Jazz & Blues
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The Front Room at QEH
Troyka
Friday 24 April 2009
Friday 24 April 2009
Jazz | Music | Jazz & Blues | Music | Friday Tonic
13030
Troyka formed in 2007 as part of a commission for the Derby Jazz Festival and have since played at the Coventry Jazz Festival and The Vortex, among other venues.
The Front Room at QEH
Lea DeLaria
Friday 1 May 2009
Friday 1 May 2009
Free | Jazz | Learning & Participation | Music | Jazz & Blues | Music | Friday Tonic | Various Voices
13123
Singer Lea DeLaria has led a fascinating, varied and unpredictable career which has taken her from the comedy clubs of downtown New York to centre stage on Broadway and the silver screens of Hollywood.
Purcell Room
Empirical
Friday 22 May 2009
Friday 22 May 2009
Advanced Booking | Jazz | Music | Jazz & Blues | Music | Summer Gigs
13159
Jazz quintet Empirical is one of the most critically acclaimed UK bands, adding the 2008 Ensemble of the Year prize at the annual Parliamentary Jazz Awards to its ever increasing list of awards.
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Wally Fields Jazz Orchestra: A
Wednesday 27 May 2009
Wednesday 27 May 2009
Music | Orchestral | Traditional Jazz | Jazz & Blues | Music
13067
A welcome return for this superb orchestra with its annual inspiring tribute concert to the genius of George Gershwin, featuring the renowned concert pianist James Pearson.
The Front Room at QEH
Adriano Adewale Group
Friday 5 June 2009
Friday 5 June 2009
Africa | Free | Music | Jazz & Blues | Music | Friday Tonic
13295
A rich chemistry of cultural influences is at work when the Adriano Adewale Group gets together on stage.
Queen Elizabeth Hall
An Evening with Derek Paravici
Monday 8 June 2009
Monday 8 June 2009
13263
TV's musical genius Derek Paravicini, the world famous musical savant, makes his London debut with the Emerald Ensemble Chamber Orchestra playing classical, blues and jazz compositions plus some sensational improvisations.
The Clore Ballroom
Speakers Corner Quartet & Gues
Saturday 13 June 2009
Saturday 13 June 2009
Free | Free Jazz | Jazz | Music | Urban | Jazz & Blues | Music | Meltdown Free Events
13300
This innovative and fast-rising four-piece built notoriety after a series of packed out improvised performances at the monthly cult hip-hop night Speakers Corner.
Queen Elizabeth Hall
David Murray & Gwo-Ka Masters
Saturday 13 June 2009
Saturday 13 June 2009
Advanced Booking | Avant Jazz | Free Jazz | Jazz | Music | Jazz & Blues | Music | Meltdown
13278
Saxophonist and clarinet virtuoso David Murray performs with Guadeloupian percussionists Gwo Kan Masters.
The Clore Ballroom
1959 - The Year That Changed J
Sunday 14 June 2009
Sunday 14 June 2009
Film | Free | Jazz | Music | Jazz & Blues | Music | Meltdown Free Events
13316
In 1959 four major jazz albums were made, each a high water mark for the artists and a powerful reflection of the times.
The Clore Ballroom
Acoustic Ladyland
Sunday 14 June 2009
Sunday 14 June 2009
Experimental | Free | Jazz | Music | Saxophone | Jazz & Blues | Music | Meltdown Free Events
13289
Bonding over a mutual distaste for musical sterility and an inclination toward the more exciting and dangerous end of modern music, Acoustic Ladyland have been blowing minds since their inception in 2001.
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Improvisations With Marc Ribot
Sunday 14 June 2009
Sunday 14 June 2009
Advanced Booking | Experimental | Free Jazz | Music | Saxophone | Jazz & Blues | Music | Meltdown
13285
Guitarist and composer Marc Ribot collaborates with free jazz saxophonist Evan Parker and drummer Han Bennink in this unique improvised performance.
The Clore Ballroom
Made In America
Monday 15 June 2009
Monday 15 June 2009
Film | Free | Jazz | Music | Jazz & Blues | Music | Meltdown Free Events
13319
A special portrait of Ornette Coleman by the acclaimed independent filmmaker Shirley Clarke.
Queen Elizabeth Hall
James Blood Ulmer
Tuesday 16 June 2009
Tuesday 16 June 2009
Advanced Booking | Blues | Guitar | Music | Jazz & Blues | Music | Meltdown
13287
Jazz and blues guitarist and singer James Blood Ulmer is a former collaborator of Ornette Coleman’s, and was the first electric guitarist to record and tour extensively with him.
The Clore Ballroom
1959 - The Year That Changed J
Wednesday 17 June 2009
Wednesday 17 June 2009
Film | Free | Jazz | Music | Jazz & Blues | Music | Meltdown Free Events
13317
In 1959 four major jazz albums were made, each a high water mark for the artists and a powerful reflection of the times.
The Clore Ballroom
School of Harmolodics Presenta
Thursday 18 June 2009
Thursday 18 June 2009
Free | Free Jazz | Music | Jazz & Blues | Music | Meltdown Free Events
13321
An informal sharing of ideas explored and work created so far from participants in the School of Harmolodics, four days into this intensive on-site project.
The Clore Ballroom
Trinity Presents: Martin Speak
Friday 19 June 2009
Friday 19 June 2009
13302
Specially for Meltdown, Trinity College of Music presents a genre-hopping double bill, exploring improvisation from contrasting perspectives with an amazing line-up of artists.
The Clore Ballroom
Led Bib
Friday 19 June 2009
Friday 19 June 2009
Experimental | Free | Jazz | Music | Saxophone | Jazz & Blues | Music | Friday Tonic | Meltdown Free Events
13290
Relentlessly dodging definition, Led Bib are both a maverick jazz band and an unlikely rock quintet.
Royal Festival Hall
Ornette Coleman
Friday 19 June 2009
Friday 19 June 2009
Advanced Booking | Avant Jazz | Free Jazz | Jazz | Music | Jazz & Blues | Music | Meltdown
13269
Hailed as one of the first avant-garde jazz albums ever recorded and acclaimed as a crucial moment in 20th-century music The Shape of Jazz to Come has influenced jazz and rock artists from John Coltrane through to Sonic Youth.
The Clore Ballroom
Who's Crazy & Made In America
Friday 19 June 2009
Friday 19 June 2009
Film | Free | Jazz | Music | Jazz & Blues | Music | Meltdown Free Events
13323
Meltdown double bill featuring films Who's Crazy - a Dick Fontaine film featuring the Ornette Coleman trio recording the soundtrack of Who’s Crazy in Paris, 1966 - and Made in America - independent filmmaker Shirley Clarke's special portrait of Ornette Coleman (courtesy of Synergetic Press and October Gallery).
The Clore Ballroom
School of Harmolodics - In Per
Saturday 20 June 2009
Saturday 20 June 2009
Free | Free Jazz | Music | Jazz & Blues | Music | Meltdown Free Events
13324
The culmination of a week-long School that has been exploring Ornette Coleman's musical philosophy.