• JAZZ AT INKWELL

    In collaboration with JazzLeeds

Sunday Jazz Cafe

Teaming up with JazzLeeds means Sunday afternoons at Inkwell are a great way to wind down your weekend. With top jazz musicians performing live in our art space, we serve great coffees and tasty simple meals during the sessions. Seven jazz is an independent voluntary music provider based in Chapel Allerton run by volunteers and music lovers.

MORE DETAILS

Website: www.jazzleeds.org.uk with links to our Facebook, Twitter and Instagram pages.
Tickets: www.ticketsource.co.uk/jazzleeds
Contact us:  [email protected]

Address: c/o JazzLeeds 11 Gledhow Park Drive, Leeds, LS74JT

JazzLeeds registered Charity Number 1178875.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
JAZZLEEDS acknowledge the support and help we receive from Leeds City Council, Leeds Inspired, Jazz North, Arts Council England, [email protected], Seven Arts and Inkwell. We are a member of NorVolJazz – the Northern Voluntary Promoters Jazz Network – blog http://northernjazz-live.blogspot.co.uk/ or website www.norvoljazz.org

2019 Programme

May Jazz Jam

Sun 19th May at Inkwell

Come down and enjoy the fun!

Doors Open 1.30pm
£7 / £5 concs ( Free to performers)

Kalpadruma

Sun 15 Sept at Inkwell

Kalpadruma is a jazz quintet led by Asha Parkinson. It was recently formed to explore connections between contemporary, jazz, Indian, Arabic, Turkish and Flamenco music. The Kalpadruma* Suite is a six-movement work bringing together all these influences. It’s a culturally and stylistically diverse band (jazz quintet, flute, bass clarinet, trumpet, saxophone feature alongside a string quartet with occasional Bansuri flute. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=k1TUL04ZeBE

Doors Open 1pm
Music 1.30pm -4pm
Tickets £9/7 concessions, under 25’s £5, kids under 16 free

Alison Rayner’s ARQ

Sun 13th Oct at Inkwell

Bassist Alison Rayner’s band ARQ play ‘songs without words’ and are known for their vibrant, communicative performances. Their combination of richly nuanced compositions with folk-infused grooves, skilful musicianship and a love of improvisation, creates a compelling and coherent whole.

“ARQ bring to the stage a musical bond that is expressed in such fun and joyful moments that it is a pleasure to be in the room with them. Jazz of the highest quality.”  Phil Rose, Birmingham Jazz

Line- up:  Alison Rayner – double bass, Buster Birch – drums, Deirdre Cartwright – guitar, Diane McLoughlin – saxophones, Steve Lodder – piano

Doors Open 1pm
Music 1.30pm -4pm
Tickets £9/7 concessions, under 25’s £5, kids under 16 free

Cathy Ibberson Quartet

Sun 27th Oct at Inkwell

Cathy is a talented singer with the “Soul Surgeons” and “Mojo 78 Big Band”. She’ll be entertaining us with her band including Will Powell guitar, Steve Crocker bass, Steve Mullarky drums

Doors Open 1pm
Music 1.30pm -4pm
Tickets £9/7 concessions, under 25’s £5, kids under 16 free

Ingi Bjarni Trio

Sun 3rd Nov at Inkwell

Ingi Bjarni Trio brings together three active musicians from Iceland and the Faroe Islands. The members of the trio are: Ingi Bjarni Skúlason from Iceland on piano, Bárður Reinert Poulsen (The Fjords, Espen Berg Trio) from the Faroe Islands on bass and Magnús Trygvason Eliassen (ADHD, amiina) from Iceland on drums. The trio has played at festivals like Young Nordic Jazz Comets, VetrarJazz, Copenhagen Jazz Festival, Reykjavík Jazz Festival, and more.

“Ingi Bjarni’s creativity is to be admired, and his bassist and drummer have clear empathy with his writing. This is emotionally-conceived piano trio music to focus on and savour – London Jazz News “Ingi Bjarni fluidly melds the extreme landscapes of his native Iceland with an innate, resilient melodies that shift like a slideshow of the wild Icelandic terrain.” – All About Jazz

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBChuMS4Mq0

http://www.ingibjarni.com/ingi-bjarni-trio/

Doors Open 1pm
Music 1.30pm -4pm
Tickets £9/7 concessions, under 25’s £5, kids under 16 free

Helen Pillinger’s “Ysbryd”

Sun 17th Nov at Inkwell

Ysbryd is an exciting new project from saxophonist Helen Pillinger. Helen has gone back to her Welsh roots (her band contains a harp, of course…) to explore the links between jazz and folksong and the use of improvisation in both styles. Music to please both your mind and soul. .The concert forms part of our Women in Jazz autumn season

Helen is a Manchester-based saxophonist specialising in tenor and alto. Born into a musical family, Helen did not take up music until her early twenties. After establishing herself as a player, she soon secured places studying at Leeds College of Music and then Salford University. Helen has played with bands such as the Hilary Step Saxophone Quartet, M6, Ain’t Misbehavin’ and the piano and saxophone duo Counterpoint. Helen also works as an instrumental teacher in schools across Greater Manchester. More recently Helen has been studying Dalcroze at the RNCM.

Helen Pillinger on tenor saxophone, Helena Summerfied on soprano saxophone, Maddy Herbert on harp, Dave Tompkins on double bass and Phil Bennett on drums

Doors open 1pm – Start time 1.30pm

Tickets £9/7 concessions £5 for 25 and under – at the doors or online here https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/jazzleeds/helen-pillinger-s-ysbryd/e-zgydll

Inkwell Kim Macari

Sun 1st Dec at Inkwell

“Kim is one of the young players who will promote jazz and push it to its limit. Her energy is boundless.” – Duncan Lamont

Originally from Fife, Scotland and now based in London, Kim Macari is a musician and composer immersed in the jazz and improvised music scene. Whether as a performer, teacher or a producer, her passion lies in the strength of improvised music as a means of expression and a form of empowerment and freedom. Seeing sound

Doors Open 1pm
Music 1.30pm -4pm
Tickets £9/7 concessions, under 25’s £5, kids under 16 free

Christmas Jazz Cafe and Jam session

Sun 15th Dec at Inkwell

£7/5 (free to performers)

Come along and sing/play at out special Christmas jam session – or just enjoy the music and listen to the Jazz Voices Choir and Workshop Band

More Jazz Workshops and Sessions….

THE JAZZ VOICES CHOIR
Meets fortnightly on Mondays @Inkwell 7-9pm with Tessa Smith (Spring) and Nicki Allan (Summer) £6

THE JAZZ LEEDS WORKSHOP
Fortnightly on Sundays @Inkwell 10-12pm with Dom Moore and Tom Sharp. £10/£8

If you want to sing or learn to play jazz contact us on [email protected]