JazzLeeds celebrates its 15th birthday this September
We have a lot of people to thank for helping us put on some of the best jazz around - and to pick up a couple of jazz awards along the way! We'll be celebrating at the Chapel Allerton Arts Festival on 1st - 4th September with four jazz events to choose from.
The focus is on FUN – we have jazz and dance, jazz and silent movies, the best contemporary music and an open-air Jazz Sunday for all the family.
Let the good times roll!
On Thursday 1 September 7pm at Queens Hall, Immaculate Heart Harrogate Road you can learn to jive and swing dance with the Two Rivers Swing Band and dance tutors from the Swing Cats.
On Friday 2 September at 7pm there will be a screening of Buster Keaton's “In One Week” and “The Boat” with Adam Fairhall on piano, at Seven Arts.
Music has always been present in film event when we can’t hear it. We’ve all seen pictures form the early 20th century with organists or pianists accompanying silent films. Music – be It improvised or scored - can add such a lot to early films. Adam Fairhall is a master at providing a contemporary take on the traditional approach to music for silent films, and he will be heard accompanying two Buster Keaton shorts – “In one Week” and “The Boat”. Adam will also be giving a short talk about the history of musicians accompanying films.
Marco Woolf Sextet with support from Sarah Heneghan will play Seven Arts on Saturday 3 September at 7.30pm.
The best in young northern contemporary jazz. Marco Woolf is influenced by the likes of
Nick Drake and John Martyn, and the music that he makes can prove similarly complex to
categorise. His lyrics have earned him a reputation as a self-evidently skilled storyteller – and
his thoughtful instrumentation too is just as crucial to his compositions. Support is from solo
Sheffield percussionist Sarah Heneghan with “Power Out”.
The birthday celebrations finish in style with Jazz Sunday at the Chapel Allerton Festival on Sunday 4 September on the Regent Street open air stage, with an accent is on jazz and latin music. JazzLeeds have been running this particular part of the festival every year since 2008 and the line up is:
12.30pm Leeds Youth Jazz Rock Orchestra (LYJRO)
1.30 Quinteto Gustavo Andrade
2.30 Louis Louis Louis
3.30 New York Brass Band
4.45 Tempo Feliz T
