Thursday, 15 December 2016

NJN Jazz Advent Calendar - Jamie Brownfield (Dec 15th)



Behind door number 15 is a trumpeter who is currently featured in the Jazz North Northern Line artist roster.

Check out Jamie and his quartet playing the jazz standard Misty - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMD2LDdAWfw

JBQ consists of British Jazz Awards rising star, Jamie on Trumpet. Tom Kincaid on Piano, Ken Marley on Double Bass, and Jack Cotterill on Drums. This fresh and exciting quartet have a vast  range of experience in different styles of music and have come together to play their own mix of  New Orleans street beat, swing & reggae.

The band are heavily influenced by the likes of Harry Connick Jr, Leroy Jones, Clark Terry,Oscar Peterson & Christian McBride, to name only a few. From the original New Orleans Street Beat tunes such as “The Happy Feet Blues” through to our own compositions you can hear the roots of the music we listen to.

The band members have played with such notables as Bruce Adams, Shakin Stevens, Scott Hamilton, Alan Barnes, Digby Fairweather… Playing all over the world from Europe, to Scandinavia, and as far as the US!

The band have a residency, and perform once a month at Matt & Phreds Jazz Club, Manchester.



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