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As part of JazzLeeds growing educational programme we are holding a joint event with Yorkshire Association for Music and Special Educational Needs (Yamsen)
A Spring in our step at JazzLeeds- an engaging April line up
We’ve we think we’ve excelled ourselves during the coming month! Jazz legends Jason Rebello and Tim Garland bring their “Duology” to town, the superb saxman Joel Frahm and his trio introduce “The Bright Side”, bassist and leading light Alison Rayner and her quintet perform award-winning “Short Stories”. The “absolutely storming!” (Jamie Cullum) The Jazz Defenders […]
JazzLeeds Trustee recruitment –October 2021
JazzLeeds is a major UK jazz promoter. Starting in 2007 we now run weekly concerts, jazz festivals, popular community jazz cafés and jazz workshops. Since May 2021 we have been running regular live events again – over 50 gigs so far. We’re now looking forward to the future and have a major international jazz festival […]
Christmas Cafe and Jazz Jam session – cancelled
It’s Christmas and (hopefully) we’ll still putting on live jazz at Seven Arts! 20 December is an afternoon jam session and a chance to come and see some of your favourite local musicians playing and/or singing for you in a relaxed setting – come and watch, or join in yourself! There will be a rhythm […]
Helping Our Bands And Musicians
With all jazz venues now closed because of the coronavirus, musicians and singers have seen their main source of income suddenly cease. Most musicians rely on gig money to survive and even those with teaching jobs or other supplementary incomes will be finding it difficult to support themselves during this self-isolation period. Many musicians have […]
Sarah Henderson @Rush Hour Jazz 4 Feb
Rush Hour jazz goes twice a month from 4 Feb! For this first Wednesday, Sarah Henderson will be singing and playing for you. She’ll be performing familiar-and-not-so-familiar songs from Great American Songbook accompanied by Trev Prinn and the JazzLeeds trio. Sarah Henderson vocals and flute Will Powell guitar, Trev Prinn bass, Dom Moore drums Chill […]
Sun Jan 26 Gary Boyle Quartet @Seven Arts 1.30pm
Gary Boyle guitar Andrzej Baranek piano, Ed Harrison, bass Jonathan Hartley drums Funky jazz-rock mixed with bebop from fusion guitar legend and ex Isotope bandleader Gary Boyle who has an impressive pedigree as a session player, sideman, band leader and solo artist Gary was born in India – his family moved to England when he […]
THIS AFTERNOON’s CONCERT IS NOW SOLD OUT Sun Jan 12 Emily Brown quintet @Seven Arts 1.30pm
Emily Brown vocals with Jon Taylor sax, Ed Barnwell piano, Fergus Quill bass Caroline Boaden drums. Emily Brown is an experienced jazz singer with a gift for harmonic risk-taking and accessing emotional depth in a song. You can expect to hear jazz, blues, soul & some ear-opening detours – all classics but delivered in Emily’s […]
Sun Jan 5 Jam session @Inkwell 1.30pm
Blow the winter blues away with a new year jazz jam at Inkwell, so come and play, sing or just enjoy the fun. Jazz Leeds trio will be there to support you. £7/5 performers free.