the 5th annual Bath jazz weekend
3rd - 5th january 2025
widcombe social club
PROGRAMME
Friday 03.01.25
Doors 5.00pm – programme begins 6.15pm​
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Saturday 04.01.25
Afternoon: Doors 12 midday – programme begins 1.30pm
Evening: Programme begins 6.30pm
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Sunday 05.01.25
Doors 12 midday – programme begins 1.00pm
FRIDAY 3rd Jan 2025
Doors 5.00pm – programme begins 6.15pm
FILM: ODDS AGAINST TOMORROW (1959)
Soundtrack by The Modern Jazz Quartet with Jim Hall & Bill Evans
With its dark jazz score and brooding atmosphere, Odds Against Tomorrow was directed in 1959 by four-time Oscar winner Robert Wise (The Sound of Music, West Side Story) . A film noir classic, this tale of crime, corruption and the tension of racism stars Harry Belafonte, Shelley Winters and Robert Ryan.
KY OSBORNE’S KO QUARTET
Ky Osborne/Joe Steyn/Freddie Canton/Ollie Young
Pianist Osbone (scheduled to appear last year with Mail Sheard) and his new band are from the ever-active, far-sighted, inspirational Tomorrow’s Warriors – London’s seedbed for talented young musicians and original compositions and home of the already thriving next generation.
THE LAURA JURD QUARTET
Laura Jurd/Cori Smith/Tara Cunningham/Corrie Dick
Composer-performer Laura Jurd's unique voice as an improvising trumpet player is at the heart of everything she creates, celebrating and innovating within the rich traditions of jazz and folk music, whilst taking twists and turns that prove her to be one of the UK's most important of the new generation of jazz artists.
Afternoon: Doors 12 midday – programme begins 1.30pm
Saturday 4th Jan 2025
DEE BYRNE’S OUTLINES
Dee Byrne/Tom Ward/Nick Malcom/Olie Brice/Rebecca Nash/Andrew Lisle
Outlines is saxophonist Dee Byrne’s new avant jazz project, playing original compositions and taking short musical sketches as springboards for this dynamic ensemble to improvise in ever fresh directions.
KEVIN FIGES’ YOU ARE HERE SEXTET
Kevin Figes/Jim Blomfield/Raph Clarkson/Tony Orrell/Riaan Vosloo/Pete Judge
You Are Here is a loving tribute to much admired but now sadly departed friends, mentors and collaborators. It features new arrangements of compositions by Keith Tippett, Elton Dean, Harry Miller, Dudu Pukwana and others, by a sextet representing the strength and breadth of the vibrant Bristol scene.
Evening - Programme begins 6.30pm
SECRET PATH TRIO
Fraser Fifield/Tom Bancroft/Paul Harrison
In the hands of Fraser Fifield the low whistle and the Highland pipes deliver a unique and melodic repertoire that infuses jazz with Scottish traditions alongside the inspiration of leading Scots artists Paul Harrison on keyboard and drummer Tom Bancroft.
NANI VAZANA
Solo piano & vocals
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A unique instrumentalist and composer, Nani Vazana – visiting the Jazz Weekend from her home in Amsterdam - is one of the only artists in the world that play and compose songs in the ancient, matriarchal Ladino language, propelling it into the 21st century with socially pertinent lyrics, celebrating migration, gender and female empowerment.
MOLECATCHER: BALLAMY/LUFT/CHAPLIN
Iain Ballamy/Rob Luft/Conor Chaplin
The Jazz Weekend premieres this new trio, built around the ever-inventive, fulsome creativity of saxophonist Iain Ballamy and the award-winning virtuosity of guitarist Rob Luft – jazz musicians from two generations, who have both achieved the rare distinction of of creating their own inimitable, unmistakable and uniquely individual styles.
Sunday 5th Jan 2025
Doors 12 midday – programme begins 1.00pm
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RIBBONS
Rebecca Nash/Sara Colman/Henrik Jensen/Jonathan Silk
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Centred around their eponymous original composition, Ribbons is the joyous musical partnership of Sarah Colman’s voice and Rebecca Nash’s piano, celebrating the intimacy and delicacy of songs from jazz and the realm of their favourite singer-songwriters.
SAROST: STABBINS/ROGERS/SANDERS
Larry Stabbins/Paul Rogers/Mark Sanders
Three magisterial improvisers: saxophonist Larry Stabbins, now well into his thrilling new chapter of musical exploration; Paul Rogers, back from France courtesy of the Jazz Weekend, with his fierce , unstoppable, insatiable committment to testing the limits of the double bass; and drummer Mark Sanders, champion mainstay of the best in free improvisation.
CALENNIG New Year’s Gift
Huw Warren & Angharad Jenkins
As a perfect finale for the 2025 Bath Jazz Weekend, pianist Huw Warren and vocalist and violinist Anhgarad Jenkins present their new interpretation of Calennig, the Welsh traditional music that celebrates and welcomes the New Year. Based on the beautiful, ancient Plygain carols symbolising hope and new beginnings, the duo’s collaboration draws inspiration from the traditions of their native Wales and steps gently and melodically between the worlds of jazz and folk.
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