21 St Mary Street – Cardiff CF10 1PL – Tel. 029 20387026 Email: [email protected] Website: www.cafejazzcardiff.com NOVEMBER 2014 MONDAYS 3: DONNIE JOE'S AMERICAN SWING Witty Tunes, Swinging Jazz, Satirical Lyrics, and Poignant Songs. Donnie Joe’s American Swing brings them all together for the best in Swing from the 1930s, 40s, 50s, & 60s. 9.00 pm ADM £3.00 / £2.50 concessions 24: EASY STREET Alex Heavyside flute and vocals, Steve Van Koningsveld and John Clayton guitars, Derek Howells double bass, plus guests. Playing mainstream/ modern jazz. ADM £3/ £2.50 concessions TUESDAYS The Preservation Jazz Society present good-time jazz and swing in the traditional styles of the ’20s and ’30s in a friendly café bar atmosphere. Admission is normally £4.50 (£4.00 members/ £2 students) except *** listings. See www.pjscardiff.co.uk for more info. 4: DJANGO DRAGONS Gypsy Jazz Style form Band led by Stepan Caucheteux 11: SPIKES 5 & DIME BAND Paul Munnery, Jeff Matthews, Sarah Thatcher and Mike Kennedy 18: STEVE GRAHAM’E ELITE SYNCOPATIONSSTEVE GRAHAM'S ELITE SYNC Steve Graham tpt, Tom Whittingham tbn, Phil Blandford pno, Sarah Thatcher banjo/guitar, Steve Davis tuba. 25: THE TITANIC TEAROOM LIVE AGAIN Andy Leggett, Charles Dalgleish, John Gill. Pete Locke and Steve Davis WEDNESDAYS 5: FOLK SESSION Brfm DJ and former member of seminal folk band *firebrand, *Dan James hosts an all comers folk session in the heart of Cardiff jazz. Bring your songs and tunes and perform solo or with support from Dan & friends. Sound reinforcement is available. All styles welcome. Folk in cafe jazz anyone?” ADM £4/ £3 concessions 12: TOMMY XU Popular jazz songs performed by the Chinese singer Tommy XU ADM £4/ £3 concessions 19: JOE NORTHWOOD (TBC) ADM £4/ £3 concessions 26: CHOP IDOLS Chop Idols, a tribute to some of the trumpet greats. Local sparring partners (albeit from different weight divisions) Gethin Liddington and Ceri Williams join forces for an evening of homage to the kings of the trumpet. Greg Evans, Richard West and Donnie Joe Sweeney provide the rhythm. This could get incandescent! ADM £4/ £3 concessions THURSDAYS The best local bands and outstanding touring musicians from around the world take to the stage every Thursday night. Presented by The Cardiff Jazz Society www.cardiffjazz.org or Café Jazz 6: HACKENSACK PROGRAMME Hackensack (double bills) is a monthly event held on Thursdays at Cafe Jazz on St. Mary’s Street, Cardiff. The focus is on the NEW and the FRESH and operates mainly, but not exclusively within the realm of jazz and improvised music. Double bills every month. First Set: GLASSHOPPER Jonathon Chung - saxophone James Kitchman – guitar Corrie Dick – drums The band performs saxophonist Jonathan Chung’s emotionally-sophisticated compositions with reverence and abandon, intricately weaving from moments of sonic bliss to euphoric rock outs. Ever with improvisation at the heart of the performance, the band is unified in it’s aim to reveal the story of each piece within the listeners imagination; each time with fresh twists. Second Set: MISHA MULLOV-ABBADO QUINTET The Misha Mullov-Abbado Quintet is made up of some of the finest, multi-award-winning musicians in London, and under Misha’s direction the group performs his original compositions and arrangements with a broad variety of influences. The band’s repertoire is influenced by a broad spectrum of music in the classical, jazz and pop genres. The music contains chorale-based and contemporary-classical styles that are influenced by Bach and Brahms right through to Stravinsky and Bartok and beyond, and jazz musicians such as Bill Frisell. Misha’s music is also heavily based on swing, funk and other groove-based styles influenced by Ray Brown, Gareth Lockrane and Jasper Høiby, as well as pop giants Stevie Wonder and Earth, Wind & Fire. Matthew Herd - alto saxophone Tom Green - trombone Jacob Collier - piano Misha Mullov-Abbado - double bass Scott Chapman - drums ADM £6/ £5 concessions 13: HEAVY QUARTET A staple of the south wales jazz scene since their formation in 1983, their musical irreverence and eclecticism have endeared them to audiences far and wide. Expect the usual genre busting, unpredictable jazz mix that the eight piece “Quartet” are famous for ADM: £6 / £5 concessions 20: FRASER ALLIBONE QUARTET ADM £6/ £5 concessions 27: ALEX CORLETT SEXTET (TBC) ADM £6/ £5 concession FRIDAYS BLUES NIGHTS Powerful, provocative and usually irresistible - Late night blues sessions every Friday night at Café Jazz. Admission is normally only £4.00 and music starts later, at 10pm. 7: BULLITT BLUES REVIVAL Ross James - Guitar/Vocals Foxx Kamio - Drums Duncan McPhee - Guitar/Vocals Pete Thomas - Keys/Hammond/Vocals Maddy Kiley – Bass 14: DSW South Wales based blues/rock power trio. David Williams - Guitar & Vocals Ross McInch - Bass & Vocals Dane Campbell – Drums 21: GLAS Glas are 3 piece band playing wide range of music including rock n roll, blues, country, soul, country.r n b..50s/60s and much much more www.glasband.co.uk David John - bass/vocals James Oliver - guitar Huw Hannon - drums 28: HIDEWAY TRIO SATURDAYS Resident DJ and great music from the 1950’s up to the present expertly presented with a great atmosphere!!! Every Saturday 10pm until 2.00am. ADM: £2.00