cawley\, guitarist Mike De Souza and drummer Will Glaser playing Indian/Arabic/Turkish inspired groove music.\n\nIn 2018 he continued his musical relationship with Ethan Iverson touring the UK and releasing Intention(Ubuntu) also featuring James Maddren and Fred Thomas.\n\nMartin is a committed jazz educator and in addition to Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance he teaches at the Royal Academy of Music\, Guildhall School of Music and Drama and the National Youth Jazz Collective Summer School. He was external examiner at Birmingham Conservatoire for several years and also taught at Middlesex University.\n\nHe is involved in a British Jazz Oral History project of his own and has interviewed a number of important musicians such as Kenny Wheeler\, Geoff Simkins\, Dave Cliff\, Pete Saberton and many others. These interviews can be read on his website at www.martinspeake.com
URL:https://www.vortexjazz.co.uk/event/martin-speake-trio-2/
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SUMMARY:JazzInc Twilight Sessions
DESCRIPTION:An evening of live music influenced by the Jazz genre.\n\nJazz Inc brings together a community of experienced artists\, with leading Bass player Paul Westwood and his band in the driving seat\, this event promises to be an eclectic mix of jazz improvisation\, fusion and more!!\n\n \n\nLine-up\n\n\nPaul Westwood (bass guitar)\nRob Hervais-Adelman (drums / percussion)\n\nMike Scott- Harding/Singer /Songwriter\n\n\n \nPaul Westwood’s Jazz Fx\nPaul Westwood’s Jazz FX features bass guitarist Paul Westwood and percussionist Rob Hervais-Adelman playing a style of music that includes creative themes\, powerful moods\, and distinctive performances. The group is particularly influenced by jazz\, blues\, rock\, funk\, Latin and world music.\n\n \n                                            Paul Westwood / Bass Guitar\nPaul Westwood is ‘one of the most in-demand bass players of our time’ (Mel Bay). He has worked with a range of well-known musicians such as David Bowie\, Elton John\, George Michael\, George Benson\, Jose Carreras\, Hot Chocolate\, Al Jarreau\, Janet Jackson\, Tom Jones\, Justin Hayward\, Nik Kershaw\, Peter Green\, Andrew Lloyd Webber\, Madonna\, Luciano Pavarotti\, Vangelis\, Wayne Shorter\, Hans Zimmer. His success has made him one of the most sought-after session musicians of the London music scene.\n\n \nRob Hervais-Adelman / Percussionist and Drummer\nRob grew up in South London and studied drum kit and percussion at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance. He has worked with artists and bands including James Arthur\, Lighthouse Family\, Wendy James (Transvision Vamp)\, Isabella Summers (Florence And The Machine)\, Diane Charlemagne (Goldie\, Netsky\, S.P.Y)\, London Contemporary Voices\, Dionne Bennett (Slowly Rolling Camera)\, and Mullaha. Rob has performed internationally and in UK venues including the Royal Festival Hall\, The Southbank Centre\, The Jazz Café\, The Union Chapel\, and festivals including Wilderness\, Boomtown\, Bestival\, Shambala\, and Hop Farm.\n\n \nMike Scott- Harding/Singer /Songwriter\nMike has performed as a session-singer\, both live and in the studio\, for Brazilian-fusion outfit Da Lata\, and for Doo-wop harmony group\, The Extraordinaires (including on Northern Ireland’s ‘Late\, late show’\, and ‘Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekend’ festival\, Las Vegas. As the leader of Soul/Motown group The Tops\, Mike has performed on many elite-line cruise ships for several top companies (including P&O\, Royal Caribbean\, SAGA and Celebrity) throughout Europe\, the Caribbean\, Mexico\, and Australasia.\n\n \n\n[embed]https://soundcloud.com/jazz-inc-uk/mike-scott-harding[/embed]\n\n \n\n \n\n\n\n 
URL:https://www.vortexjazz.co.uk/event/twilight-sessions-at-the-vortex-paul-westwoods-jazz-fx/
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