Jazz North's successful "Northern Line" latest list of bands have just been announced. They give jazz promoters affordable opportunities of booking some of the best bands in the region, while those bands get opportunities to get heard by a wider range of audiences. Most Norvoljazz network promoters - both clubs and festivals - have booked Northern Line bands in previous rounds - they offer a very welcome support to our northern jazz scene.
USHAW ENSEMBLE (Newcastle)
Paul Edis’ was commissioned by Ushaw College and Durham Cathedral to compose for septet – pitching improvisers alongside Northumbrian pipes and violin – melding his forte in modern jazz with traditional music from the north east.
Paul Edis piano / Graeme Wilson flute, clarinet, saxophones / Graham Hardy trumpet / Emma Fisk violin / Andy May Northumbrian pipes / Paul Susans double bass / Rob Walker percussion
www.pauledis.co.uk/performer
PERPETUAL MOTION MACHINE (Leeds/Sheffield)
Double guitars of Sam Dunn and Jamie Taylor, along with doubled-up saxes, add verve to this high-energy sextet blending jazz and rock - but eschewing fusion - with carefully chosen repertoire including Bowie and Peter Gabriel.
Sam Dunn, Jamie Taylor guitars / Ben Lowman tenor saxophone, bass clarinet / Riley Stone-Lonergan tenor saxophone / Garry Jackson electric & double bass / Steve Hanley drums
www.samdunnguitarist.co.uk/perpetual-motion-machine
TIPTOE (Leeds)
Vocalist Alice Higgins with an intimate trumpet-guitar-string bass group playing fresh swinging perspectives of the music of Ella Fitzgerald and Michael Jackson, as well as their own songs in a warm, relaxed vein.
Alice Higgins vocals / Will Blackstone trumpet / Conall Mulvenna guitar / Roz MacDonald double bass
soundcloud.com/tiptoe-official
UBUNYE (Leeds/Huddersfield)
Ubunye (‘one-ness’) unites singers hailing from Kwa Zulu Natal in South Africa (now Huddersfield-based) with gospel and R’n’B players from Yorkshire, in an inspirational blend of jazz, Isigqi - traditional Zulu music - and Afro-pop.
Thandanani Gumede, Nokuthula Zondi-Kamudyariwa, Xolani Mbathe vocals / Dave Evans keyboards / Nik Rutherford guitar / Barry Ricarby electric bass / Alex Wibrew drums
www.fruittreearts.co.uk
DEEP CABARET (Lancaster)
Taking fragments from leftfield pop, African, folk and jazz, channelled through a sextet of instruments rarely heard in jazz (hurdy-gurdy, bagpipes, overtone vocals) and setting found texts from across science, literature and history.
Steve Lewis voice, guitar / Jayson Stilwell overtone vocals / Matt Robinson clarinets / Maja Bugge ’cello / Paul Sherwood hurdy-gurdy, bagpipes / Ben McCabe drums, vocals
www.deepcabaret.co.uk
EARLY NITE (Manchester)
Otto Willberg’s fiery take on the sax-bass-drums trio format, favouring short and snappy tunes in the spirit of punk: free improvisation delivered with humour, melody and fun.
Otto Willberg double bass / Harry Smith tenor saxophone / Alexander Tod drums
www.ottowillberg.com/earlynite.htm
DAN WHIELDON QUARTET (Manchester)
Pianist Dan leads a new band performing his pieces: contemporary European in style, rich in harmony, refined and elegant, their melodies eloquently voiced by the lyrical flugelhorn of Richard Iles.
Dan Whieldon piano/Richard Iles flugelhorn/Gavin Barras double bass/Caroline Boaden drums
www.danwhieldon.com
THE ELECTRIO (Leeds)
Dan Goldman has made a speciality of the Fender Rhodes, centring it at the heart of the blistering, funky driving sound of this tight, magnetic band: progressive, yet with a nod to its historical roots in 70s/80s fusion.
Dan Goldman Fender Rhodes, synthesizers / Hamlet Luton electric bass / Gordon Kilroy drums
www.facebook.com/jd73fanpage/
BIRKETT & FISK PLAY VENUTI & LANG (Newcastle)
A violin and guitar duo celebrating the under-explored work and associated repertoire of two prime exponents of early ’20s/30s jazz: authentic, rhythmic and uplifting, with a warm rapport and infectious energy.
Emma Fisk violin/James Birkett guitar
www.birkettandfisk.com
ARCHIPELAGO (Newcastle)
Faye MacCalman fronts a Newcastle sax-bass-drums trio drawing on garage rock, minimalism and free improvisation: riffs, silence, noise and grooves create a collage of hard-edged blocks of sound that evolve over the performance.
Faye MacCalman clarinet, tenor saxophone/John Pope electric bass/Christian Alderson drums
www.facebook.com/archipelago.fjc
SKELTR (Manchester)
An electrifying new duo in which Sam Healey’s roaring sax lines soar above Craig Hanson’s drum patterns, electronic soundscapes and samples, manipulated live in the moment: a striking, expansive sound with a buzzing energy at its core.
Sam Healey alto saxophone, keyboards / Craig Hanson drums, triggered samples
www.samhealey.com
These Northern Line round 5 bookings open for promoters on Tuesday 2 May 2017 but artists can be contacted immediately. Artists will be available with subsidy support for the touring period 1st September 2017 to 31st December 2018. For more information on the artists or to watch the full video visit the Jazz North website - www.jazznorth.org/northern-line/northern-line-round-5/. Off you go!
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