Jazzwise Summer Festival Gigs at the Bull’s Head, Barnes
26 July to 1 August 2008

Jazzwise teams up again with The Bull’s Head, Barnes to present four special gigs during the week of the Jazzwise Summer School. Top-flight US and British jazz artists are featured, most of them also doubling by day as tutors at the Jazzwise Summer School.

All of the American musicians and most of the British musicians work together as tutors at the Jazzwise Summer School with Jamey Aebersold at Richmond Adult Community College (27 July – 1 August). Over the past two decades this course has fostered enduring musical partnerships between many of these US and British players, resulting in tours and concerts in the US, UK and Europe.

All four gigs are at the The Bull’s Head, Barnes
373 Lonsdale Road, London SW13 9PY
tel: 020 8876 5241

Sat 26 July, 8.30 – 11.00pm
The Corey Christiansen Quintet
Corey Christiansen (guitar); Greg Fishman (tenor sax); Phil DeGreg (piano); John Goldsby (bass); Steve Davis (drums).
Admission: £12.00 (special £10.00 admission for Jazzwise Summer School students)
Acclaimed contemporary US jazz guitarist Corey Christiansen (current album The Awakening) cites Grant Green, Wes Montgomery and John Coltrane among his influences. Tonight he partners with fellow U.S. saxman Greg Fishman, who makes his UK debut.


Monday 28 July, 8.30 – 11.00pm
The Jamey Aebersold Quintet
Jamey Aebersold (alto sax); Pat Harbison (trumpet); Phil DeGreg (piano); John Goldsby (bass);
Steve Davis (drums).
With five great U.S. jazz musicians sparking ideas off each other with imagination and energy, this exhilarating event will leave you on a high for the rest of the week.
Admission: £12.00 (special £10.00 admission for Jazzwise Summer School students)


Wednesday 30 July, 8.30 – 11.00pm
The Terry Seabrook Band
Andy Panayi (saxophones, flute); Mark Bassey (trombone); Terry Seabrook (piano); John Goldsby (bass); Steve Davis (drums)
Admission: £10.00 (special £8.00 admission for Jazzwise Summer School students)
Terry Seabrook, pianist leader of Cubana Bop (latest CD: 'Now Hear This!') leads a stellar lineup which includes two great partnerships – the exuberant front line of Bassey and Panayi and the formidable rhythm section of Goldsby and Davis - and a trio of outstanding jazz composers and arrangers - Seabrook, Bassey and Panayi.


Friday 1 August, 8.30 – 11.00pm
Judy Niemack Quartet
Judy Niemack (vocals); Dan Haerle (piano); John Goldsby (bass); Steve Davis (drums)
Admission: £10.00 (special £8.00 admission for Jazzwise Summer School students)
US jazz vocalist Judy Niemack enchanted the audience her Bull’s Head debut in July a year ago. A colourful improviser and an accomplished lyricist, she has worked with Toots Thielemans, Kenny Barron, Kenny Werner, Joe Lovano and Victor Lewis and her ninth CD as a leader, "Blue Nights" (2007) features Jim McNeely and Gary Bartz. Based in Berlin, Germany, she teaches Voice and Jazz at the Hanns Eisler High School for Music.