#bristoljazz

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Excited to be playing with @hwaffirmations at @bristoljazzfest @bristol_beacon in May 💥 tickets on sale now… #Repost @hwaffirmations So….who’s got their tickets already? SUNDAY 21st MAY 8-9:30pm Bristol Beacon https://www.bristoljazzandbluesfest.com/hannah-williams/ Check out the full line up of this exceptional festival. Literally every act is sensational so maybe double down and make a weekend of it. Our particular recommendations, made up of Bristol and the south west’s finest creative musicians @nogostop @victoriaklewinmusic @mattbrowndrums.6161 and the mighty @thejazzdefenders We’ve been lucky to work with members of all these acts over the years and they’re beautiful souls as well as world class performers. . #jazz #bristol #bristoljazz #jazzfestival #festival #bristoljazzfestival #livemusic #bassist #bass #bassplayer #music #bassguitar #musician #bassporn #bassplayersunited #bassplayers #instabass #baixonatural #bassgram #fender #baixo #baixista #basslove #bassline #tour #notreble #musician #artist #newmusic #musician (at Bristol Beacon) https://www.instagram.com/p/CqGcTQushEX/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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2020 | Various Artists - New Horizons: A Bristol ‘Jazz’ Sound Worm Discs #wormdiscs #bristoljazz #waldosgift #runloganrun #snazzback #lyrebird #alunelliotwilliams @waldosgift @run_logan_run @snazzback @lyrebird @a.elliottwilliams @wormdiscoclub https://www.instagram.com/p/CE1a2K8pwFJ/?igshid=197lcntmpd5ay

[chinamoses]

• 🖤 28 wonderful souls, Billie, Ray Ellis and I 🖤 • Tonight... One night only I get to sing the iconic Lady In Satin album at the Bristol Blues and Jazz Festival. The venue, St Georges, is beautiful and their food is so delicious. (Yes that is important to mention) Also festivals like this need for the audience to chip in and become year long supporters because it’s a charity based festival. I can’t believe they have me up there with Pee Wee Ellis! Look at the line up! Pinch me. #bristoljazz #dennyilett #rayellis #billieholiday (at St George's Hall) https://www.instagram.com/p/BvW5vO3F_Uz/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1unigjkydc4bj

[jazzsouthuk-blog]

Press release -  Soweto Kinch announced to compere Platform South Showcase - 24 March 2019

Jazz South is delighted to announce that Soweto Kinch will compere the Platform South Showcase during the Bristol International Jazz & Blues Festival. 

Renowned as a jazz broadcaster for the BBC, introducing the Platform South bands reflects the high calibre of jazz talent from across the south that will be performing during the free showcase for the public and promoters. This is an exciting engagement for Jazz South’s inaugural programme to support the development of jazz across the region.

The partnership with Bristol International Jazz & Blues Festival ties in with Soweto’s performance of his own latest album project, Nonagram, on Sunday evening.

Colin Gorrie, Chief Executive of Bristol International Jazz & Blues Festival says:

‘Jazz South offers an important new development for jazz and the music industry in our region, particularly in supporting the range of young, emerging and established talent representing the south. We are delighted to have their first Platform South Showcase as a partner at our Festival, and share their priorities as we both pursue the exciting new directions of the music of the twenty-first century.’

Details and timings for the PLATFORM SOUTH SHOWCASE at COLSTON HALL Sun 24 March 2019 from 12:30-18:30

https://www.colstonhall.org/shows/platform-south-showcase-bristol-jazz-blues-festival-2019/ 

Details and tickets for SOWETO KINCH at WINSTON THEATRE at The Anson Rooms Sun 24 March 2019 from 20:30 - 22:00

http://www.bristoljazzandbluesfest.com/artist-2019/soweto-kinch/ http://www.bristoljazzandbluesfest.com/artist-2019/soweto-kinch/

Notes for editors: Platform South Showcase is a collaboration between Jazz South, Bristol Jazz & Blues Festival and Colston Hall. The event is supported by Arts Council England, Ambition For Excellence fund. 

The Platform South scheme celebrates the best artist talent from the south of England and supports promoters to bring their music to the widest audiences in venues and location across the region. The journey starts with a major festival showcase of selected bands, and profiles a diversity of musicians and jazz styles that the south has to offer.

Jazz South is a programme supporting the development of jazz across the south, hosted and led by Turner Sims Southampton, and supported by Arts Council England and University of Southampton. 

Contact: Tamsin Mendelsohn: [email protected]

Follow us @jazzsouthuk on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram www.jazzsouth.org.uk

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Platform South Showcase & Industry Networking Reception 24 March 2019, Colston Hall, Bristol International Jazz & Blues Festival - Press Release

Jazz South is delighted to announce the showcase times for the bands selected for its inaugural scheme - Platform South.

Taking over the free foyer in Colston Hall, the annual popular event at Bristol Jazz & Blues Festival, Platform South will celebrate the highest quality jazz talent from across the south of England. Six bands represent the region from as far apart as Devon, Bristol, Brighton and Hastings and profile the range of musicians and styles that the south has to offer.

Acclaimed saxophonist Iain Ballamy will present his new south west band IBQT Iain Ballamy Quartet, while Bristol’s emerging We Are Leif perform their own blend of jazz, groove and Neo-Soul. Kate Westbrook’s The Granite Band is a vehicle for her haunting lyrics on the Dartmoor landscape, partnered by Mike Westbrook’s genre-busting score integrating jazz and prog rock. Free-stage foyer audiences will hear spontaneously created instrumental and vocal improvisations by Fourth Page, as well as the upbeat tunes of Hexagonal performing original music and celebrating piano greats McCoy Tyner and Bheki Mseleku. Sara Colman Band will complete the showcase with Sara’s classic song-writing and instinctive improvisational energy.

Jazz promoters and programmers are invited by Jazz South to an industry networking reception at 18:30-19:30 to meet the bands and find out how the Platform South scheme will run, supporting artists and promoters to bring this music to audiences across the region.

Showcase times:

12:30 The Granite Band 13:30 Hexagonal 14:30 Fourth Page 15:30 We Are Leif 16:30 Iain Ballamy Quartet 17:30 Sara Colman Band

Kevin Appleby (Strategic Lead, Jazz South and Concert Hall Manager, Turner Sims Southampton) says: ‘We’ve been delighted with the response to our call out for bands, revealing the high quality of talent that we can celebrate from the south east and south west of England. This is a great start for Jazz South as we roll out our other programmes over the next couple of years’.

Tamsin Mendelsohn (Manager, Jazz South) says: ‘Audiences are going to have a rich and varied afternoon getting a taste of the range of jazz talent from the south. It’s wonderful working in partnership with Colston Hall and the Bristol Jazz & Blues Festival as they support our inaugural programme for Jazz South. We look forward to welcoming promoters and venue programmers to the showcase and to the private networking reception in Colston Hall afterwards. Promoters wishing to attend the networking reception can register via www.jazzsouth.org.uk

Platform South showcase is a collaboration between Jazz South, Bristol Jazz & Blues Festival and Colston Hall. The event is supported by Arts Council England, Ambition For Excellence fund. Jazz South is hosted and led by Turner Sims Southampton, and supported by Arts Council England and University of Southampton. Details of the performance can be found at: https://www.colstonhall.org/shows/platform-south-showcase-bristol-jazz-blues-festival-2019/ Press and promoters can contact :

Tamsin Mendelsohn at [email protected]

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