Award nominations for Yorkshire - TrioVD, Wakefield Jazz and Kathy Dyson
The Jazz Services website www.jazzservices.org.uk has news of the nominations for the 2010 Parliamentary Jazz Awards and Yorkshire is represented in three catagories.
JAZZ ENSEMBLE - Leeds band TrioVD
JAZZ VENUE - Wakefield Jazz
JAZZ EDUCATOR - Dr Kathy Dyson (pictured), Leeds College of Music
The All Party Parliamentary Jazz Appreciation Group (APPJAG) currently has over 100 members from the House of Commons and House of Lords across all political parties. Their aim is to encourage wider and deeper enjoyment of jazz, to increase Parliamentarians’ understanding of the jazz industry and issues surrounding it, to promote jazz as a musical form and to raise its profile inside and outside Parliament. The main sponsor of the awards is PPL. The winners will be announced at the awards which will take place at the House of Commons, Terrace Pavilion on 19th May.
back to top
Jazz Yorkshire Voluntary Promoter Awards 2010-11
During 2010 - 11 Jazz Yorkshire will be investing £26,500 in a network of volunteer jazz promoters across the Yorkshire and Humber region. Jazz Yorkshire believes this network of clubs and venues offer the greatest opportunity for musicians and audiences to access high quality jazz performance. In 2008-09 the scheme enabled 1391 musicians from 328 bands to perform in the region to an audience of over 15,000 people. The scheme is possible thanks to the funding support of Arts Council England, Yorkshire.
The following promoters are being supported with awards in 2010-11
Grimsby Jazz £2,000
Huddersfield Jazz £2,000
JATP, Bradford £2,000
The Lescar, Sheffield £2,000
Scarborough Jazz £2,000
Seven Jazz, Leeds £5,000
Sheffield Jazz £5,000
The Spin Off, Leeds £1,500
Wakefield Jazz £5,000
back to top 
Cleethorpes Jazz Festival 2010 2 - 4 July
Grimsby Jazz under the umbrella of the North East Lincolnshire Arts Forum Festival has succeeded in securing funding from the Arts Council England, Yorkshire for this year's Cleethorpes Jazz Festival.
This will be the second year for the new version of the event and early bird tickets are now available. Line-up includes Liane Carrol (pictured), Alan Barnes, John Horler Quintet, Pat McCarthy Quartet, Wigan Youth Jazz Orchestra, Russell Henderson Quartet.
The festival will be at The Memorial Hall, Cleethorpes.
www.grimsbyjazz.com
back to top 
PureSolo online jazz competition
PureSolo in assocation with JazzFM are currently holding an online jazz improvistion composition with prizes of mentoring sessions and a live appearance with either Snake Davis, Steve Waterman or Dennis Rollins. PureSolo offer an online play-a-long service where musicians can improvise and record along to PureSolo backing tracks. Even if you don't want to take part it's worth a visit to their website to listen to some of the recordings musicians have already submitted.
www.puresolo.com
back to top
Headingley Festival, Leeds 3 - 9 May
A new local festival in Headingley, Leeds has a fair programme of jazz. The festival originated as the winning proposal in a 'Dragon's Den' style competition held during the AGM of Headingley Development Trust (HDT) early last year. The festival will take place from 3rd-9th May 2010. The climax of this week will then be a festival of music and arts taking place over the weekend and running alongside Headingley Development Trust's monthly Farmers' Market. Bands include Louise Gibbs Quartet, The Benson Burner, Bassa Bassa, Alexis Cairns Trio, 'A Tribute to Atlantic Jazz', Tom Neale Jazz Trio, North Leeds Jazz Orchestra. There will also be an exciting and innovative project, students from Ralph Thoresby School and Leeds Youth Jazz/Rock Orchestra will perform music and drama based on a selection of works by jazz legend Charles Mingus including 'Self Portrait in
Three Colours', 'Tonight at Noon' and 'Eclipse'. The music and text selected will be further enhanced with visual imagery using original artwork by students, which relates to the chosen pieces. A prominent theme of these pieces will be to the explore the political tensions of the early 60's using the satirical 'Fables of Faubus' and 'Haitian Fight Song'.
www.headingleyfestival.com
back to top |
