Gregson Gig Series #8: Mike Hall & Andy Hulme:

 

On the 23rd June we present Mike Hall and Andy Hulme for the next event in our Gregson Gig Series and we are really looking forward to it. 

Mike Hall is a jazz saxophonist and educator. He began with NYJO, leading to a long association with composer/pianist Michael Garrick including a tour of Malaysia, CD recordings and national radio broadcasts. A member of the London-based Echoes of Ellington Orchestra, he also runs his own quartet and octet, Boplicity. His career has seen him playing with the likes of Wayne Shorter, Bob Mintzer and Bob Brookmeyer.

Highlights have included a week at Ronnie Scott's Club, concerts at the World Saxophone Congress in Slovenia and Strasbourg with Andy Scott's Group S plus features in John Dankworth and Cleo Laine's Christmas Show.

Mike headed Jazz Studies at the RNCM for 25 years and continues to run jazz courses and summer schools in UK and France.

 

Guitarist Andy Hulme has been playing and accompanying musicians around Manchester and Liverpool since the late 1990s. Currently a member of Mike Hall's Boplicity, Andy came onto the North West jazz scene playing alongside Welsh guitarist, Trefor Owen, and has been a long-standing member of the Jamie Brownfield/Liam Byrne Quintet.

Over the years he has played alongside many distinguished musicians, including US guitarists Howard Alden and Jack Wilkins, the UK's John Etheridge and Jim Mullen, and saxophonists Scott Hamilton and Art Themen.

 

Come and join us in the Olive Bar at the Gregson Arts Centre, 35 Moor Gate, Lancaster LA1 3PY

 

Sunday 23rd June, doors 18:30. Entry £10 cash or card on the door.

 

Lancaster Jazz Jam Friday 28th June

 

 

The Jazz Jam is part of Lancaster Jazz Scene. The next Jam takes place on Friday 28th June from 19:30 at the Printroom Cafe Bar located in the historic Storey Building on Meeting House Lane near Lancaster Castle.  Here's more info;

Lancaster Jazz Jam was established in 2017, emerging out of the Orbit Jazz Workshop at Lancaster Community Music Centre. Our aim is to present an inclusive jam session that allows players of all abilities to have an opportunity to play, gain confidence, learn about jazz music, develop performance skills and hear other musicians. At the jam we have a selection of tunes/standards to play and there is music available for C, Bb, Eb and Bass. You can choose which tunes you wish to play on and sign up to be part of the band when those tunes are called. The emphasis is on having fun, supporting each other and enjoying the music. The event is free and non-players are very welcome to come along too. For more information please email lancasterjazzscene@gmail.com or visit 'Jazzjam Lancaster' on Facebook.

 

 

 

 

Jack Yerkess Quartet Post-gig Post

 

 

On Sunday we welcomed the Jack Yerkess Quartet to Lancaster Jazz Scene for their debut gig. The band started with a stylish rendition of Red Clay which set the scene well for a dynamic and varied programme, including an unusually funky Shadow of Your Smile and ending with an energy-infused party version of All of Me. On trombone Jack Yerkess used the full range of the instrument to great effect with technical proficiency and sophisticated sensitivity. Tom Royle’s drums were smart and dynamic and linked with Marcus Schofield on keys and Jonathan Berry on bass to provide some clever builds and breaks that were creative and energetic. Tell Me a Bedtime Story, Black Orpheus and Stars Fell on Alabama were highlights from the second set, a great showcase of the band’s talents leading to an inevitable request for an encore from the supportive and thoroughly-entertained audience. It was special to present the debut gig of this exciting band, we look forward to seeing more of them on the jazz scene in the future.

Don’t miss the next in our Gregson Gig series when we present Mike Hall and Andy Hulme on 23rd June.

 

Lancaster Jazz Jam Friday 24th May

  

The Jazz Jam is part of Lancaster Jazz Scene. The next Jam takes place on Friday 24th May from 19:30 at the Printroom Cafe Bar located in the historic Storey Building on Meeting House Lane near Lancaster Castle.  Here's more info;

Lancaster Jazz Jam was established in 2017, emerging out of the Orbit Jazz Workshop at Lancaster Community Music Centre. Our aim is to present an inclusive jam session that allows players of all abilities to have an opportunity to play, gain confidence, learn about jazz music, develop performance skills and hear other musicians. At the jam we have a selection of tunes/standards to play and there is music available for C, Bb, Eb and Bass. You can choose which tunes you wish to play on and sign up to be part of the band when those tunes are called. The emphasis is on having fun, supporting each other and enjoying the music. The event is free and non-players are very welcome to come along too. For more information please email lancasterjazzscene@gmail.com or visit 'Jazzjam Lancaster' on Facebook.