HULL JAZZ FESTIVAL 25TH SUMMER EDITION11-15 JULY 2017 AT HULL TRUCK THEATRE, FRUÏT, KARDOMAH94

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30th June to 2nd JulyCitywide venuesFree (ticketed)Tickets from hull2017.co.uk/newmusicbiennial

Friday 30th JuneAnna Meredith & South Bank SinfoniaSimon Holt &BBC Philharmonic OrchestraGavin BryersMica Levy & BBC Philharmonic OrchestraDaniel Elms

Saturday 1st JulyRay LeeLaurence CraneErrollyn WallenEmily HallHannah PeelJames McVinnie & DarkstarEliza CarthyGoGo Penguin

Sunday 2nd JulyMark Simpson Jason Singh & Anne MartinJocelyn PookPeter EdwardsPhilip Venables, David Hoyle & London SinfoniettaBrian Irvine & Jennifer WalshSam Lee

PRS Foundation’s New Music Biennial:A Free Festival of New Music

Hull plays host to a celebration ofnew music from an impressiveline-up of talented UKcomposers. Taking place acrosstwo festival weekends in July2017, in Hull and at London’sSouth Bank Centre and broadcastby BBC Radio 3, explosions ofsound will erupt across Hull CityCentre in a series of bite sizedperformances.

Are you ready for Hull Jazz FestivalSummer Edition? 2017’s a big year for usas we celebrate our 25th anniversary,coinciding with Hull UK City of Culture2017.

We’re getting the birthday celebrationsunderway in July with a line-up featuringthe best in international, national andlocal talent. New Yorker DonnyMcCaslin appears with his band, whocollaborated and played on DavidBowie’s final masterpiece Blackstar.Britain’s best known saxophonist,Courtney Pine, performs tracks from hisnew project Black Notes from the Deep,featuring special guest vocalist, UK soulstar Omar. And, representing the newsound of the Parisian Gyspy Jazz scene,we’ve got guitarist Sébastien Giniaux,supported by The Grimaldi Quartet.

Rising stars of the London jazz scene,Binker & Moses and Nérija perform inHull for the first time and we’ve gotspecial anniversary gigs from localfavourites Snake Davis, Ain’tMisbehavin’, Bud Sugar and ChieduOraka. Plus, a performance of PaulTaylor’s Jazz in Hull: People & Placessuite, dedicated to the local performerswho encouraged him early in his career.

Outside of the Festival, we’re thrilled tobe producing GoGo Penguin’s newcommission for the PRSF New MusicBiennial, premiering in Hull and theRoyal Festival Hall this July. Seeopposite for details.

Check out the full programme, in thisguide and on our website, to discoverthe great artists heading to Hull for thisyear’s Festival.

J-Night is proud to bepresenting a new commissionfrom GoGo Penguin, inspired byBasil Kirchin’s work, as part ofthis event.

www.newmusicbiennial.co.uk

PRSforMusicFoundation#NMB17Hull Jazz Festival is produced by J-Night. For the latest news about all J-Night shows please visit www.jnight.org

GoGo Penguin

Wednesday 12th July 7.30pmFruït, Humber Street, HullTickets: £7 (£5 students and under-26s) from Hull Box Office

The Hull SoundBud SugarChiedu OrakaBouncy, vibey and joyous to the core, Bud Sugarare one of the most creative bands on Hull’smusic scene, seamlessly fusing catchy hooks andmelodies with socially conscious lyrics packedwith their trademark sense of humour. Bax, LiveLans, Stan, Dyl and Reason describe themselvesas agents of excitement - their live shows neverdisappoint.

Championing Hull’s urban scene, Hull’s ChieduOraka is an artist who’s not defined by any onegenre of music and describes his music as thesound of Northern working class England. HeAppears with DJ Joe the Third from theLockdown Collective.

African Stories in Hull & East Yorkshire projectwww.africansinyorkshireproject.com

Wednesday 12th July 8pmHull Truck TheatreTickets: £12.50 from Hull Truck Theatre

Hull Hot Club Legends reform for 2017

Ain’tMisbehavin’Joe Martin - violin and vocal Steve Pinnock - solo guitar Samantha Thompson - clarinet and vocalNigel Bartram - pianoPete Jack & Richard Scott - rhythm guitarsand vocal Stephen Lee - double bass

A long overdue reunion show for one ofHull's most popular jazz bands, 25 yearsafter their meteoric reign as the North's topswing outfit. Celebrating a career thatculminated with a performance at theMontreux Jazz Festival, this legendary localline up take us on a joyful romp through1930s/40s dance party sounds, inspired bythe Hot Club de France.

Tuesday 11th July 7.30pmHull Truck TheatreTickets: £20 from Hull Truck Theatre

Snake Davis Classic Sax Solos

Snake Davis - sax Gareth Moulton - guitar & vocals Paul Birchall - keyboards Bryan Hargreaves - drumsSimon Goulding - bass

As the sax man on over 400records and many classic hits,Snake's worked with some ofthe world’s biggest acts,including Take That, GeorgeMichael, Ray Charles and ofcourse, M People.

In this upbeat, highlyentertaining show, Snake andhis band perform classics likeBaker Street, Harlem Nocturne,Pink Panther and his own solosfrom Million Love Songs,Moving on Up, Search for theHero and Change. Along theway he'll also let us in tofascinating facts and insightsinto the music we already know and love.

Sultry sax, searing sax,screaming sax, sexy sax, soulfulsax - this show has it all.

“ A virtuoso saxophonist” The Daily Telegraph

Snake Davis Classic Sax Solos also plays York Theatre Royal on Friday 7 Julywww.yorktheatreroyal.co.uk01904 623568

Two shows showcasing

local Hull talent

Thursday 13th July 8pmHull Truck TheatreTickets: £20 from Hull Truck Theatre

David Bowie’s final musical collaborator on Blackstar

Donny McCaslin

Donny McCaslin - saxJason Lindner - keyboardsTim Lefebvre - bassMark Guiliana - drums

McCaslin’s been a talked-about presence in New Yorkjazz circles since the early1990s, when he was playingwith Gil Evans and in thefusion group Steps Ahead,and beginning his longassociation with MariaSchneider. With 11 albumsand three Grammynominations under his belt,he became a householdname in 2016 when hecollaborated with DavidBowie on what was to behis final album, Blackstar.

McCaslin’s music isambitious but accessible.It’s unapologetically thework of someone who grewup listening to rock on theradio. And with recentalbums including covers ofAphex Twin and Boards ofCanada, he’s bringinginfluences from electronicmusic into the mix too. Thisis the new face of jazzfusion, following in thefootsteps of pioneers likeWeather Report and HerbieHancock’s Headhunters.

Early booking advised.

“…he creates anundeniably powerfulsound, aided, in part, bysuperhuman drummerMark Guiliana.”The Quietus

“what really made thisnight something specialwas the sheer passion withwhich the music wasattacked – anger and joyburst forth in equalmeasure.” Jazzwise

“This is the powerfulleft-field New York jazz

band that played on DavidBowie’s Blackstar. DonnyMcCaslin’s dedication toBowie represents thatniche of rock and hip-hop-influenced jazz. A formidable set with adarkly seductive power.”The Guardian

Saturday 15th July 6pm Hull Truck StudioTickets: £12.50 (£6 students and under-26s) from Hull Truck Theatre

MOBO Award Best Jazz Act 2015

Binker andMosesBinker Golding - sax and Moses Boyd - drums

Tenor saxophonist Binker Golding and drummerMoses Boyd are among the freshest new forcesto emerge in British jazz.

In just 2 years, the fiery duo have won a loyalfollowing for their intense, hypnotic live show.Their debut album Dem Ones was released in2015 to critical acclaim and saw them pick up theMOBO Award for Best Jazz Act. Their successcontinued into 2016, when they were awardedBreakthrough Act of the Year and UK Jazz Act ofthe Year at the Jazz FM Awards.

Friday 14th July 8pm Kardomah94Tickets: £10 (£6 students and under-26s) from Hull Box Office

Paul TaylorJazz in Hull People & Places Jazz SuitePaul Taylor - trombone, Peter Elsdon - piano, JohnMarley - bass, Alan Drever-Smith - drums, MattSmith - sax and Gary Hammond - percussion

Jazz trombonist, composer and poet Paul Taylorfirst began playing jazz in Hull in the 1970s.Encouraged by many local musicians and bandleaders, he was active on the Hull music scene forseveral years before moving to London, where hisreputation soon developed.

In recent years, he’s performed with Loose Tubes,Roberto Pla’s Latin Ensemble and the Mingus BigBand. His Jazz in Hull: People & Places Suite is atribute to the local performers who encouraged himand to the venues where they played.Jazz in Hull is presented in association with Hulljazz and withthanks to Dave Ellis. It was originally commissioned by HumberMouth in 2014.

This performance of Jazz in Hull: People & Places is dedicated to thememory of Ken Ford.

Friday 14th July 8pmHull Truck StudioTickets: £12.50 from Hull Truck Theatre

Sébastien GiniauxTrio plus TheGrimaldi QuartetSébastien Giniaux - guitar, MathieuChatelain - guitar and George Berrills - bass

Steve Aston - guitar, Matt Holborn - violin,George Berrills - bass and Elis Davies - guitar

French guitarist Sébastien Giniaux is one ofthe most renowned of the new generation ofplayers inspired by Django Reinhardt.Expect Jazz Manouche (gypsy jazz) at itsvery best, with flavours of Balkan music andcontemporary jazz.

The Grimaldi Quartet is the creation ofcomposer Steve Aston, formed in 2012 as anoutlet for his compositions based on thegypsy jazz waltzes of Matelo Ferre andavante garde compositions of the 20thcentury. Features Hull-born Matt Holborn onviolin.

Saturday 15th July 3pmHull Truck StudioTickets: £12.50 (£6 students and under-26s) from Hull Truck Theatre

Nominated for Jazz FMBreakthrough Act 2016

Nérija

Sheila Maurice-Grey - trumpet, RosieTurton - trombone, Cassie Kinoshi -alto sax, Nubya Garcia - tenor sax,Shirley Tetteh - guitar and Inga Eichler - bass

Taking influences from jazz, hip hop,township and afro beat, Nérija areblazing a trail for women in jazz. Theirunusual line-up of four horns and guitargives them their distinctive, fresh andcurrent sound. Already firm favouriteson the festival scene, with performancesat Latitude, A Love Supreme,Manchester Jazz Festival and the EFGLondon Jazz Festival.

Two shows continuing our

mission to bring theUK’s most exciting

young jazz actsto Hull

Saturday 15th July 8.30pmHull Truck TheatreTickets: £23 from Hull Truck Theatre

Courtney Pine presents Black Notes from the Deepfeaturing special guest vocalist Omar

Courtney Pine - tenor saxophone/EWIOmar Lye-Fook - vocalsRobert Mitchell - piano/organRobert Fordjour - drumsVidal Montgomery - bass

Multi-instrumentalist Courtney PineCBE is a British-born Jazz Giant. In the80’s he was one of the first blackBritish jazz artists to make a seriousmark on the music scene when his firstalbum made the top 40. Since then,he’s had numerous BBC Jazz Awardsas well as MOBOs and a MercuryMusic Prize nomination and he’sremained at the forefront of UK jazz.

For his latest project, Black Notes fromthe Deep, he returns to the tenorsaxophone for the first time in 10years. The album also sees himcollaborate with UK soul star Omar,whose 1992 hit singleThere’s NothingLike This established an instantlyrecognisable sound that's earned himwidespread critical acclaim and seenhim collaborate with the likes ofStevie Wonder, Erykah Badu, CarleenAnderson and Angie Stone.

Join us for a very special evening thatsees two legends of the UK jazz andsoul scenes performing originalmaterial together for the first time.

“In a class of his own” The Times

“The saviour of British jazz” The Independent

“Nothing short of breath-taking” The Telegraph

Tickets on sale in late March

HULL JAZZ FESTIVAL WINTER EDITION 10 - 18 NOVEMBER 2017 AT HULL TRUCK THEATRE , HULL CITY HALL, FRUÏT AND KARDOMAH94

Saturday 11 November 7.30pm Hull City HallTickets £25 - £35 from Hull City Hall

An evening withPat MethenyWinner of 20 Grammy Awards, guitarist PatMetheny is making a special visit to Hull JazzFestival as part of his 2017 world tour, and tocelebrate Hull UK City of Culture 2017 andHull Jazz Festival’s 25th anniversary.

With the release of his first album, BrightSize Life, in 1975, he reinvented thetraditional jazz guitar sound for a newgeneration of players. Over the years, he’sperformed with artists as diverse as SteveReich, Ornette Coleman, Herbie Hancockand David Bowie and he was recentlyinducted into the Downbeat Hall of Fame asits youngest member, and only the fourthguitarist (joining Django Reinhardt, CharlieChristian and Wes Montgomery). Methenywill present a range of music fromthroughout his career.

International Jazz Day 2017

Produced for International Jazz Day by theUniversity of Hull School of Drama, Musicand Screen in association with J-Night

Sunday 30 April 7.30pm Middleton Hall University of HullTickets £14 (£6 students) Tickets from www.culturenet.co.uk

Thomas Gould:violin & GwilymSimcock: piano

We’re celebrating UNESCO InternationalJazz Day with an exhilarating genre-bendingconcert. Gould and Simcock, both wellknown in their respective fields of classicaland jazz, explore the intersections betweenclassical and jazz. Drawing on Sonatas forViolin and Keyboard by J. S. Bach, as well asother arrangements by Simcock (‘a creativegenius’ according to Chick Corea), this will bea wonderful exploration of Bach’s influenceand music.

Programme to include:Bach: Sonata for violin and keyboard 1 in Bminor, BWV 1014Bach: Sonata for violin and keyboard 4 in Cminor, BWV 1017Bach: arr. Simcock, Wachet Auf, ruft uns dieStimme, BWV 645Bach: arr. Simcock, Jesus bleibet meineFreude, BWV 147

1-3pm: Masterclass/workshop. Observers welcome

Other artists lined up for November include Arun Ghosh, Andy Sheppard, The Breath, Stuart McCallum and Michel Janisch

Saturday 18 November 5pmHull Truck TheatreTickets £12.50 (£6 students and under-26s) from Hull Truck Theatre

Nu CivilisationOrchestra Directed by Peter EdwardsA Journey with the Giants of Jazz (world premiere)With young people from Hull and East Riding1917 was a defining year for jazz, with the birth ofsome of its most influential artists: TheloniousMonk, Dizzy Gillespie, Ella Fitzgerald, TaddDameron, Buddy Rich and Mongo Santamaria.Peter Edwards conducts the Nu CivilisationOrchestra for the premiere of his latest commission,A Journey with the Giants of Jazz, which takes as itsstarting point motifs from six works associated withthese jazz icons. The commission will be precededby performances of the six works by young peoplefrom Hull and East Riding schools.

Presented in partnership with Tomorrow’s Warriors and Hull MusicHub Generously supported by PRS Foundation’s New MusicBiennial.

Also coming up in 2017…

Thomas Gould

Peter Edwards

All details correct at time of printing. J-Night reserves the right to change the programme if circumstances dictate.For general information about J-Night and Hull Jazz Festival please visit www.jnight.org.

J-Night principal funders: J-Night is supported by:

Hull Truck 50 Ferensway, Hull HU2 8LB www.hulltruck.co.uk 01482 323638

Kardomah94, 94 Alfred Gelder St, HullHU1 2ANwww.kardomah94.com 01482 317941

Fruït, 62 Humber Street, Hull HU1 1TU www.hullboxoffice.com01482 221113

Venue guide

Festival ticket offersSaturday Saver: see all 3 Saturday shows at Hull Truck for £35 when booked in advance.

Festival Saver ticket: see any 3 Hull Truck shows for the price of 2 (book 3 shows inadvance at the same time and get the cheapest ticket free)

Under 26s and students: see all 3 Saturday shows at Hull Truck for £12 when booked inadvance and selected festival shows for £6 each where indicated

Please note that the above offers aren’t available to buy online and must be booked via the HullTruck Theatre box office on 01482 323638 or in person.

The Fantastic Names of Jazz - Hayden Carruth (1921 – 2008)

Zoot Sims, Joshua Redman,Billie Holiday, Pete Fountain,Fate Marable, Ivie Anderson,Meade Lux Lewis, Mezz Mezzrow,Manzie Johnson, Marcus Roberts,Omer Simeon, Miff Mole, SisterRosetta Tharpe, Freddie Slack,Thelonious Monk, Charlie Teagarden,Max Roach, Paul Celestin, MuggsySpanier, Boomie Richman, PanamaFrancis, Abdullah Ibrahim, PianoRed, Champion Jack Dupree,Cow Cow Davenport, Shirley Horn,Cedar Walton, Sweets Edison,Jaki Byard, John Heard, Joy Harjo,Pinetop Smith, Tricky SamNanton, Major Holley, Stuff Smith,Bix Biederbecke, Bunny Berigan,Mr. Cleanhead Vinson, Ruby Braff,Cootie Williams, Cab Calloway,Lockjaw Davis, Chippie Hill,And of course Jelly Roll Morton.Copyright 2001 Reprinted by J-Night with the permission of Copper Canyon Press upon the 25th anniversary of HullJazz Festival 1993 – 2017

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