Gig Guide

16 Christine Tobin’s Big Deal
Millennium Hall, Ecclesall Road, Sheffield

16 Mike Miller Jazz Trio
Chequers Inn, Well, Nr Odiham, Hook, Hampshire, RG29 1TL

16 Eduardo Niebla Experience
Alnwick Playhouse, Northumberland

16 Iain Ballamy's Anorak
Komedia Studio Bar, Gardner Street, Brighton

16 Acoustic Triangle With The Sacconi Strings
Bury St. Edmunds Cathedral, Bury St. Edmunds
Kicking off a new string of UK dates that stretch right through to the Autumn in various beautiful sacred spaces across the UK, Acoustic Triangle are taking their sonic exploration of inspiring buildings to new heights. Formed of Gwilym Simcock, Tim Garland and Malcolm Creese they are joined by six world-class string players including the Sacconi String Quartet, the newly composed original music original subtly uses passages from themes ancient and modern interwoven into a sumptuous jazz-meets-classical hybrid. With three incredible musical polymaths at this band’s core, coupled to the sonorous string section, it’s hard to imagine a more transcendent and uplifting acoustic live experience.

16 Bratsch
Bush Hall, Uxbridge Road, London W12

16 Billy Jenkins Blues Collective
Crossley Gallery, Dean Clough, Halifax
The irrepressible humourist, bowls loving, blues breaker himself struts his ‘sad’ stuff on two dates this month with his hugely talented (if self-effacingly silly) Blues Collective – this is music like you’ve never heard before. The band once more features Dylan Bates on electric violin, Richard 'Homer' Bolton on electric rhythm guitar, Thad Kelly on electric bass guitar and Mike Pickering on drums. Yet the variety and wit of both Billy’s barbed humourous asides and the band’s ability to keep their lopsided free-jazz-meets-blasting-blues barely upright, is a high wire act that is a must see live.

16 Femi Temowo Trio
TSolo Jazz Bar, Norwood Road, London SE24

16 Ian Shaw
Pizza Express Jazz Club, Dean Street, London W1

16 Gwyneth Herbert
Boardwalk, Sheffield

16 Stevie Wonder\'s Birthday Party
Jazz Café, Camden, London NW1

16 Stefan Redtenbacher’s RB Funkestra
606 Club, Lots Road, London SW10

16 Peter Gill & State 51
The Barrington Centre

Ronnie Scott's, Frith Street, London W1
see 30.06.08 Led Bib

Gallery Cafe, Queen’s Theatre, Barnstaple, North Devon,
see 25.06.08 Julia Biel

Charlie Wright's, Pitfield Street, London N1
see 27.06.08

Jazz FM To Return In The Autumn

Radio station Jazz FM will be relaunched later this year as a DAB station. The Local Radio Company, run by Jazz FM former chief exectutive Richard Wheatly has signed a three-year licensing deal with Guardian Radio to run the station GMG bought Jazz FM several years ago, relaunching it as Smooth FM, but retaining the rights to the name.
01.07.08

Vienne Opens with James Brown Tribute, Avishai Cohen and Diana Krall

The French jazz festival season got underway over the weekend with the start of the Jazz a Vienne festival in the small town of Vienne just a stone’s throw away from Lyon. The main concerts take place in the Theatre Antique Roman Amphitheatre that dominates the town. The opening night’s concert was themed around a tribute to James Brown and featured Rose Ann Diamalante and her band and then a fantastic band put together by Pee Wee Ellis and Fred Wesley featuring Cheikh Lo and singer Simphiwe Dana.

30.06.08

Soweto Kinch and the Hypnotic Brass Ensemble Set For Durham Brass Festival

A 15-day celebration of brass-inspired music draws Soweto Kinch and the Hypnotic Brass Ensemble to Durham next month for the genre-defying festival Brass, featuring brass bands, classical brass ensembles as well as folk and jazz groups.

27.06.08