Jazz Radio in Bradford - artists submit your work!

As well as running live jazz at JATP in Bradford, for the past few years promoter Martin Powell has also been presenting a jazz radio show called Jazzscene on BCB Radio 106.6fm.

The show features a range of jazz with a particular focus on UK and Continental groups. He is a big supporter of current musicians on the scene and his recent broadcasts have included music by John Bailey, Zeitgeist, Girls In Airports, The Weave, Outhouse and Michael Garrick.

Martin has an open invitation for artists to send their recordings to be broadcast - if you'd like him to play your music (or to request a particular band/song) send him an email at martin.powellATbcbradio.co.uk (replacing AT with @)

More information and a Listen Again function for past shows can be found on the BCB Radio website.

Gig Preview: LOCUS at HEART, November 15th

LOCUS, the collaborative project led by trumpeter Kim Macari and saxophonist Leah Gough-Cooper was launched by in 2012 and the group have since toured the UK, recorded in the US and are now back to perform 5 UK dates including two Northern dates, one at JATP Bradford (7th November) and one at HEART in Leeds (15th November.)

Kim Macari writes...

Leah and I started talking about putting something together about 18 months before we actually did the first gig (being 3,000 miles apart meant a lot of skype and email exchanges). It was always a risk to put a new group together that we thought would work theoretically but not having a chance for some of the band members to play all together until the first gig! That risk paid off and we had a great time on that tour last year.

Since then, Riley and I have been to NYC twice for extended visits, giving us and Leah the chance to record and play through material with some fantastic American musicians and plan our next project.

I'm really looking forward to these upcoming November dates. We've learned a lot about how we all play together and so this time, we are armed with a lot of new material which I think will really play to the bands' strengths. For me, there are certain things about each player that I really love - the way Riley plays over static harmony and build solos, Leah's playing over grooves and hits, the way Sam, Jay and Tom can play over free passages...So I've tried to make sure the material allows each of them to do what they do best.

LOCUS perform at JATP Bradford on the 7th, The Jazz Bar in Edinburgh on the 12th, Glasgow Art Club on the 13th, HEART in Leeds on the 15th and London Jazz Festival on the 16th. 

Apollo Presents: LOCUS Tour, November 2014

Apollo Jazz Network have announced their Autumn tour featuring international collaboration LOCUS.

Following a successful UK tour last summer and following on from a recording project in NYC, the group have five UK dates lined up in November to showcase new material including a date at the London Jazz Festival.

The inception of LOCUS in 2012, as a project to birth brand new music globally and begin the growth of a collaborating platform for some of the UK’s up-and-coming musicians, wouldn’t have been possible without the support of an internationally forward-looking enterprise as Apollo. Performing and working with musicians such as Kim, Riley and members of LOCUS, is a joy not only because their musical stylings are rich and diverse individually but it has brought about the incredibly important factor of community to the table (and an inclusive one at that). Our November tour will be an exciting prelude to 2015 and beyond - Leah Gough-Cooper, alto/co-leader

Trumpeter Kim Macari and tenor saxophonist Riley Stone-Lonergan will spend October in NYC working with Gough-Cooper on new material, which marks the latest in Apollo's international development strand.

Tour Dates

November 7th - JATP, Bradford
November 12th - The Jazz Bar, Edinburgh*
November 13th - Art Club, Glasgow*
November 15th - HEART, Leeds
November 16th - Front Room, Southbank Centre (London Jazz Festival)

*Supported by Bridge Music.

For more information, see Apollo Jazz Network website.

Jazz in Bradford - Autumn/Winter Programme

JATPJazz in Bradford have announced their Autumn/Winter programme which kicks off on 22nd August with the John Fleming Quintet.

At the beginning of 2014, JATPJazz moved to a new venue after a number of years at the Irish Club. Their new home, Glyde House, has proved successful and their newest gig season includes the addition of extra gigs run by the Glyde itself.  This is described as a venture which aims to increase the frequency of jazz in Bradford.

Details of all of the gigs can be found on the JATPJazz website and are listed in short form below. All gigs start at 8.30pm and ticket prices are detailed on the website (JATPJazz gigs are £7/5, ECGJazz gigs vary in price).