Jazz & Dinner at Broomhill
The art of a well crafted riff
Enjoy a relaxing and intimate evening eating and absorbing the vibes of one of Britain's best jazz performances.
Set in the enlightening atmosphere of the Broomhill Contemporary Art Gallery with a Mediterranean Tapas buffet from the Broomhill kitchen the ambience is definitely appealing. These events are often sold out well before the event although it's always worth a try for a late cancellation. Booking is essential.
Tickets are limited to ensure that the social and musical ambience is at its best.
Reservations are essential - email here...
Doors open at 19:30 for 20:00. Tickets £12.50 including Mediterranean buffet or £ 7.50 without supper. Students £5.00 without supper.
Jazz Break
Why not stay at Broomhill for a romantic Jazz Break, you won’t have to worry about driving home. Wake up to a Broomhill breakfast and take a relaxing stroll round our Sculpture Garden.
Jazz Break for Two: 2 night stay with lunch, English breakfast, Jazz concert and Mediterranean buffet including free entry to Sculpture Park. £205.00.
Jazz Coming Up
Jonathan Gee Trio - Jazz at Broomhill
16 May 2013 • 20:00
Jonathon Gee Trio touring with their new album “Dragonfly” “cutting edge, exciting music led by one of the UK's most original and sought after pianists. Featuring Jonathon Gee – piano, Marcus Vergette – bass and Andy Trim - drums.
Doors open at 19:30. Gig starts at 20:00.
Tickets £12.50 include Mediterranean Buffet or £7.50 without supper.
Chico Chica
13 Jun 2013 • 20:00
Chico Chica are a World-Jazz vocal group comprising Hilary Cameron (piano), Tom Hannah (Spanish guitar) and Barbara Snow (trumpet). The tightly-rehearsed show consists of original, multi-lingual songs and the trio perform them with style and passion, often using three-part harmonies.
Doors open at 19:30. Gig starts at 20:00.
Tickets £12.50 include Mediterranean Buffet or £7.50 without supper.
Previous Gigs
Open Souls
Fri 23 Nov 2012 • 20:00
- Seb Rochford • drums
- Ranjana Ghatak • semi-classical Indian singer
- Jason Singh • beatboxer and sound artist
Seb Rochford is a drummer, composer and producer based in London. Ranjana Ghatak is a London-born singer who released her debut ep ‘Awakening’ in 2011. Jason Singh is a multi-disciplinary artist who creates and facilitates work through the media of sound, music, photography, poetry and the moving image. The music is soundscape, driving improvised rhythms using Indian classical compositions and contemporary music as its inspiration.
Amy Newton & Jenna Witts
Thu 13 Dec 2012 • 20:00
Performing under our Christmas Tree.
Amy is a singer-songwriter based in Braunton in North Devon. Her highly developed and individualistic guitar work and catchy choruses remain with you long after she has stopped playing.
Singer-songwriter Jenna Witts who lives in Woolacombe in North Devon has only to look out of her window as she has the sights and sounds of the beach to get all the inspiration she needs for her songs. Jenna also plays guitar, piano and harmonium.
Tickets for this performance are £13.50 and include a fantastic slow food Christmas buffet.
The Autumn 2012 music flier...
Laura Jurd Quartet
Wed 24 Oct 2012 • 20:00
- Laura Jurd • trumpet
- Elliot Galvin • piano
- Conor Chaplin • bass
- Corrie Dick • drums
Bringing together a variety of influences, the Laura Jurd Quartet are an intriguing, creative outfit featuring fellow improvisers, Elliot Galvin, Conor Chaplin and Corrie Dick.
Drawing upon original compositions and traditional melodies as a basis for improvisation, this classic quartet line-up fuses elements of European folk, jazz and classical traditions, creating a unique and distinctive soundworld.
Time Zone
Wed 19 Sep 2012 • 20:00
- Leo Speyer • trumpet and flugelhorn
- Martin Hathaway • alto sax, bass clarinet
- Stuart Hall • guitar
- Dave Manington • double bass
- Andy Ball • drums
- Maurizio Ravalico • congas, percussion
Time Zone is a ensemble led by a trumpeter/composer who has absorbed the essence of Cuban music and distilled it quite cunningly into an improvisatory context with no compromise to either culture. Time Zone express some of the surreal complexity of life in Cuba and the interaction of Cuban culture with their own, the music draws fully on the capabilities and diverse experience of six great musicians.
Philip Clouts Quartet
Thu 10 Nov 2011 • 20:00
When pianist Philip Clouts began his collaboration with F-IRE collective saxophonist Carlos Lopez-Real in 2008 sparks flew and a formidable new unit was born. Clouts is steeped both in the music of his native South Africa and in a diverse range of world musics which he has explored to critical acclaim with his larger outfit ZubopGambia; he draws on a wide range of compositional areas, challenging musical boundaries. Lopez-Real has developed a ground breaking solo voice which builds on the work of M-Base founder Steve Coleman and maverick genius Dave Liebman, who himself has said of Carlos “he plays with a sound that comes from his soul.”
The innovative music of this collaboration has been performed on two national tours supported by Jazz Services, and the debut CD “Sennen Cove” is out now on Point Records. Clouts lives on the South West coast and the CD features melodic contemporary jazz pieces he has written inspired by the sights and sounds of the area while staying true to his own musical roots in African and Latin music. It has already attracted airplay on BBC Radio 3, Jazz FM, UK Jazz Radio and Radio Bremen.
Melodic Contemporary Jazz. “They cook up some nice, tricky rhythms to keep you alert, and control an impressive range of dynamics... Clouts makes the piano sound exactly right for each piece” – The Observer
- Philip Clouts • Piano/Composer
- Carlos Lopez-Real • Saxophones
- Alex Keen • Double Bass
- Laurie Lowe • Drums
The Jon Lloyd Quintet
Wed 05 Oct 2011 • 20:00
This Quintet plays modern, European influenced jazz; compositions by Jon Lloyd beautifully played by some great soloists: pianist John Law, drummer Tony Orrell, guitarist Rob Palmer, bassist Rod Teague and Jon on soprano sax and bass clarinet.
“Powerful, understated...ECM-ish nocturnal slowburners, tricky post-bop themes...grab the attention” — Jazzwise 2011
“Ambitious and virtuosic...one of the most striking writers at the sharp end of British jazz and improvisation” — John Fordham, The Guardian, UK
£7.50 per person for Jazz. £12.50 for Jazz plus Mediterranean Tapas buffet.
Kit Downes and Seb Rochford Duo
Wed 14 Sep 2011 • 20:00
Mercury Music Prize nominees and winners of the BBC Jazz Award for Rising Star, pianist Kit Downes and jazz drummer Seb Rochford (from Acoustic Ladyland and Polar Bear) will be an unmissable duo this September!
Pianist/composer Kit Downes exploded onto the British Jazz Scene playing with the band Empirical, taking him through Europe and America, and then with Troyka, Stan Sulzmann, Fraud and Acoustic Ladyland. He then went on to win the BBC Jazz Award for Rising Star in 2008, a Yamaha Scholorship in 2009 and a British Jazz Award in 2010.
One of the busiest young drummers in the country, Seb Rochford has played hardcore punk, straight-ahead jazz, hip hop and drum ‘n’ bass. He has drummed for Pete Doherty, with his band Babyshambles, worked extensively with Joanna MacGregor and Andy Sheppard, leads the band Fulborn Teversham and has an improvising duo with Leafcutter John.
www.myspace.com/sebastianrochford
£7.50 per person for Jazz. £12.50 for Jazz plus Mediterranean Tapas buffet.
Fulborn Teversham
Wed 15 Jun 2011 • 20:00
Fulborn Teversham are the mind-blowing new group of Seb Rochford, the extraordinarily in-demand and prolific drummer/composer, leader of Mercury Music prize nominees Polar Bear, and winner of BBC Jazz award for Rising Star 2004.
Fulborn Teversham pursue a more eclectic, and less overtly jazz direction than Polar Bear, or indeed Rochford’s other acclaimed group, Acoustic Ladyland, incorporating elements of electronica, Bablicon/Henry Cow-style prog and post punk. With clever balancing of cosmic and acoustic sounds, Seb Rochford (drums), Nick Ramm (Nord synthesizer), Pete Wareham (saxophones), and Alice Grant (vocals), set up an intimate and thrilling improvisational post-punk post-jazz chamber music for the future.
“First serious contender for album of 2010?” — Jazzwise
“A raw, live in the room sound, with elliptical nods to James ‘Blood’ Ulmer,Tortoise and the free jazz cosmos along the way It’s jazz shorn of cliche that demands to be taken on its pigeonhole rebuffing merits.” — Mojo
Neon Quartet
Wed 20 Apr 2011 • 20:00
Neon quartet is a new group featuring one of the UK’s finest and most respected saxophonists and composers Stan Sulzmann in the company of three of the most in demand and versatile young musicians on the British scene. Completing the quartet are BBC rising star Kit Downs on piano and two members of London's Loop collective Jim Hart on vibes and drummer Tim Giles. The group is a true collaboration with music written by all four musicians. It is chamber music for the 21st century. Melodic and playful with a sense of openness whilst having a very contemporary edge.
“The chemistry of 2010 Mercury prize nominee pianist Kit Downes, vibraphonist Jim Hart and drummer Tim Giles was an inspirational setting for the lyrical saxophonist Stan Sulzmann in his second edition of the Neon group.” • Guardian
“A delightful surprise: purposefully hip and vibrant. Hart’s conversations with Downes sound like some of the most seductive piano-vibes dialogues this side of John Lewis’s and Milt Jackson’s in the legendary Modern Jazz Quartet.” • Guardian ****
‘His vibes playing is a revelation.’ • The Times
“Outstanding...a stunning performance from the rhythmically poised Hart.” • Financial Times
- Jim Hart • Vibes
- Stan Sulzmann • Saxophone
- Kit Downs • Piano
- Tim Giles • Drums
£7.50 per person for Jazz. £12.50 for Jazz plus Mediterranean Tapas buffet.
Disassembler • Trevor Warren
Thu 10 Mar 2011 • 20:00
Trevor Warren, previously known as the leader of world jazz band Deva, brings together a fusion of jazz, rock and ethnic grooves with this inspired quintet. Winners of the 2009 Best Foreign Jazz Group at the Granada Jazz Festival, Disassembler are considered to be “one of the premiere contemporary jazz units in Britain” • All About Jazz.
“Warren’s striking themes and rousing arrangements lift it far above the contemporary Euro-jazz throng.” • The Guardian
“They rock too.” • Time Out
“...picking out individuals isn’t the point – this is just a brilliant ensemble.” • MusicMetal.com
- Trevor Warren • Guitar/Composer
- Winston Clifford • Drums
- Annie Whitehead • Trombone
- Dudley Phillips • Bass
- Mark Lockheart • Saxes
£7.50 per person for Jazz. £12.50 for Jazz plus Mediterranean Tapas buffet.
Finn Peters • Music of the Mind
Thu 17 Feb 2011 • 20:00
Fun and funky, Finn Peters’ Music Of The Mind, sounds like nothing you ever heard before as Peters and his band offer a thrilling combination of hip-hop beats, cutting edge science and contemporary jazz, all performed with an engaging theatrical swagger.
“Like nothing you ever heard before.” — The Independent “Dr Who-style radiophonic bleepings, Headhunters-like bass hooks, free sax laments...Hip hop beats against punchy basslines...” — The Guardian “Mixing a spooky Kubrick-style soundtrack via Ornette Coleman and funky Sun Ra grooves.” — Time OutAward-winning multi-reedman, composer and producer Finn Peters is one of the UK’s most accomplished and exciting musicians, with an envious musical CV that encompasses jazz, hip-hop, electronica, funk, contemporary classical music and much more besides.
His latest project Music Of the Mind, pulls together two years of extensive research into the mapping of brainwaves and translating them into sound. The resulting album and live show has attracted fans from Gilles Peterson to Thom Yorke, and earned Peters praise from across the media including appearances on GMTV and BBC Radio 4 as well as a forthcoming Channel 4 documentary.
Utilising cutting-edge Californian technology Peters has mapped his own brainwaves, using revolutionary software to turn the results into notes and tones. The often-surprising melodies have been filtered through his love of left field jazz and the funky beats of Hip-Hop visionaries J Dilla, Madlib and DJ Shadow. The live show is delivered with energy and real humour as Peters and his band mates take to the stage in white lab coats trailing an intriguing array of wires, headsets and laptops alongside their more traditional instruments.
- Finn Peters • Reeds and electronics
- Tom Skinner • Drums and electronics
- Dave Price • Percussion
- Oren Marshall • Tuba
- Matthew Yee King • Computer scientist and electronics
Concerts feature visuals by Yeast and a short introductory documentary film.
£7.50 per person for Jazz. £12.50 for Jazz plus Mediterranean Tapas buffet.
Student tickets: £7.50 per person for Jazz and meal.
Killer Shrimp
Wed 03 Nov 2010 • 20:00
Hip/Hop, Drum n Bass, Funk and Latin grooves rub shoulders with Straight Ahead Swing, free wheeling Improvisation...
Killer Shrimp is a new project led by two of the UK’s leading jazz musicians trumpeter Damon Brown and saxophonist Ed Jones. They are joined by bassist Mark Hodgson and drummer Alyn Cosker.
Winners of the Parliamentary Jazz Award Best Jazz Ensemble 2007 and their debut album Sincerely Whatever was also nominated for Best Jazz CD 2007.
£7.50 per person for Jazz. £12.50 for Jazz plus Mediterranean Tapas buffet.
Asaf Sirkis Trio
Wed 07 Apr 2010 • 20:00
“Israeli-born drummer and London resident Asaf Sirkis unleashes with thunderous abandon on this hard-hitting fusion offering that harkens back to a time before the genre became codified, diluted and reduced to a critical joke.” • Bill Milkowski, Jazz Times (USA), April 2009
“...Sirkis simply the most sensitive of percussionists” • Chris Parker, January 2009
“Sirkis is not only an inventive drummer but also a composer of rigour, wit and surprising delicacy” • Chris Ingham, Mojo Magazine, October 2008
- Asaf Sirkis • Drums
- Yaron Stavi • Bass
- Tassos Spiliotopoulos • Guitar
Jonathan Bratoëff Quartet
Wed 12 May 2010 • 20:00
“Bratoëff’s brittle phrasing and rhythmic energy put him up there with leading UK guitarists”; “Subtle, spontaneous, informed contemporary jazz.” • John Forham, The Guardian
“Downtown NYC edge; cut through with percolating African and Latin rhythms”; “Thoughtful, delicate, yet powerful” • Time Out, London
The Jonathan Bratoëff Quartet draws influences from many sides of the jazz world, from Coltrane to Jason Moran via the New York downtown scene. Each musician brings with him great musical variety and adaptability to a band that looks for a truly contemporary sound with a strong emphasis on melody and energy. The key ingredients are simple with powerful melodies, energetic and vibrant rhythms, rich colourful textures and a mixture of traditional jazz blended with other musical idioms such as African, Rock and Latin music.
- Jonathan Bratoëff • guitar
- Tom Mason • bass
- Mark Hanslip • sax
- James Maddren • drums
Led Bib
Wed 02 Jun 2010 • 20:00
Relentlessly dodging definition, Led Bib are both a maverick jazz band and an unlikely rock quintet. The Walthamstow based five-piece of twenty-somethings who have torn apart the jazz world with their avant-jazz-euphoric-rock explosions of improvisation, pride themselves on side- stepping convention, with incendiary results. Combining the energy and passion of a rock outfit with the technical ability of trained jazz musicians their effect is exhilarating.
“It’s exuberant, intense, varied and exciting.” • BBC Music Magazine ****
“...like a gale of fresh air” • The Guardian
Their new album ‘Sensible Shoes’ is a 2009 Barclaycard Mercury Prize album of the year!
- Mark Holub • drums
- Liran Donin • electric and stand up bass
- Toby McLaren • Rhodes and piano
- Chris Williams and Pete Grogan • alto sax
£10.00 per person for Jazz. £15.00 for Jazz plus Mediterranean Tapas buffet.
Ugly Guys
Wed 14 Jul 2010 • 20:00
Pete Wareham and Matthew Bourne have teamed up for a brilliant new duo project - saxophone and piano playing beautifully dark and exciting tangos, blended together by atmospheric electronics and improvisation.
Pete Wareham: Acoustic Ladyland and Polar Bear.
Matt Bourne: Bilbao Syndrome and solo work.
£7.50 per person for Jazz. £12.50 for Jazz plus Mediterranean Tapas buffet.
Previous 2009 Dates
Trio Phronesis
Wed 06 May 2009
With the grooves drawn from Høiby’s inspiration of rhythms and sounds found in African, Cuban, Brazilian, Middle Eastern and Eastern European Folk and tradition music, his compositions succeeds in creating original and meditative soundscapes fusing these rhythms with lyrical and atmospheric contributions from the respective members of his different groups.
“A frenetic grooving, great young band with bags of confidence” - Time Out London
Since returning to London Høiby has reformed Phronesis with Ivo Neame on Piano and Anton Eger on drums, their music is fresh and exuberant wih strong melodic grooves, inspired by a world heritage of rhythms and sounds. Fresh young and sparkling, urban jazz.
Phronesis’ next album ‘Green Delay’ is to be released on the 01 May 09
Disassembler
Wed 10 Jun 2009
Part of the North Devon Festival
Trevor Warren, previously known as the leader of world jazz band Deva, brings together a fusion of jazz, rock and ethnic grooves with this inspired quintet. Winners of the 2009 Best Foreign Jazz Group at the Granada Jazz Festival, Disassembler are considered to be “one of the premiere contemporary jazz units in Britain” - All About Jazz.
“Tasty, groove-based musical stew...the underlying vibe is surprisingly gentle and danceable...new drummer Clifford brings a fresh, funky feel” - Jazzwise, Robert Shore, Nov 2008
“They rock too” - Time Out
“[one of] the premier contemporary jazz units in Britain” - John Kelman at allaboutjazz.com
“picking out individuals isn’t the point - this is just a brilliant ensemble” - musicmetal.com
- Trevor Warren • Guitar/Composer
- Winston Clifford • Drums
- Annie Whitehead • Trombone
- Dudley Phillips • Bass
- Mark Lockheart • Saxes
Rachel Brand
Wed 01 Jul 2009
Southwest album launch for North Devon based Jazz singer Rachel Brand, with Damon Brown: Trumpet, Mike Gorman: Piano, Mark Fletcher:Drums, Neil Burns: Guitar.
Gwyneth Herbert Quartet
Wed 05 Aug • 20:00
Herbert has been marked as one of Britain's brightest young talents by the music and media world.
“Intelligent and technically awesome singer” - The Guardian.
“A voice that’s a knowing mix of honey, steel and gravel. Her voice vibrating over the lyrics in a way that makes your toes curl” - The Observer.
Please note: This is a special Southwest performance for 2009, tickets are £7.50 per person for Jazz or £12.50 including Mediterranean Tapas buffet.
Gwyneth Herbert • Vocals and Ukulele
Sam Burgess • Double Bass
Al Cherry • Guitar
Dave Price • Percussion
Brigitte Beraha Trio
Wed 02 Sept 2009
“Brigitte Beraha is a young multilingual singer-songwriter with alert jazz instincts and a lot of promise...Her light and flexible vocal lines over excellent trumpeter and flügelhornist Joe Auckland’s improvised counterpoint will remind many listeners of Winstone's lyrical dialogues with trumpeter Kenny Wheeler... She’s a skilful writer of patiently curling, subtly resolved tunes.” - John Fordham, The Guardian
- Joe Auckland • trumpet/fluegelhorn
- John Turville • piano
Arthurs.Høiby.Ritchie
Wed 07 Oct 2009
High-energy, highly interactive and fresh every time, Arthurs.Høiby.Ritchie are a trio with unlimited potential for invention and for the unexpected; manipulating and extending material through detailed improvisations, and with an individual take on the great composition/improvisation debate. Playing music by Arthurs, Jasper Høiby and Stuart Ritchie complete a trio of personalities drawing on a wealth of influences and experiences.
“This threesome has deserved all the praise it's received this year. They are due for a lot more” - John Fordham, The Guardian
Tom Arthurs • trumpet and flügelhorn
Jasper Høiby • bass
Stu Rtchie • drums
Seb Rochford’s Polar Bear
Wed 18 Nov 2009
Polar bear are a British experimental post-jazz band led by drummer Seb Rochford with Pete Wareham on tenor and baritone saxophone, Mark Lockheart on tenor saxophone, Tom Herbert on double bass and Leafcutter John on mandolin and electronics.
“Here’s something worth your time. Polar Bear are a significant ripple in the new wave of youthful, ahem, post-jazz.” - Nick Coleman, Independent On Sunday - ABC.
Further Dates
Further Jazz dates will be posted here as soon as they are finalised.
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