Sloth Racket 'Shapeshifters' tour comes to Leeds, June 26th

Sloth Racket release their second album, Shapeshifters, on 12th June on the Luminous label. To accompany this release, the band are embarking on a 6 date tour of the UK including a gig at Sproggits, the jazz and improvised music night run at Wharf Chambers in Leeds.

Sloth Racket are -

Cath Roberts - baritone saxophone, composition
Sam Andreae - tenor saxophone
Anton Hunter - guitar
Seth Bennett - double bass
Johnny Hunter - drums

From Cath's website...

To launch the album we’re heading out on tour at the end of June, with support from Arts Council England. The tour takes us to some new places, perhaps the most exciting of which is the first ever edition of Listen! in Cambridge. Listen! is being set up by dedicated London jazz scene supporters Carol Garrison and Graham Lee, who have relocated to Cambridge and decided to get their hands dirty setting up a new outpost for adventurous music there. As well as Cambridge we’ll be playing in Bristol and Norwich for the first time, plus returning to Leeds and Brighton to play at Wharf Chambers and Safehouse. To start things off we’ll be doing a set on the Saturday of the second LUME Festival, which presumably you’ve already got your tickets for…

Here’s the tour itinerary, with links to more info on the gigs:

24th June London: IKLECTIK (LUME Festival)
26th June Leeds: Wharf Chambers (presented by Sproggits)
27th June Bristol: The Old England (presented by Pull The Strings)
28th June Brighton: The Verdict (presented by Safehouse)
29th June Norwich: York Tavern (presented by Plink Plonk)
30th June Cambridge: Unitarian Church (presented by Listen!)

Gig Preview: Fusebox Extravaganza at Seven Arts

On Wednesday February 4th, Fusebox will hold an exciting triple-bill at Seven Arts in Leeds. This gig follows on from the afternoon of music to celebrate the life of Fusebox founder Dave Hatfield which took place at Seven Arts on Thursday 29th January.

Tickets cost £8/6 and the evening begins at 7.30pm.

Read on for full line-up...

Take Five Edition X Participants Announced

The eight musicians selected for the 10th edition of Take Five, the professional development scheme run by Serious, have been announced and the group features four musicians with links to the North.

Saxophonist Phil Meadows (Chethams & LCoM Alumnus), violinist Alice Zawadzki (Royal Northern College of Music alumnus), saxophonist Sam Andreae (Manchester based) and vocalist Lauren Kinsella (LCoM Voice Tutor) will take part in a residency and receive specialist support in progressing their musical careers from industry experts.

The full list of participants includes Emilia Martensson (voice), Percy Pursglove (trumpet/bass), Heidi Heidelberg (voice/guitar) and Hyelim Kim (taegum).

Trio Riot nominated in Danish Jazz Awards

Manchester saxophonist Sam Andreae's group Trio Riot have been nominated for two awards in the Danish Jazz Awards this year.

The group, who are on the roster of Efpi Records, are up for New Danish Jazz Act of the Year and Special Release of the Year. The winners will be announced at the ceremony in Denmark on 24th November.

Full information of the nominations can be found HERE (in Danish) and you can find out more about Trio Riot and Efpi Records on their websites.