BlowtheFuse @ The Vortex PICNIC + Yazz Ahmed Quartet
| Tuesday, 7th February 2012 | ||
| 8:30 pm | to | 11:00 pm |
PICNIC plus Yazz Ahmed Quartet
Led by guitarist Deirdre Cartwright, PICNIC features trombonist Annie Whitehead with Alison Rayner double bass and Winston Clifford drums
Inspirational, upbeat jazz with South African and Latin influences.
‘If there is a more complete guitarist in contemporary music than Deirdre Cartwright –
I’d like to know who it is.’ Dave Gelly, The Observer
Yazz Ahmed Quartet
Lewis Wright vibraphone, Dave Manington bass guitar & loop station, Corrina Silvester percussion and Yazz Ahmed trumpet and flugelhorn.
Original compositions from her debut album exploring the music of her Arabic heritage, contrasted with the British jazz from the 1950s which she was introduced to by her grandfather, jazz trumpeter, Terry Brown.
The Vortex Jazz Club 11 Gillett Street, London N16 8JH
Doors 8pm First set 8.45 pm £10, concessions available
Bookings: 020 7254 4097
Online: www.vortexjazz.co.uk
Emily Remembered Anglian Ruskin University
| Friday, 17th February 2012 | ||
| 1:00 pm | to | 2:00 pm |
Anglia Ruskin University
Cambridge Campus
East Road, Cambridge, CB1 1PT
Gig 1 – 2pm followed by workshop 3 – 4.30pm
More details to follow
Guitarists Deirdre Cartwright and Kathy Dyson met in 1984 and realised that they were the only two professional women jazz guitarists in the UK; Over 25 years later they’re still the only two.
Emily Remembered invokes the spirit of the late great New York jazz guitarist Emily Remler, who died of heart failure at the age of 32 in 1990. Their two distinctive voices on the guitar create an intimate guitar sound performing swing, bossa and bop arranged and written by Remler, as well as their own compositions and jazz standards. The duo’s first album was released earlier this year,
“Their interplay (particularly striking on the album’s closer, ‘Whirligig’) is a delight throughout a varied and consistently entertaining set.”
Chris Parker
“Kathy Dyson and Deirdre Cartwright are both superb players albeit with contrasting styles that, nevertheless, complement each other perfectly. “All The Things You Are” reminded me of MJQ. The interplay between the guitars could have been created by Milt Jackson & John Lewis – that’s how good it was.”
Lance Liddle, Newcastle gig review
DC Trio & guests@ Jans Bar N16
| Friday, 24th February 2012 | ||
| 8:30 pm | to | 11:00 pm |
Deirdre Cartwright Trio & Friends
Spontaneous moments involving swing, funk, live dub and whatever else pops up!
Get there 8.30 for a good seat….
Deirdre Cartwright guitar, Alison Rayner bass and Winston Clifford on drums.
Relaxed, melodic, contemporary.
Jan’s Bar 18 Northwold Road, Stoke Newington London, N16 7HL
8.30pm Admission free
Jan’s was originally a pub called The Cricketers. It’s now a Flemish style bar specialising in bottled beers. It’s right on Stoke Newington Common almost next to the Sunstone Gym.
BlowtheFuse@ The Vortex ARQ + Metamorphic
| Tuesday, 6th March 2012 | ||
| 8:30 pm | to | 11:00 pm |
Alison Rayner’s ARQ plus Laura Cole’s Metamorphic
ARQ Bassist and composer Alison Rayner steps to the fore with a new jazz, latin and funk-inspired quintet. More usually seen driving the rhythm sections of Deirdre Cartwright Group, the Vortex Foundation Big Band and Blow the Fuse club nights, her compositions are influenced by artists as diverse as Charlie Haden, Jaco Pastorius, Bill Evans, Pat Metheny, Steely Dan, Afro Cuban dance music and European folk…
Diane McLoughlin saxophone Deirdre Cartwright guitar|
Steve Lodder piano Alison Rayner double/electric bass tbc drums
“Big warm acoustic sound, faultless time, tuning and taste and creative solo ability – clearly belongs in the front rank of contemporary bassists” Digby Fairweather
Metamorphic are a contemporary song-based jazz/folk sextet led by pianist Laura Cole. Their debut album, ‘The Rock Between’, was released to critical acclaim on the F-ire label in April 2011.
Their music has been called ‘refreshingly feminine’ (Jazzwise), ‘brave, honest yet beguiling’ (Jazz UK), and as having ‘rare strength and beauty’ (All About Jazz).
Chris Williams, alto sax (Led Bib), John Martin, tenor/soprano sax (The John Martin Quartet), Kerry Andrew, vocals/loops (Juice Vocal Trio), Tom Greenhalgh, drums (World Sanguine Report), Paul Sandy, double bass (The Dead Victorians) and Laura Cole, piano/rhodes/composer/arranger (Juxtavoices).
The Vortex Jazz Club 11 Gillett Street, London N16 8JH
Doors 8pm First set 8.45 pm £10, concessions available
Bookings: 020 7254 4097
Online: www.vortexjazz.co.uk