Gig Preview: James Hamilton Jazz Orchestra - 'Covers Suite' at Seven Arts

James Hamilton Jazz Orchestra 
Seven Arts, Chapel Allerton, Leeds
Sunday 31st May
1.30pm

Award-winning composer James Hamilton is bringing his jazz orchestra to Seven Jazz later this month to perform two suites of music, one featuring a host of special guests.

The Yorkshire Suite was commissioned by Jazz Yorkshire and performed by the Doncaster Jazz Orchestra at Seven Arts last year to mark the end of Jazz Yorkshire. The band will perform this suite again in the first half of the concert.

The second half features some brand new music in the form of the Covers Suite. This brings together the jazz orchestra with singers from the Leeds music scene. Seven singers will be featured, with songs being selected by fans on facebook and twitter. The singers are -

Simon Wainwright (Hope & Social)
Simon Fletcher (Hand Made Hands)
David Henshaw (Dancing Years)
Jasmine Kennedy
Dan Lucas (Boss Caine)
Sam Thornton (Louis Louis Louis/King Zepha)
Grant Fennel (Cotton Woolf)

For more information, see the Seven Jazz website.

Gig Preview: Yorkshire Jazz Suite, Seven Arts June 29th

Seven Arts
Sunday 29th June
1pm-6pm
£7/5 (advance purchase is advised)

An afternoon of Jazz is being hosted by Seven Jazz and Jazz Yorkshire as part of Le Grand Depart Fringe Festival, featuring a showcase of Northern Jazz talent.

James Hamilton (Big Band) - Following on from a commission project run by Jazz Yorkshire, James Hamilton will conduct the Doncaster Jazz Orchestra through the premiere of his new work, the Yorkshire Jazz Suite. The suite is described as an hour long take on the Yorkshire landscape and people, with musical influences ranging from Duke Ellington to Kenny Wheeler.

Matt Bourne (Solo Piano) - Pianist and composer Matt Bourne has won countless awards including the Perrier Jazz Award and a BBC Jazz Award for Innovation. His contribution to the UK jazz scene is almost unrivaled and his set will showcase his solo piano talents.

Kim Macari (Sextet) - Since receiving a commission from Seven Jazz in 2011, Kim has gone on to win an Emerging Excellence Award in 2013, study with Ingrid Jensen and Ralph Alessi and tour her transatlantic group LOCUS. In her set, she will be joined by LOCUS bandmates Riley Stone-Lonergan, Sam Leak and special guest from NYC, Leah Gough-Cooper as well as Tom Riviere and Steve Hanley.

Al Wood - Multi-instrumentalist Al Wood has had a profilic career, spending time in the Maynard Ferguson Big Band, running countless groups and working as Deputy Head of Jazz at Leeds College of Music.

Tickets for the event can be booked HERE and booking is advised as it is likely to sell out.