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Art Themen Organ Trio

Sun 19 Jan 2025, 1.30pm Seven Arts

This groove-laden trio led by Jazz legend Art Themen is up there with the greats of the past, present and future. Info and book

Wed 05 Feb 2025, 6.00pm

Rush Hour Jazz

Maranello Trio

The Maranello Trio perform swinging jazz standards taking inspiration from the Oscar Peterson and Nat King Cole trios

Seven Arts

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About Us

Jazz Leeds is a major UK jazz promoter, based mainly at Seven Arts, a beautifully designed acoustic venue in Chapel Allerton, Leeds.

We were formed as Seven Jazz in 2007. We now run over 100 concerts per year – at Seven Arts concert room on Thursday evenings and Sundays afternoons, jointly with Howard Assembly Room, at two festivals – Leeds Jazz Festival and Chapel Allerton Arts Festival, and at our Rush Hour Jazz gigs on Wednesday evenings in Seven Arts bar. We also have a popular “Taking Part” programme of workshops, a Jazz Voices choir, the Instant World Orchestra, a schools programme and our friendly jam sessions, aimed at people of all ages who want to play, sing or just find out more about jazz. 

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Take Part

We pride ourselves on the work we do with our local community. Our team of musicians includesRichard Ormrod runs our Instant World Orchestra, Dave Evans and Joe Moore who work with kids to play jazz in three local secondary schools, Dom Moore who runs our jazz workshops, Phil Green who mc’s our monthly Jazz Jam sessions and Tessa Smith who leads our JazzVoices choir . We have an enthusiastic audience, a big welcoming group of volunteers and a hard working Trustee Board. Come and join in!

Our current events community events include:

  • JazzVoices Choir @Chapel Allerton Methodist Church on Tuesday evenings
  • Jazz Instrumental Workshops @ Northlight on Sunday mornings
  • Instant World Orchestra@ Northlight on Sunday evenings
  • Schools Jazz Programme - year round
  • Jam sessions at Seven Arts Bar monthly on Sunday afternoons
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