Watermill Jazz Club - February 2012 Dates

FEBRUARY 2012
		2nd February Arnie Somogyi’s Ambulance Self- styled “specialists in musical accident and insurgency”, Ambulance undertake their first tour for almost 3 years. On their launch at London’s Ronnie Scott’s Club in November 2004 they received critical acclaim, toured with American saxophonist Eddie Henderson in 2006 and 2008 and were also nominated in both the Parliamentary Jazz Awards and BBC Jazz Awards in 2008. The evening’s music will be a mixture of originals and arranged standards. The original music will be drawn from compositions featured on their previous CDs, together with some new material. Arnie Somogyi has recently been commissioned by the National Trust to write some material based on Orford Ness, a remote shingle spit on the Suffolk coast. This will be featured, along with some composition by Tim Lapthorne and Paul Booth. www.arniesomogyi.com Paul Booth – tenor sax, Tim Lapthorne – piano, Arnie Somogyi – double bass, Chris Higginbottom – drums.
Tickets £14/£11*


		9th February Frank Harrison Trio Pianist and composer Frank Harrison, since graduating from America’s Berklee College of Music in Boston, has forged a long, successful partnership with Gilad Atzmon as a member of Orient House Ensemble, as well as working with the likes of Louis Stewart and Tina May. This concert is part of a UK tour celebrating the launch of the trio's new album Sideways. The music takes inspiration from the classic piano trio tradition, but also shows classical and Latin American influences. Italian born Davide Petrocca brought up in Germany, has recorded with Martin Taylor and Monty Alexander. Davide is one of four jazz playing brothers, who themselves have performed as a quartet. The Barcelona based, Irish born drummer,Stephen Keogh completes the trio line-up. www.frankharrison.net Frank Harrison – piano, Davide Petrocca – double bass, Stephen Keogh – drums.
Tickets £14/£11*


		16th February Don Weller Quartet We are delighted to welcome Don Weller back to the club, following his successful cataract operation in June last year, which at the time meant he was unable to appear on the evening of the Three Tenors concert. Don met with success with his jazz-rock group Major Surgery in the 1970s He went on to form a long working association with Stan Tracey and over the years other regular playing partners have included Dick Morrissey, Bobby Wellins and Art Themen. A mixture of swing, Latin and originals feature in the quartet’s repertoire. www.triorecords.co.uk Don Weller – tenor sax, Dave Newton – piano, Andy Cleyndert – double bass, Dave Barry – drums.
Tickets £14/£11*


		23rd February Jacqui Dankworth Now regarded as one of the country’s premier jazz voices, Jacqui's early work caught the ear of Sir Michael Parkinson and national acclaim soon followed. Subsequent releases, both under her own name and with artists like the Brodsky Quartet, Courtney Pine, Tim Garland and many others, firmly secured her place at the forefront of the UK music scene. Her recordings to date have been stylistically diverse, incorporating elements of folk, blues, and many other musical forms. The concert will feature numbers from her latest album, “It Happens Quietly” on which Jacqui presents a selection of lush, atmospheric orchestral arrangements in collaboration with (and lovingly dedicated to) her father, the late Sir John Dankworth. www.jacquidankworth.com Jacqui Dankworth – vocals, Malcom Edmonstone – piano, Alec Dankworth – double bass, Mike Smith – drums.
Tickets £18/£15*