John Bennett’s band did some more recording for an eventual album in a fairly well-known studio in Maida Vale. It seems incredible now that we did a week at Ronnie Scott’s decades ago. But there’s life in the old tunes yet.
Roland Perrin’s Blue Planet Orchestra did a great gig at The Elephant Inn, Finchley. Let’s hope this is the start of a new phase. Some video will emerge to charm the planet at some point.
It was good to rejoin Sugarfoot Strut in the Morden Arms for a few afternoons last month and see some old faces again.
This month sees the launch of another book, Marinets, which presents a collection of very compact poems called marinets, which have maritime or aquatic themes. This is all enhanced by a selection of photographs by Hilary Morton. Given the contents, an ideal place to launch the book seemed to be Hull, and this has also brought other musical adventures in the same week.
There will be the first ever joint performance by The Blowpipes and Click Beetle, who will also play in combination to finish the gig. All the music will be original pieces.
With Jim Higo helping us out with the Hearing Things project, more original music will be played by me and Gary Hammond for the book party, and Friday’s gig in Beverley will present a completely different set of originals.
If you can help to spread the word, we’d be grateful.
Here are the PDF posters for the Hull events:
There are also some square JPEGs in the listings below, for social media use. Thank you!
GIGS
Merch available at all these events!
Saturday 4th May
Roberto Pla Latin Ensemble + Adria Godfrey
Haute Vallee School
Jersey
Monday 6 May, 20:00 doors, 20:30 start
Mick Collins Legacy Jazz Orchestra
Sundridge Park Working Mens Club and Institute
134 Burnt Ash Lane, Bromley BR1 5AF
Wednesday 8 May, 19:00 start
improvising ensemble:
Gabriel Keen : keyboard
Mark Roberts : percussion
Paul Taylor : trombone
Lu Edmonds : cumbus
Mike Walter : saxes, synthesizer
13 Pearson St., London E2 8JD
near Hoxton Overground Station
Friday 10 May, 18:00 – 21:00
Trombone Poetry (short set) + sundry turns (poetry, songs)
Rotherhithe Voices
Deli Felice
40 Albion Street
Rotherhithe SE16 7JQ
free admission
Saturday 11 May, 13:00
Roberta Pla Latin Jazz Ensemble
4a Station Way
London SE15 4RX
Thursday 16 May, 19:30 ?
Roberta Pla Latin Jazz Ensemble
99 High Holborn, London WC1V 6LF
Friday 17 May 20:00
Harry Strutters Hot Rhythm Orchestra
The Stables
Stockwell Ln, Wavendon
Milton Keynes MK17 8LU
Saturday 18 May, 13:00
Roberta Pla Latin Jazz Ensemble
4a Station Way
London SE15 4RX
Sunday 26 May, 16:00
Sidmouth International Jazz & Blues Festival
Tuesday 28 May, 20:00
Hulljazz
The Blowpipes Trombone Trio with Jonny Enright and Paul Sharpless
Click Beetle with Gary Hammond, percussion and Dan Edwards, guitar
Goodfellowship Inn, Cottingham Road HU5 4AT
Thursday 30 May, 19:00
Hearing Things / Book Party for new book Marinets
Trombone Poetry + Gary Hammond + Jim Higo
Ground Gallery
60 Beverley Road
Hull HU3 1YE
Friday 31 May, 20:15
Paul Taylor with The Jazzmakers Collective
Jenni Molloy : bass / Sean Miller : piano / Chris Sykes : drums
Lairgate Hotel
30-34 Lairgate, Beverley HU17 8EP