Music, Photographs and Stories from the Archive in Liverpool, June 18th

On June 18th, there is a special event running at the Open Eye Gallery in Liverpool with photographs, live music and discussion about jazz.

The event is run by the Institute of Popular Music at the University of Liverpool in partnership with LiverpoolJazz and the Open Eye Gallery.

Running from 12 noon until 3pm on Saturday June 18, the event includes an exhibition of items from two of Liverpool's hidden archives, the Institute's Popular Music Archive and the Open Eye Gallery archive, selected and curated by project participants.
Live jazz from the Martin Smith Quartet will soundtrack the afternoon, and the event will close with a public discussion on the meaning of music, photography and materiality in the digital era.
All welcome. The event is free however booking is required. To reserve your place please email aine.mangaoang@liv.ac.uk. 

Visit the Open Eye Gallery or LiverpoolJazz sites for more information.

Leeds Fold Studio Party, October 29th

Recently, a group of jazz musicians in Leeds took over a rehearsal and recording studio. Their aim is to use the space as a hub for creative and improvised music in the North and to provide affordable rehearsal and recording facilities. Spearheaded by composer James Hamilton, Leeds Fold also includes musicians Kim Macari, Will Howard, Jamil Sheriff, Sam Quintana and Kathy Dyson.

Leeds Fold have operated for a few months already, but on October 29th the doors will be opened to all for a party to celebrate the space. There will be a set by the Leeds Fold musicians, a recording of an original christmas song written by vocal outfit the Honeybirds (and mass handbell choir led by James!) and a jam until the early hours.

Attendees can register their place online for free and attendance is on a Pay-What-You-Feel basis at the door (all funds go into the running of the studio). Places are limited so be quick!

For more information on the space, visit the Leeds Fold website or read this article written by Apollo Jazz Network.

On The Snap - Jazz, Film & Crime Fiction

As part of the Sensoria Festival in Sheffield (25th September - 3rd October), there will be a talk by music writer, author and avid jazz fan Brian Case.

Case has a career spanning over 5 decades of writing for publications like NME, Melody Maker, Time Out, Uncut and The Times. Writing about his passions - jazz, film and crime fiction, he developed a strong readership and some rather unusual accolades, like being the first journalists to go on tour with the Sex Pistols.

In this event, Brian Case will be interviewed by the CEO of Film London, Andrew Wooton and will discuss his life and new book, On The Snap.

“His writing was surprising, funny, elusive, erudite, emotionally engaged and all his subjects in this book from Ian Dury to Norman Mailer, from Don McCullin to Tom Waits, the whole gang of motormouths and shutterbugs, junkies and pussy hounds, the witnesses to bebop and Belsen, get a fair hearing and words shaped by acute sensibility.” Richard Williams Melody Maker

The event will be held at Trippets Lounge Bar in Sheffield with tickets priced £5/4. Details on the event and how to buy tickets can be found on the Sensoria 2015 festival website.

Talk Jazz with BASCA...

                                                             BASCA's Jazz Exec Committee

On June 15th, BASCA will host a free event open to jazz composers, musicians and promoters to discuss professional needs and ambitions and how BASCA would be best placed to move forward with their work.

BASCA is totally committed to establishing and maintaining a support network for jazz composers, songwriters, arrangers and lyricists and is keen to regularly host events such as this so we can collectively discuss and offer support for professional concerns, issues and ambitions (Vick Bain: CEO)

With this in mind, we are hosting a forum for jazz composers to collectively discuss professional concerns, needs and ambitions and how we might collectively address, canvas and facilitate them (after an initial welcome from the Chair and brief introductions from the committee) before adjourning to a more sociable drinks reception.

The event takes place at King’s College (Nash Theatre), Strand, London WC2R 2LS and runs from 6pm until 9.30pm. It is free to attend but sign-up is required.

Sign-up at the BASCA website.