APPLEBY JAZZ FESTIVAL 1999 PROGRAMME

PROGRAMME 1999

APPLEBY JAZZ FESTIVAL 1999
JUNE 25 - 27
APPLEBY, CUMBRIA

FRIDAY 25 JUNE
1.00pm - 6.00pm

PARTISANS
The Festival starts off in top gear with this exciting band made up of Julian Siegal on saxes, Phil Robson on electric guitar, Gene Calderazzo on drums and Thad Kelly on Bass. The music is a very successful blend of many influences, played with verve by a very together band.

PETE JACOBSEN & MARK EDWARDS DUO
Saxophonists continually have the opportunity to work together using each other as springboards for improvisatory ideas, but pianists rarely do. So this year we are supplying two pianos on stage and running a series of piano duets. Both these pianists have appeared regularly at Appleby but this is their first chance to stretch out and show their considerable pianistic talents together.

CLARK TRACEY’S TRIBUTE TO ART BLAKEY
This band is filling venues up and down the country. The mixture of Art Blakey classics arranged by Clark Tracey - whose passion for the music is obvious - played by this top line-up is proving to be a winner. An unforgettable combination of Clark Tracey on drums, and Dave Green on Bass.

7.00 - 12.00pm

STAN TRACEY QRT.
Stan has played three sets at the festival every year since the beginning but this year due to a Canadian tour his visit has had to be shortened. Mornington Lockett has appeared many times at the festival but always alongside other horn players. Here he gets to form a quartet with easily the best trio in the country.

MARILYN CRISPELL SOLO
Already a major name on the American and International free-improvisation circuits, and a regular member of the Evan Parker Quartet, Marilyn will be making a rare solo appearance in this country.

ALAN BARNES NONET
(The Florence Farsky memorial concert)
This is a special concert in memory of Florence Farsky - an Appleby Jazz Festival devotee since the beginning - who sadly died in 1998. Florence was a great lover of Alan Barnes’ music, so what better way to celebrate her life than a performance of Alan’s brilliant arrangements of classic tunes played by Andy Panayi (sax & flute), Iain Dixon (tenor), Dick Pearce (trumpet) Mark Nightingale (trombone), David Newton (piano), Anthony Kerr (vibes), Dave Green (bass) and Steve Brown (drums).

SATURDAY 26 JUNE

11.00am - 6pm

TIM WHITEHEAD QNT.
A welcome return to Appleby for Tim’s quartet, featuring pianist Pete Jacobsen, bassist Arnie Somogyi and drummer Dave Barry. This time they are accompanied by cellist Philip Shepherd to give performance of "Sound Tracks" - a piece commissioned from Tim by Joan Morrell of Eastern Arts and recently broadcast on Radio 3.

GORDON BECK & DAVID NEWTON
Continuing the two pianos feature, it is hard to imagine what sort of music is going to emerge from this pairing of uniquely individual players, but you know that whatever happens it will be electrifying.

ART THEMEN & THE BRYAN SPRING TRIO
Art’s more abstract approach to playing works perfectly with this trio forming a musical quartet with lightning responses and equal input giving the music an air of vibrant tension .

STAN TRACEY & STEVE MELLING
This final pairing in the piano duet slot brings together two pianists who always give one hundred percent of themselves every time they touch the keyboard. A guaranteed hour of tense excitement.

EVAN PARKER, BARRY GUY, PAUL LYTTON & MARILYN CRISPELL
Four superstars on the international scene unfortunately much less acclaimed in the UK. This is free improvisation at its absolute best. The one common thing about music from any culture or time is that it is all sound, whatever harmonic or rhythmic patterns may be formed. Approached from this perspective there is no other group of musicians that have as much experience of manipulating sound together in a live situation as these four. And it shows.

7.15pm - 12.00pm

GARY HUSBAND TRIO
Gary Husband has an impressive pedigree both as a drummer and a pianist. He worked for many years as a drummer in the jazz /rock field with Alan Holdsworth, Jack Bruce, Level 42, Andy Summers and, more recently, as a pianist with Billy Cobham and Randy Brecker. His sound musical instincts are also apparent in his choice of Mick Hutton (bass) and Gene Calderazzo (drums) for his latest trio project which has already recorded a CD called " From The Heart" - which says it all for this band.

GORDON BECK SOLO
Gordon Beck’s solo performance last year was the major highlight for me and I was left wondering how 9 festival years could have elapsed without him being on the programme. From now on I hope he will be a permanent fixture at the Festival.

THE DON WELLER BIG BAND
"The greatest live experience we have ever attended - it was fantastic" wrote a reader in a letter to Jazz UK. It is the combination of Don’s completely unique and joyful music played by Messrs., King, Themen, Barnes, Speake, Lockett, Newton, Nightingale, Pearce, Lowther, and Griffiths etc that makes every performance of this band unforgettable.

SUNDAY 27 JUNE
11.00 am - 4.00

ORQUESTRA MAHATMA & THE SOLID STRINGS
Percussionist Paul Clarvis’s trio with Stuart Hall on violin and Thad Kelly on Bass are joined by a string quartet made up of Sonia Stany, Jaqueline Norris, Sophie Renshaw, and Nick Cooper. They play an off-the-wall set of mixed material including eastern European and Yiddish tunes alongside Ellington and Bernstein. Many will remember Stuart Hall’s inventive and exuberant playing last year when he featured in Septet - this set promises to be every bit as different and exciting.

BRYAN SPRING, MICK HUTTON & MARK EDWARDS
An Appleby festival without this trio is unthinkable; the empathy and creative bond between them is without comparison. When it comes to improvising before an audience these musicians really go for it - there are never any half measures.

LEE GIBSON
What I particularly like about Lee, as well as her incredible musicality and drive, is her ability to respond to and work with the musicians around her making the whole performance integrated. This is Lee’s second appearance at Appleby and this time she is on stage with pianist David Newton, bassist Dave green and drummer Steve Brown, with Alan Barnes
guesting on saxes. 4.30pm - 9.30pm

GILAD ATZMON
I first heard Gilad in a pub in Cambridge a few years ago, and wondered where this remarkable talent had suddenly sprung from. Since then he has been making a name for himself on the British scene and comes to Appleby with an exceptionally good trio featuring Val Mannix on bass and Sam Brown on drums.

PETER KING QRT.
One of the greatest alto players alive today, his ability to deliver at speed phrases where every note feels considered and part of a structured line is unchallenged. Peter creates stunning solos which continue to reveal something new every time you listen to them. Always at his best with his regular quartet featuring Steve Melling on piano, Stephen Keogh on drums and Jeremy Brown on bass.

THE DON WELLER QUARTET We always aim to send people home from the festival feeling uplifted and with smiles on their faces. Don’s quartet is absolutely guaranteed to achieve that result. Don has just won the BT Jazz Award for best Tenor Saxophone for the third time and as with Peter King he is at his best playing with his regular quartet of David Newton on piano, Dave Barry on drums and Arnie Somogyi on bass.

TIM WHITEHEAD is giving a saxophone master class at Bongate Mill at 3.0pm on Saturday 26 June. £10 for a 2 hour session. For more information telephone Appleby Jazz Office

EVAN PARKER’S FREEZONE

THE REDUNDANT ST MICHAELS CHURCH (next to the main venue)

SUNDAY 27 JUNE 2.30 - 7.00

PROGRAMME: 2.45 - 3.30 Paul Lytton Solo
Marilyn Crispell/Phil Wachsman Duo
3.40 - 4.20 Barry Guy Solo
Evan Parker / Phil Wachsman Duo
4.30 - 5.10 Barry Guy / Phil Wachsman Duo
Evan Parker Solo
5.20 - 6.0 Evan Parker / Barry Guy Duo
Phil Wachsman Solo
6.10 - 7.00
Marilyn Crispell, Barry Guy & Paul Lytton Trio

		PROGRAMME 1999 APPLEBY JAZZ FESTIVAL 1999 JUNE 25 - 27 APPLEBY, CUMBRIA FRIDAY 25 JUNE 1.00pm - 6.00pm PARTISANS The Festival starts off in top gear with this exciting band made up of Julian Siegal on saxes, Phil Robson on electric guitar, Gene Calderazzo on drums and Thad Kelly on Bass. The music is a very successful blend of many influences, played with verve by a very together band. PETE JACOBSEN & MARK EDWARDS DUO Saxophonists continually have the opportunity to work together using each other as springboards for improvisatory ideas, but pianists rarely do. So this year we are supplying two pianos on stage and running a series of piano duets. Both these pianists have appeared regularly at Appleby but this is their first chance to stretch out and show their considerable pianistic talents together. CLARK TRACEY’S TRIBUTE TO ART BLAKEY This band is filling venues up and down the country. The mixture of Art Blakey classics arranged by Clark Tracey - whose passion for the music is obvious - played by this top line-up is proving to be a winner. An unforgettable combination of Clark Tracey on drums, and Dave Green on Bass. 7.00 - 12.00pm STAN TRACEY QRT. Stan has played three sets at the festival every year since the beginning but this year due to a Canadian tour his visit has had to be shortened. Mornington Lockett has appeared many times at the festival but always alongside other horn players. Here he gets to form a quartet with easily the best trio in the country. MARILYN CRISPELL SOLO Already a major name on the American and International free-improvisation circuits, and a regular member of the Evan Parker Quartet, Marilyn will be making a rare solo appearance in this country. ALAN BARNES NONET (The Florence Farsky memorial concert) This is a special concert in memory of Florence Farsky - an Appleby Jazz Festival devotee since the beginning - who sadly died in 1998. Florence was a great lover of Alan Barnes’ music, so what better way to celebrate her life than a performance of Alan’s brilliant arrangements of classic tunes played by Andy Panayi (sax & flute), Iain Dixon (tenor), Dick Pearce (trumpet) Mark Nightingale (trombone), David Newton (piano), Anthony Kerr (vibes), Dave Green (bass) and Steve Brown (drums). SATURDAY 26 JUNE 11.00am - 6pm TIM WHITEHEAD QNT. A welcome return to Appleby for Tim’s quartet, featuring pianist Pete Jacobsen, bassist Arnie Somogyi and drummer Dave Barry. This time they are accompanied by cellist Philip Shepherd to give performance of "Sound Tracks" - a piece commissioned from Tim by Joan Morrell of Eastern Arts and recently broadcast on Radio 3. GORDON BECK & DAVID NEWTON Continuing the two pianos feature, it is hard to imagine what sort of music is going to emerge from this pairing of uniquely individual players, but you know that whatever happens it will be electrifying. ART THEMEN & THE BRYAN SPRING TRIO Art’s more abstract approach to playing works perfectly with this trio forming a musical quartet with lightning responses and equal input giving the music an air of vibrant tension . STAN TRACEY & STEVE MELLING This final pairing in the piano duet slot brings together two pianists who always give one hundred percent of themselves every time they touch the keyboard. A guaranteed hour of tense excitement. EVAN PARKER, BARRY GUY, PAUL LYTTON & MARILYN CRISPELL Four superstars on the international scene unfortunately much less acclaimed in the UK. This is free improvisation at its absolute best. The one common thing about music from any culture or time is that it is all sound, whatever harmonic or rhythmic patterns may be formed. Approached from this perspective there is no other group of musicians that have as much experience of manipulating sound together in a live situation as these four. And it shows. 7.15pm - 12.00pm GARY HUSBAND TRIO Gary Husband has an impressive pedigree both as a drummer and a pianist. He worked for many years as a drummer in the jazz /rock field with Alan Holdsworth, Jack Bruce, Level 42, Andy Summers and, more recently, as a pianist with Billy Cobham and Randy Brecker. His sound musical instincts are also apparent in his choice of Mick Hutton (bass) and Gene Calderazzo (drums) for his latest trio project which has already recorded a CD called " From The Heart" - which says it all for this band. GORDON BECK SOLO Gordon Beck’s solo performance last year was the major highlight for me and I was left wondering how 9 festival years could have elapsed without him being on the programme. From now on I hope he will be a permanent fixture at the Festival. THE DON WELLER BIG BAND "The greatest live experience we have ever attended - it was fantastic" wrote a reader in a letter to Jazz UK. It is the combination of Don’s completely unique and joyful music played by Messrs., King, Themen, Barnes, Speake, Lockett, Newton, Nightingale, Pearce, Lowther, and Griffiths etc that makes every performance of this band unforgettable. SUNDAY 27 JUNE 11.00 am - 4.00 ORQUESTRA MAHATMA & THE SOLID STRINGS Percussionist Paul Clarvis’s trio with Stuart Hall on violin and Thad Kelly on Bass are joined by a string quartet made up of Sonia Stany, Jaqueline Norris, Sophie Renshaw, and Nick Cooper. They play an off-the-wall set of mixed material including eastern European and Yiddish tunes alongside Ellington and Bernstein. Many will remember Stuart Hall’s inventive and exuberant playing last year when he featured in Septet - this set promises to be every bit as different and exciting. BRYAN SPRING, MICK HUTTON & MARK EDWARDS An Appleby festival without this trio is unthinkable; the empathy and creative bond between them is without comparison. When it comes to improvising before an audience these musicians really go for it - there are never any half measures. LEE GIBSON What I particularly like about Lee, as well as her incredible musicality and drive, is her ability to respond to and work with the musicians around her making the whole performance integrated. This is Lee’s second appearance at Appleby and this time she is on stage with pianist David Newton, bassist Dave green and drummer Steve Brown, with Alan Barnes guesting on saxes. 4.30pm - 9.30pm GILAD ATZMON I first heard Gilad in a pub in Cambridge a few years ago, and wondered where this remarkable talent had suddenly sprung from. Since then he has been making a name for himself on the British scene and comes to Appleby with an exceptionally good trio featuring Val Mannix on bass and Sam Brown on drums. PETER KING QRT. One of the greatest alto players alive today, his ability to deliver at speed phrases where every note feels considered and part of a structured line is unchallenged. Peter creates stunning solos which continue to reveal something new every time you listen to them. Always at his best with his regular quartet featuring Steve Melling on piano, Stephen Keogh on drums and Jeremy Brown on bass. THE DON WELLER QUARTET We always aim to send people home from the festival feeling uplifted and with smiles on their faces. Don’s quartet is absolutely guaranteed to achieve that result. Don has just won the BT Jazz Award for best Tenor Saxophone for the third time and as with Peter King he is at his best playing with his regular quartet of David Newton on piano, Dave Barry on drums and Arnie Somogyi on bass. TIM WHITEHEAD is giving a saxophone master class at Bongate Mill at 3.0pm on Saturday 26 June. £10 for a 2 hour session. For more information telephone Appleby Jazz Office EVAN PARKER’S FREEZONE THE REDUNDANT ST MICHAELS CHURCH (next to the main venue) SUNDAY 27 JUNE 2.30 - 7.00 PROGRAMME: 2.45 - 3.30 Paul Lytton Solo Marilyn Crispell/Phil Wachsman Duo 3.40 - 4.20 Barry Guy Solo Evan Parker / Phil Wachsman Duo 4.30 - 5.10 Barry Guy / Phil Wachsman Duo Evan Parker Solo 5.20 - 6.0 Evan Parker / Barry Guy Duo Phil Wachsman Solo 6.10 - 7.00 Marilyn Crispell, Barry Guy & Paul Lytton Trio
	DON WELLER BIG BAND ALAN BARNES STAN TRACEY PETER KING LEE GIBSON GORDON BECK MARILYN CRISPELL CLARK TRACEY ART THEMEN & BRYAN SPRING PAUL LYTTON-MARILYN CRISPELL EVAN PARKER-BARRY GUY TIM WHITEHEAD BRYAN SPRING DON WELLER QRT GILAD ATZMON GARY HUSBAND ORCHESTRA MAHATMA EVAN PARKER'S FREEZONE PARTISANS STAN TRACEY & STEVE MELLING PETE JACOBSEN & MARK EDWARDS GORDON/BECK & DAVE NEWTON