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Contents

Welcome....................................................................................5Vipertime....................................................................................6Youth Jazz Night........................................................................7Jazz North’s northern line showcase.........................................8Camilla George........................................................................13Jazz Breakfasts.......................................................................15Jazz North Introduces..............................................................16Casper Hatlestad.....................................................................17Tebu Project............................................................................18Maja Bugge ‘NORTHERN’.......................................................19The Storey Triple Bill...............................................................20Tom Ridout Quintet..................................................................23Kinkajous.................................................................................24Serendip..................................................................................25Weezy Jefferson & The Band..................................................26Vula Viel...................................................................................27Vicente Magalhães Quartet.....................................................29Jacky Naylor ‘Industrial’...........................................................30About Time Band.....................................................................31Sloth Racket............................................................................32Arthur O’Hara Trio...................................................................33Luca Brasi Four featuring Gaia................................................34Emma Johnson’s Gravy Boat..................................................35Awalé.......................................................................................36Led Bib.....................................................................................37Quay Fringe.............................................................................39Artist Development Day...........................................................39Printroom.................................................................................403

Jam Session............................................................................40Bookings..................................................................................41Full Listings..............................................................................44Thanks to.................................................................................46

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Welcome

Hello and welcome to the ninth Lancaster Jazz Festival. Following on from overwhelming responses from last year we’ve expanded the festival again to bring even more excellent and exciting jazz and contemporary music to Lancaster.

We’re kicking it all off with the Festival Launch at Lancaster Brewery on Wednesday 11, holding another excellent Youth Jazz Night on Thursday 12, and on Friday 13 we’ll be hosting the Jazz North northern line showcase day - adding an extra day of performances in Sun Square - before heading back to Lancaster Brewery in the evening for our first headline performance. Saturday 14 and Sunday 15 are packed out with performances in Sun Square, The Hall and the Storey finishing both days with headline performances at the Dukes.

It’s going to be another great festival and we hope to see you there!

- The Lancaster Jazz Festival Team

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Vipertime2019 Festival Launch

Wed 11 / 7.30pm / Lancaster Brewery

Ben Powling tenor saxophone, flute Matias Reed bass guitarCharlie Grimwood drums, percussion Luke Reddin-Williams drums, percussion

Where Lancaster BreweryWhen Wed 11 Sep,

7.30pm doors,8.30pm performance

Duration 1hr 30mins, no intervalTickets Free

Presented in partnership with Lancaster Brewery and Help Musicians UK

Born out of the snake-pit of Leeds house parties and now released into the wild, Vipertime draw on the mesmeric forms and harmonies of 1970s ethno-jazz. Refracting this influence though post-punk, '60s garage, free jazz and afrobeat they create irrepressible improvised music for the dancefloor. Forming in early 2018 as a free improvising group, the band recorded the ‘All Our Heroes Are Dead’ EP which received widespread radio play.

With a permanent line up featuring members of Roller Trio, World Service Project and Wandering Monster their upcoming debut album finds Vipertime in sharp focus and with lethal intent. Unleashing pounding drums, skittering percussion, snarling bass and impassioned saxophone moving between driving riffs and agile improvisation.

This will be a perfect kick off to this year’s festival.

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Youth Jazz Night

Thu 12 / 7.30pm / Lancaster Brewery

Where Lancaster BreweryWhen Thu 12 Sep,

7.30pm doors,8pm performance

Duration 3hrs, including intervalsTickets £6 General Admission

Under 18’s FREETransaction fees may applyAvailable from lancasterjazz.com

Presented in partnership with Lancaster Brewery

For the first time we are bringing this year’s Youth Jazz Night into the main festival weekend to showcase some of the fantastic young musicians from the area. The concert will feature the Lancaster Royal Grammar School Big Band, the Lancaster Girls’ Grammar School Jazz Band and the Ripley St. Thomas Jazz Band.

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Jazz North’s northern line showcase

Selected by Jazz North to be part of its northern line scheme, these bands are some of the most exciting artists to represent the northern jazz scene. As well as this showcase, they will benefit from ongoing touring, mentoring and support from Jazz North.

Where Sun SquareWhen Fri 12 Sep, 12.30pm – 8.15pmDuration 7hrs 45mins total

Each performance 45minsTickets FREE

Presented in partnership with Jazz North and Lancaster BID

Nishla Smith Quartet

Fri 13 / 12.30pm / Sun Square

Nishla Smith vocalsAaron Wood trumpetRichard Jones pianoJoshua Cavanagh-Brierley bassJohnny Hunter drums

Nishla’s original songs have a delicate, quirky but deceptively simple air about them – she has a quietly commanding presence and a relaxed but assured delivery that wins over audiences instantly. Her often dreamy and melancholic aura is offset with her energetic and imaginative band of Manchester’s finest young contemporary improvisors.

Formed out of a residency at the Sage Gateshead in 2018, the quintet has played Nishla’s lyrical, story driven tunes at Band

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on the Wall and the Vortex and knocked us out at last year’s programme launch.

Not Now Charlie


Jamie Toms saxophonePawel Jedrzejewski guitarRichard Campbell pianoIan Paterson bass Mark Johnson drums

A fast-rising young band playing in a variety of styles directly connected to their inspirations. Not Now Charlie draw on their mutual love of traditional jazz, prog rock, neo soul, R&B and folk creating memorable melodies, infectious grooves and a keen, finely-tuned sense of tight ensemble playing.

This Newcastle based band tops all this off with the excitement of improvisation.

Rafe’s Dilemma


Jamil Sheriff moog, keyboardsEleanor Begley vocals, loop stationKatie Patterson drumsSam Vicary electric bass

Commissioned for the Bolton Worktown Festival to celebrate the play Spring and Port Wine by Bill Naughton, Rafe’s Dilemma brings an eclectic mix of jazz, electronic music and rock to create an excitingly fresh and intriguing sound.

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Combining passion and musical excellence the quartet depicts the story of a family on the edge, using spoken word, improvisation, synthesised soundscapes and carefully crafted songs. A thoroughly entertaining and immersive experience.

SogoRock

Fri 13 / 4pm / Sun Square

Ferenc Lakatos keyboard, vocoder Bela Horvath piano, keyboardAlexander Miller bassMatt Hines saxophoneNik Svarc guitar Joshua Gumbs drums

SogoRock (meaning ‘brother-in- law’) is a genre and country crossing band from Leeds. Led by resident Hungarians Bela and ‘Laky Franz’ with their fellow LCoM alumni, they have created a genre-defying sound that resists classification. They blend elementsof jazz, fusion and funk but also rock, gospel and more. Key to their collective sound and vision is every band member bringing and infusing their own traditional homeland style into the heady brew.

freesetrio


freesetrio are a heavy triphop darkjazz band whose compositions explore inner demons and truths using twisted layered lyrics, bending vocals and eerie harmony to create a dark beauty. freesetrio take the audience on a journey of self- reflection, down a rabbit hole into a tunnel and back out into the 10

light, holding them in a mesmerising trance and enabling the release of suppressed emotions.

Their combination of hypnotic drum patterns, bold sub-bass riffs, dark harmony and daring yet intricate vocals creates their bespoke sound.

John Pope Quintet


John Pope double bassJamie Stockbridge alto saxophone Faye MacCalman tenor saxophone, clarinet Graham Hardy trumpetJohnny Hunter drums

A chordless all-star lineup of northern musicians, the John Pope Quintet draws on the history of 60s avant jazz and hard bop, but with a modern sensibility grounded in the sounds of today’s European jazz scene. Open- hearted, quirky compositions and dynamic anything-goes improvisation, played with a hard- swinging groove and referencing everybody from Ornette Coleman to Tom Waits and Mingus to the Pixies. The John Pope Quintet kicks up a joyful racket full of rewards for the adventurous listener.

Beyond Albedo


Lara Jones saxophonesBen Gaunt synthsTim Knowles guitar Sarah Heneghan drums, drum machine

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Retro-futuristic synth-jazz drawing on jazz traditions yet pushing in new exploratory and experimental directions: Beyond Albedo create moments of East-West fusion and Afro-spiritualism that give way to pulsating sci-fi electronica with an energetic and danceable quality. All members bring both traditional and genre-pushing elements resulting in an exciting sonic mix from this Leeds/Sheffield based band.

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Camilla George2019 Headline Artist

Plus support from Youth Orbit

Fri 13 / 7.30pm / Lancaster Brewery

Where Lancaster BreweryWhen Fri 13 Sep,


Duration 2hrs, including intervalTickets £10 - £6 Advance

£12 - £8 DoorTransaction fees applyAvailable from lancasterjazz.com

Presented in partnership with Lancaster Brewery

With two critically acclaimed albums and a host of award nominations under her belt Camilla brings her hypnotic blend of Afrofuturism, hip hop and jazz to the Lancaster Jazz Festival. A Jazz Jamaica alumni, Camilla’s love of fusing African and Western Music to make her own unique style is a key reason why she is a firm fixture on the new London Jazz scene alongside peers such as Nubya Garcia and Shabaka Hutchings. Her music is politically minded and heavily linked with African history and slavery in particular. Her latest album looks at tales that slaves passed onto their children through generations and, whilst full of sorrow, is essentially a story of hope for black people and mankind that we can one day live together in harmony.

Plus support from Youth Orbit. This collective of local, mostly school age, musicians offering their own unique take on where they find jazz. Their original tunes and ensemble playing inject

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a joyous breath of fresh air into the many directions jazz can take.

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Jazz Breakfasts

Fri 13, Sat 14 / 9am / PrintroomSun 15 / 10am / Printroom

Where PrintroomWhen Fri 13 Sep, 9am

Sat 14 Sep, 9amSun 15 Sep, 10am

Duration 1hr 30mins, including intervalTickets FREE (food and drink not included)

Presented in partnership with The Storey and The Printroom

Start your day off right with a visit to one of our popular Jazz Breakfasts. Featuring fresh white rolls from Filbert’s Bakers, local bacon from Gregory Williams and live jazz.

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Jazz North Introduces

Sat 14 / 12.20pm / Sun Square

Where Sun SquareWhen Sat 14 Sep, 12.20pmDuration 1hrTickets FREE

Presented in partnership with Jazz North and Lancaster BID

The Jazz North Introduces programme is open to all young Northern jazz artists, building on the ‘Manchester Jazz Festival Introduces’ scheme to showcase young and emerging jazz talent from the region. It offers the winners a set of high- profile showcase festival performances as well as mentoring with leading UK jazz artists. At the time of going to print this year’s winning artists have yet to be selected, but for the latest information and line-up go to lancasterjazz.com

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Casper Hatlestad

Sat 14 / 12pm / The Storey Auditorium

Casper Hatlestad guitar and electronics

Where The Storey AuditoriumWhen Sat 14 Sep,

12pm doors,12.30pm performance

Duration 1hrTickets £5 Advance

£8 DoorTransaction fees applyAvailable from lancasterjazz.com

Presented in partnership with Help Musicians UK, The Storey and Printroom

In a soundscape inspired by Scandinavian nature and industrial city life Casper creates a unique atmosphere for the listener. The music for this project was composed during tours across Europe; “travelling, getting new impressions and getting out of my normal routine spikes up my inspiration and creativity”.

Hatlestad is known for his experimental looping approach as well as articulating with a violin bow on his custom 3 stringed semi- acoustic guitar and incorporating electronics into his performances. The resulting concert will take you on a journey sweeping from beautiful cinematic impressionism to the dark experimental electronics and beyond.

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Tebu Project


Tagne Tebu pianoJob Kayembe bass Helena Summerfield flute, saxophone Myke Wilson drums


Presented in partnership with Lancaster BID and Help Musicians UK

Born and raised in Cameroon, Tagné has worked with musicians from many different cultures and musical backgrounds. His music blends African melodies and grooves with jazz and Western harmony and is based on African storytelling on the themes of love, war and peace, conveying a bitter-sweet sense of melancholy balanced by irrepressible optimism.

Tagné is strongly influenced by his Cameroonian background and jazz training, and also immerses himself in the soundscapes of Latin American and Asian music, as well as African and European music – all underpinned by a conviction in the importance of studying, and celebrating, our similarities rather than our differences.

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Maja Bugge ‘NORTHERN’Presented in partnership with Lancaster Arts

Sat 14 / 1.30pm / The Round, The Dukes

Maja Bugge cello and loopsHerve Perez sound designAdam York Gregory film

Where The Round, The DukesWhen Sat 14 Sep,


Duration 1hrTickets £7 - £6 Advance


Recommended for ages 8 and over

Presented in partnership with Lancaster Arts and The Dukes

NORTHERN is a new jazz project led by the internationally acclaimed composer and cellist Maja Bugge in collaboration with Adam York Gregory and Hervé Perez.

Over the past 12 months the band has been resident in Lancaster, Manchester and Barrow recording the sounds of these places. Expect to tap your feet to the rhythm of Atkinsons coffee roaster, or rediscover the hiss of the M6 accompanied by improvised harmonies on the cello. Audiences of all ages will delight in the playful and surprising sounds and images from the places we know and love.

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The Storey Triple Bill

Sat 14 / 2.30pm / The Storey Auditorium

A triple bill of cutting-edge music in the miniature black-box theatre of the Storey Auditorium.

Where The Storey AuditoriumWhen Sat 14 Sep,


Duration 2hrs, including intervalTickets £5 Advance



Rob Bentall

3pm / The Storey Auditorium

Robert Bentall nyckelharpa, electronics

Rob Bentall is a composer and performer working with electronic sound and live instruments. His works hybridise ambient, folk, and improvised music. Rob has studied the nyckelharpa, learning Swedish traditional tunes and techniques before deconstructing them and turning them into new, semi- improvised compositions. He fuses electronic elements such as live sampling and multi-track looping into this unique performance. The resulting music is both intricate and beautiful, shedding new light on the distinctive timbre of the nyckelharpa.

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Charlotte Keeffe Quartet

3.40pm / The Storey Auditorium

Charlotte Keeffe trumpet, flugelhorn, cornetAshley John Long double bassAlex Ward guitarBen Handysides drums

Influenced by the likes of Miles Davis and Polish trumpeter and composer Tomasz Stanko, award winning trumpeter/flugelhorn player Charlotte Keeffe brings together her latest quartet of musicians from around the UK to explore and weave together her compositions, inspiring creative freedom through experimental improvisation.

‘...Charlotte Keeffe’s blood-red, rasping flugelhorn and trumpet blew breathy cadences and messages as if her lungs were burning with an electricity all of her own.’

Polly Vir

4.30pm / The Storey Auditorium

Polly Vir cello, electronics

Polly will take you on an evocative, cinematic journey exploring natural landscapes and phenomena, featuring original compositions for cello and electronics. Having performed as half of Tapp at last year Festival and we are excited to have her back with her new solo project. Using a loop pedal and other electronics, Polly will build and create the tracks live on stage, with the audience immersed in this process.

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Polly’s music draws upon classical, folk, jazz and film music to create a new and exciting sound world.

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Tom Ridout Quintet

Sat 14 / 4pm / Sun Square

Tom Ridout saxophones, recorder Billy Marrows guitarWill Barry pianoFlo Moore bassRod Oughton drums

Where Sun SquareWhen Sat 14 Sep, 3pmDuration 1hrTickets FREE

Presented in partnership with Help Musicians UK and Lancaster BID

The Tom Ridout Quintet plays mostly original music with the occasional detour into interesting arrangements of well known folk/Beatles tunes. The sound of the band is as varied as the musicians in it - settling somewhere around a modern jazz meets rock/folk. Influences come from as far and wide as Wayne Shorter and Joni Mitchell to Led Zeppelin and Kenny Wheeler, John Scofield, English Folk and beyond! This project is Tom’s main creative voice as a writer and as a player and representative of him as an artist and musician.

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Kinkajous


Adrien Cau saxophone, bass clarinet Benoit Parmentier drumsMaria-Chiara Argiro keyboardsJack Doherty synthsAndres Castellanos bass



Travelling through places where borders disappear, Kinkajous give birth to a compelling mix of tonalities and influences drawn from their London home. They conjure a passionate, introspective and powerful music, inspired by their diverse experiences from across the artistic spectrum – covering orchestral to jazz and world to electronic. In their quest for new sonic highways, their unique setup and vision brought them to uncharted and exciting territories.

Kinkajous will be performing music from their debut album 'Hidden Lines’.

“One of the most distinct and intriguing Jazz collectives around” - London Jazz Festival

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Serendip


Arnaud Guichard tenor saxophone Florent Jeunieaux guitarJasper De Roeck double bassMatthias De Walle drums



Belgian born saxophonist Arnaud Guichard is an up and coming voice on the UK jazz scene fronting his Serendip project. The band was conceived in late 2017 and released its debut album last year. Serendip is a musical journey inspired by the ancient Persian tale ‘The Three Princes of Sernedip’ by Amir Khusrau. The compositions melodically narrate the characters of the tale and explore the essence of the word Serendipity into a fusion of jazz language and intricate group interplay.

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Weezy Jefferson & The BandCommissioned by Lancaster Jazz Festival

Sat 14 / 7pm / Sun Square

Weezy Jefferson vocalsLeon Johnson keyboardsBianca Gerald vocalsRichard Moulton drumsOwen Burns keys Dan Heery electric guitar

Where Sun SquareWhen Sat 14 Sep, 7pmDuration 1hrTickets FREE


Weezy Jefferson is an artful Leeds based MC with a distinctive flow. For this unique premiere performance, created especially for Lancaster Jazz Festival, he will be putting together and collaborating with a band of five jazz musicians to play a new set of original music. The band will feature players drawn from the hotbed of musical talent around Leeds and feature a singer/songwriter plus drums, keyboards, electric guitar and bass.

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Vula Viel2019 Headline Artist

Sat 14 / 7.30pm / The Round, The Dukes

Bex Burch gyilRuth Goller bassDave Smith drums

Where The Round, The DukesWhen Sat 14 Sep,


Duration 1hr 30mins no intervalTickets £15 - £5 Advance


Presented in partnership with Arts Council England and The Dukes

Forward-thinking UK trio Vula Viel released their second album, ‘Do Not Be Afraid’ earlier in 2019, continuing their singular musical journey centred around the gyil (Ghanaian xylophone).

The band’s set confidently weaves sparse polyrhythms and intricate rhythm structures around bandleader Bex Burch’s gyil lines and take the instrument’s sound into new territory. The gyil and occasional vocal textures are underpinned by the powerful and insistent bass of Ruth Goller (Acoustic Ladyland, Melt Yourself Down, Let Spin) and drummer Dave Smith, introducing a rough, post-punk edge to the band’s sound.

Described as “Ghanaian minimalism”, with the unassuming ability to blur the lines between atmospheres – Vula Viel’s sound may nod to Steve Reichian jazz, but influences don’t

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stop there: one can hear echoes of Bill Laswell and the irresistible energy of Arthur Russell.

We are very pleased to have this band performing in the intimacy of the Round at the Dukes, this will be one not to miss.

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Vicente Magalhães Quartet

Sat 14 / 8pm / The Hall

Raquel Alvaro mezzo-sopranoVicente Magalhães pianoJack Garside double bassAlasdair Pennington drums

Where The HallWhen Sat 14 Sep, 8pmDuration 2hrs including intervalTickets FREE

Presented in partnership with Help Musicians UK and Atkinsons

Vicente Magalhães writes music that pays tribute to his Portuguese nationality. Whether he does this by exploring certain indigenous rhythms and traditional chord progressions or by re-arranging and re-imagining old folk tunes the output is a singular one and very under explored. The end result is an intriguing and engaging set of modern jazz pieces that are deeply rooted in Portuguese history and culture. The resulting sound of the band is fresh and full of original ideas and the voice of Raquel Alvaro is really quite special.

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Jacky Naylor ‘Industrial’2019 Youth Jazz Commission

Sun 15 / 12pm / The Storey Auditorium

Where The Storey AuditoriumWhen Sun 15 Sep,




Presented in partnership with Arts Council England, The Storey and Printroom

This year’s Youth Jazz Commission has been awarded to 24 year old jazz pianist and composer currently studying an MA at The Royal Academy of Music in London. He began composing as an undergraduate at Birmingham Conservatoire and his well reviewed debut album ‘Rough Boundaries’, is a suite of original big band music featuring Birmingham Jazz Orchestra. Jacky’s family is from the Aire, Worth and Calder valleys in West Yorkshire, where the mills and wool industry articulate not only key experiences in the lives of his grandparents and parents, also the cultural experience of industrial northern towns.

The project will produce a suite of music capturing the varying aspects of the Industrial Revolution. The suite will divide into five sections: The Weaving Shed; Wakes Weeks; War of Attrition; Decline of Industry; Rebirth and will feature a new sextet that Jacky is assembling especially for this project.

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About Time Band

Sun 15 / 1pm / Sun Square

Aggie Dobson vocalsKeith Redfern guitarKen Johnston double bassMartin Chadderton percussionJames Bell saxophone

Where Sun SquareWhen Sun 15 Sep, 1pmDuration 1hrTickets FREE

Presented in partnership with Lancaster BID

About Time Band has been on the North West scene for five years, entertaining audiences with a varied set of jazz-infused songs and latin rhythms, with lashings of improvisation for good measure! Using the beautiful colours of her voice, Aggie performs with an emotional honesty that really captures the audience and draws them in.

Their repertoire includes well-known songs from Gilberto, Peggy Lee, Melody Gardot and Burt Bacharach, as well as modern twists on pop and rock classics by the likes of Bob Dylan, Amy Winehouse and The Buzzcocks.

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Sloth Racket

Sun 15 / 2.20pm / Sun Square

Cath Roberts baritone saxophone Sam Andreae alto saxophoneAnton Hunter guitarSeth Bennett double bassJohnny Hunter drums

Where Sun SquareWhen Sun 15 Sep, 2.20pmDuration 1hrTickets FREE


Cath Roberts is a previous artist in residence at the festival and Sloth Racket is one of her long running projects. The band is an ongoing experiment into combining free improvisation with Cath’s compositions and has been wowing audiences since 2015. Expect heavy riffs, graphic scores, saxes, electric guitar, pedals, double bass and drums making a lot of noisy fun for everyone involved. They are touring on the back of a new album created at a residential recording session, resulting in an extended flexibility and even more enhanced group dynamics and interplay.

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Arthur O’Hara Trio

Sun 15 / 3pm / The Storey Auditorium

Arthur O'Hara electric bassChelsea Carmichael tenor saxophoneHarry Pope drums

Where The Storey AuditoriumWhen Sun 15 Sep,





The trio was formed from a desire to start a creative project growing from strong musical connections built at music college. The deliberate decision to keep the trio chordless allows the band to explore the subsequent space and freedom created for the three instruments to speak to each other. This results in many opportunities for interaction during the set and a strong yet forever changing sense of narrative. The trio has a really contemporary sound, fusing jazz, funk and rock, and draws on musical influences such as Thundercat, Kneebody and Sons of Kemet.

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Luca Brasi Four featuring Gaia

Sun 15 / 3pm / The Hall

Gaia vocalsJake Edmonson saxophoneTim Hickman guitarKen Johnston bassRichard Rushton drums

Where The HallWhen Sun 15 Sep, 3pmDuration 2hrs, including intervalTickets FREE

Presented in partnership with Atkinsons

Luca Brasi Four, featuring Gaia is a Lancashire-based quintet, playing laid back, straight-ahead soul jazz, post-bop and blues in the spirit of Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Sonny Rollins, Nina Simone and the great Blue Note and CTI record labels of the 1960s and 70s. The band is truly international, with members from the United States, France, Australia and both the North and South of England. This generation spanning band will be delivering a suitably chilled and relaxed Sunday afternoon vibe.

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Emma Johnson’s Gravy Boat

Sun 15 / 3.40pm / Sun Square

Emma Johnson tenor saxophone Calvin Travers guitarAngus Milne double bassAlasdair Wells drums

Where Sun SquareWhen Sun 15 Sep, 3.40pmDuration 1hrTickets FREE


Emma Johnson’s Gravy Boat is a project led by Leeds based saxophonist and composer Emma Johnson.

Emma's writing displays a contemporary sound rooted by infectious melodies and the group have been described as demonstrating a “strong and joyful bond, immediately apparent in their sound”. Gravy Boat is a band that aspires to write and perform melodic, accessible jazz that anyone can enjoy.

Having previously been selected by Jazz North as a northern line act, Emma Johnson's Gravy Boat are currently sailing around the UK performing at many prominent festivals before setting to work on their debut album, due for release in 2020.

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Awale

Sun 15 / 5pm / Sun Square

Biram Seck lead vocalThibaut Remy guitar, vocalBen Brown drumsKevin Toublant bassLaurence Wilkins trumpetJohn Martin tenor saxKaw Secka sabar drumsMedoune Ndiaye sabar drums

Where Sun SquareWhen Sun 15 Sep, 5pmDuration 1hrTickets FREE


Closing Sun Square we have this truly magical and uplifting cross-cultural collaboration, bringing together Afro-latin, funk and soul elements with a Senegalese twist. Biram Seck’s soaring voice evokes messages of love and peace, underpinned by heavenly poly-rhythmic groove explorations. Intense and spiritual Sabar Senegalese percussion, Afro- Latin drums conversations, weaving intricate guitar and horn lines and catchy bass riffs complete the picture.

Like a spinning kaleidoscope of sounds, each tune travels on a varied musical journey, from afrobeat to soul, deep Afro-jazz to Latin. Awalé is on a mission to experience happiness together in these fractured times.

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Led Bib2019 Headline Artist

Sun 15 / 7pm / The Round, The Dukes

Sharron Fortnam voiceChris Williams saxophonePete Grogan saxophoneElliot Galvin keyboardsLiran Donin bass Mark Holub drums

Where The Round, The DukesWhen Sun 15 Sep,


Duration 1hr 30mins, no intervalTickets £10 - £5 Advance


Presented in partnership with Arts Council England and The Dukes

Led Bib, known for their boundary stretching rock and jazz, that garnered them a Mercury Prize nomination and a fistful of prestigious awards, set off last year in the hull of a boat in east London, together with lyricists and songwriters to create a suite of songs. Emerging from their underwater session, elements of their groovy, heavy, improvised sound remained but they were now set against fragile vocals and poignant lyrics, taking them into a much gentler song world. The result of the session, is called 'It's Morning' and comes out in September. In the spirit of a classic LP it features two sections of music and at this concert the band will perform and expand upon the album. The

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music is very much a journey from start to finish and this will be fully reflected in the live show.

Led Bib have been together for 15 years and have released nine albums to huge critical acclaim. This album promises to bring them to new heights with its mix of the classic 'Led Bib' sound and this new broadening into the world of songs.

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Quay Fringe

Where Lancaster QuaysideWhen Sun 1 Sep

Presented in partnership with Lancaster BID

2018 saw the introduction of Quay Fringe, a night of music on St George’s Quay, to the Festival Programme. Due to its success, we’ve moved it out of the Festival weekend to allow more focus on building the community of the Quay into it’s own event.

For more up to date information on Quay Fringe visit lancasterjazz.com

Artist Development Day Where Lancaster BreweryWhen Thu 12 Sep, 10.30amDuration 5hrsTickets FREE

Presented in partnership with Jazz North, Help Musicians UK, Lancaster Brewery and Musicians’ Union

An open invitation for musicians far and wide to join us for our 3rd Artist Networking Day. A whole day dedicated to offering insight and support to artists at every level.

The day will offer knowledge from major industry bodies, workshops with funders, promoter panels and established artists on hand to offer tailored advice - plus the opportunity to meet and share experiences with like-minded musicians.

Open to all – more details at lancasterjazz.com

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Printroom

Where PrintroomWhen Sat 14 & Sun 15 SepTickets FREE

Presented in partnership with The Storey and Printroom

Additional performances and events in the Lancaster Jazz Festival Hub located in the Printroom. Keep an eye on lancasterjazz.com for full information to be announced very soon.

Jam Session

Where The Golden LionWhen Sat 14 Sep, 10pmDuration 2hrsTickets FREE

The Luca Brasi Four will once again host the annual Lancaster Jazz Festival post headliner Jam Session at the Golden Lion.

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Bookings

Online lancasterjazz.com/ticketsIn Person Staffed festival stands will be available during the festival

Online Box Office

Tickets will be available online at lancasterjazz.com until the midnight before the performance. After this time any remaining tickets can be purchased at the Festival’s on site box office locations or ‘on the door’ of the event.

Discounts

Lancaster Jazz Festival Members can receive an extra £1 off all Early Bird tickets if bought online before 7pm on Wednesday 11 September 2019.

Concession tickets may be available for recipients of Universal or Pension Credit, full-time students and those under the age of 16. Concession prices may not be applicable on top price tickets for certain events. Please note discounts cannot be combined and you may be asked for suitable identification.

Early Bird tickets are available for most events and can be bought online before 7pm on Wednesday 11 September 2019. After this time no further early bird tickets are available by any method of booking.

Essential companions, personal assistants, support workers and carers of people with disabilities get in free to every Lancaster Jazz Festival event, please ensure however that Companion tickets are booked when you purchase your ticket so that we can adjust capacity. Lancaster Jazz Festival cannot provide or sell extra tickets if an event is sold out.

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Fees and Charges

All Lancaster Jazz Festival tickets are sold through TryBooking.com and are subject to a transaction fee of 5% + 15p per transaction. Transaction fees are non- refundable.

Refusal of Entry and Latecomers

For ticketed events every member of the audience must have a valid ticket.

Up to date door and performance times are stated for every event at lancasterjazz.com/tickets. Admission is not guaranteed for latecomers although it will be offered wherever possible.

Lancaster Jazz Festival reserves the right to refuse admission or attendance to any patron.

Refunds and Exchanges

Lancaster Jazz Festival will offer a refund or exchange if the performance is cancelled, rescheduled or significantly relocated. If there is a major change to your chosen performance, we will contact you by email, text or telephone.

Secondary Ticketing

All Lancaster Jazz Festival tickets are sold exclusively via trybooking.com. Tickets purchased through unauthorized resellers may be fraudulent and entry to the venue is not guaranteed. Any ticket that is resold for profit or commercial gain by any outlet other than Lancaster Jazz Festival will become void.

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Full terms available at lancasterjazz.com

Questions, comments or suggestions?

Please get in touch at [email protected]

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Full Listings

Wednesday 118.30pm Vipertime* Lancaster Brewery

Thursday 1210.30am Artist Development Day Lancaster Brewery8pm Youth Jazz Night* Lancaster Brewery

Friday 1312.30pm Nishla Smith Sun Square1.40pm Not Now Charlie Sun Square2.50pm Rafe’s Dilemma Sun Square4pm SogoRock Sun Square5.10pm freesetrio Sun Square6.20pm John Pope Quintet Sun Square7.30pm Beyond Albedo Sun Square8pm Camilla George* Lancaster Brewery

Saturday 1412.20pm Jazz North Introduces Sun Square12.30pm Casper Hatlestad* Storey Auditorium1.40pm Tebu Project Sun Square2pm Maja Bugge ‘Northern’* The Dukes3pm Tom Ridout Quintet Sun Square3pm The Storey Triple Bill* Storey Auditorium4.20pm Kinkajous Sun Square5.40pm Serendip Sun Square7pm Weezy Jefferson Sun Square8pm Vula Viel* The Dukes8pm Vincente Magalhães The Hall10pm Open Jam Session Golden Lion

Sunday 1512.30pm Jacky Naylor* Storey Auditrorium1pm About Time Band Sun Square2.20pm Sloth Racket Sun Square

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3pm Arthur O’Hara Trio* Storey Auditorium3pm Luca Brasi Four The Hall3.40pm Emma Johnson Sun Square5pm Awalé Sun Square7.30pm Led Bib The Dukes

*Ticketed events. Available at lancasterjazz.com/tickets

Unless stated, all times listed here are performance start times. Please see event page for full timings.

Full up to date listings at lancasterjazz.com

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Thanks to

FundersArts Council EnglandHelp Musicians UKLancaster BID

SponsorsLancaster BreweryAtkinsonsInstitute for Black Atlantic ResearchTowers & Gornall Chartered Certified Accountants

Partner OrganisationsThe DukesJazz Promotion NetworkJazz NorthLancaster ArtsLancaster Arts PartnersLancaster City CouncilMore MusicMusicians’ UnionThe StoreyPrintroom

The Festival TeamMatt Robinson, artistic directorDave Shooter, executive producerLucy Woolley, festival managerJack Bond, marketing and audience development managerIona Lane, programmes managerFergus Walsh, company administratorSophy Colbert, festival assistantBen Farmer, Darren Leadsom, Harriet North, sound engineers

The BoardPaula Williams, chair

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Mary Austin, tresurerMaja Bugge, Sandi Haythornthwaite, Alan Rice, trustees

Special Thanks ToBalance Pro Audio, Jodie Bawden Photography, The Dukes Team, Jazz North, Lucy Robinson, Sunberry Coffee House

This programme is available in multiple alternate formats including: downloadable pdf, audio described mp3, large print world format.For more information go to lancasterjazz.com/access or email the Festival Team at [email protected]

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