Herts Jazz Festival

With Joey DeFrancesco, Georgie Fame, Claire Martin, Robert Mitchell, Paul Dunmall and many more

Herts Jazz Festival 2018 Programme Friday 5 8-10.30 A Tribute To Jazz At The Philharmonic Pete Long – Clarinet, Art Themen, Dean Masser, Simon Spillett – Tenors, Sam Mayne – Alto, Mark Armstrong, George Hogg, Steve Waterman – Trumpets, Ian Bateman, Callum Au - Trombones, Harry Sanke – Guitar, Nick Dawson - Piano, Steve Rose - Bass, Clark Tracey - Drums Saturday 6 10.15-11.00 FILM (Screen 4) Sherlock Jr, (Buster Keaton, 1924). Live musical accompaniment by Gareth Williams. 11.30-12.30 Art Themen 'New Directions' Quartet Art Themen – Tenor/Soprano, Gareth Williams - Piano, Arnie Somogyi - Bass, Winston Clifford - Drums 1-2 Misha Mullov-Abbado Sextet Matthew Herd - Alto, James Davison – Trumpet, Sam Rapley – Tenor, Liam Dunachie – Piano, Misha Mullov-Abbado – Bass, Scott Chapman - Drums 2.30-3.30 Paul Dunmall's Sunship Quartet plus special guest Alan Skidmore Paul Dunmall, Alan Skidmore, Howard Cottle – Reeds, Olie Brice – Bass, Tony Bianco - Drums 4-5 Robert Mitchell Epiphany 3 Robert Mitchell – Piano, Tom Mason – Bass, Saleem Raman - Drums 6.30-7.45 Alan Barnes Octet Alan Barnes, Robert Fowler, Karen Sharp – Reeds, Bruce Adams – Trumpet, Mark Nightingale – Trombone, Dave Newton – Piano, Simon Thorpe – Bass, Clark Tracey - Drums 8.15-10.45 Joey DeFrancesco Quartet Joey DeFrancesco – Organ/Keyboards/Trumpet/Vocals, Troy Roberts – Saxophone, Dan Wilson – Guitar, Michael Ode - Drums Sunday 7 10.15-11.15 FILM (Screen 4) Dreams are Free (Gary Barber, 2013) Documentary on the life and career of Bobby Wellins 11-12 Herts Youth Jazz Ensemble – Bernstein & Beyond Directed by Duncan Fraser 12.30-1.30 Claire Martin/Dave Newton Claire Martin – Vocals, Dave Newton - Piano 2-3 Portrait of the Modern Jazz Quartet Nat Steele - Vibes, Gabriel Latchin - Piano, Dario Di Lecce - Bass, Steve Brown - Drums 3.30-4.45 Gareth Lockrane's Grooveyard Gareth Lockrane - Flute, Alex Garnett - Tenor, Mike Outram - Guitar, Ross Stanley - Piano, Dave Whitford - Bass, Tim Giles - Drums. 5.15-6.30 Jean Toussaint's Young Lions Jean Toussaint – Tenor, Mark Kavuma - Trumpet, Ashley Henry - Piano, Daniel Casimir - Bass, Ben Brown - Drums 8-10.30 Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames Georgie Fame – Vocals/Organ, Alan Skidmore – Tenor, Guy Barker – Trumpet, Anthony Kerr – Vibes, Tristan Powell – Guitar, Alec Dankworth – Bass, James Powell – Drums