– SOUTHPORT JAZZ FESTIVAL 10 – 12 MAY 2013 –

We’re thrilled to invite you to the 2013 Southport Jazz Festival which, for the first time, is being held at The Atkinson.

This year’s festival is a busy one, with The Atkinson’s headline programme, The Jazz Festival Hub in the Town Hall Gardens and The Fringe Festival taking place throughout the town.

The headline programme sees old favourites rubbing shoulders and trading licks with the new, up and coming sounds of future jazz. Our aim is to bring jazz and music enthusiasts into the town to be part of something really special. Three amazing days of top quality jazz in the new multi art-form venue that we’ve been itching to share.

THE ATKINSON – SOUTHPORT JAZZ FESTIVAL 10 – 12 MAY 2013 –

This year we’ll be raising a glass with the good folk of CAMRA who have organised a fantastic beer festival to run alongside the music programme. They’ll be showcasing a selection of real ales and perries, adding yet another special ingredient to the festival’s atmosphere.

Jazz House Records will be on hand during the festival to offer the best jazz at the best prices, vinyl and CD, new and secondhand. Drop in and have a look at their selection, including the line-up of this year’s festival.

All that’s left to say is we hope you have a great time and we can’t wait to share some amazing memories with you…let’s jazz!! #southportjazz

Map

Weekend Tickets Advanced Early Bird Weekend Tickets £88.00 (Available until 31 March)Full Price Weekend Tickets £98.00 Day Tickets

Friday £27.00 Saturday £40.00Sunday £40.00

Session Tickets FridayNicola Farnon Quartet £11.00The Al Wood Nine £15.00James Morton’s Porkchop £11.00 SaturdayGo Go Penguin £ 9.00Bateman Brothers Jazz Band £17.00Gabby Young and The Other Animals £13.00Sector 7 £11.00 Sunday Milestones play to the Silent Screen £11.00Kairos 4tet £13.00Joe Stilgoe Trio £14.00James Morrison with Swingshift Big Band £17.00

Tickets

Booking InformationThe Atkinson Lord Street Southport PR8 1DB

Call: (01704) 533333Online: theatkinson.co.uk Facebook: The AtkinsonTwitter: @AtkinsonThe

Count Basie, Art Pepper, Gerry Mulligan, Stan Kenton, Benny Carter, Duke Ellington, Cedar Walton, Dizzy Gillespie...Be-bop, Swing & All That Jazz!

Former Maynard Ferguson sidesman, fantastic arranger, band leader and multi instrumentalist Al Wood brings this new exciting band. Somehow creating the music of the big bands with his nine piece talent packed outfit.

“This was real music played by real musicians”Ian Darrington, Wigan Jazz Festival

Friday 10 May

The Al WoodNineTime:Location:Tickets:

7.00pmTheatre£15.00

Al Wood: leader / trumpet / saxesJim Corry: altoJames Russel: altoStuart MacDonald: tenorSimon Kaylor: tenorSam Thornton: baritoneGraham Hearn: pianoGary Jackson: bassBob Howard: drums

Friday 10 May

Nicola Farnon and her quartet have really been making waves in the UK jazz scene of late. The niece of the highly acclaimed arranger/composer Robert Farnon (arranger for Sinatra and Tony Bennett amongst others), Nicola inspires us with music from artists as diverse as Ella Fitzgerald, Chet Baker, Bill Evans, Ray Charles, Jimi Hendrix and Aretha Franklin.

“What a fine group of musicians, an absolute joy”Robert Farnon

nicolafarnonmusic.com

Nicola Farnon QuartetTime:Location:Tickets:

2.30pmStudio£11.00

Nicola Farnon: vocals / double bassChris Walker: guitarAndy Cholerton: pianoPhil Johnson: drums

The expansive, brilliant piano trio of Chris Illingworth (piano), Grant Russell (double bass) and Rob Turner (drums) went down a storm at last year’s fringe programme. They make up one of the most exciting contemporary instrumental groups on the circuit. Drawing on a heady brew of influences from Aphex Twin to Brian Eno, Debussy to Shostakovich and Massive Attack to EST.

gogopenguin.co.uk

Saturday 11 May

Go GoPenguinTime:Location:Tickets:

11.00amStudio£9.00

Chris Illingworth: pianoGrant Russell: double bassRob Turner: drums

Friday 10 May

A funk, soul-jazz, and gospel sound from this great, critically acclaimed collective lead by altoist James Morton with Dan ’Pinstripe’ Moore (hammond organ), Ian Matthews (drums) and the great Denny Ilett (guitar). The intention, James says, is to “bring the music back to the people...and jazz back to the dance floor.”

JamesMorton’sPorkchopTime:Location:Tickets:

10.00pmStudio£11.00

James Morton: altoDan ‘Pinstripe’ Moore: hammond organ Ian Matthews: drumsDenny Ilett: guitar

Likened to Florence & the Machine and Kate Bush, Gabby Young and The Other Animals are leading the Circus Swing musical movement. A fusion of Swing Jazz, Eastern European beats and English Folk – created with the horn, wind and percussive instruments. Be sure to see her here first as Gabby is set to be a household name by the end of 2013. A quintessentially British knees up, festival circus extravaganza.

“The woman who invented Circus Swing” Time Out “Terrific live, really big wall of sound, we are playing this because we love it!” Graham Norton, BBC Radio 2

giftofthegabrecords.com

Saturday 11 May

GabbyYoung &The OtherAnimalsTime:Location:Tickets:

7.00pmTheatre£13.00

Saturday 11 May

This all-star band led by brothers Ian and Alan Bateman, play the great hits that made Louis Armstrong a world superstar, from Hello Dolly, Cabaret and the movie High Society. With Alan Bateman (trumpet / vocals) Ian Bateman (trombone) Craig Milverton (piano) John Day (bass) Steve Rushton (drums) and Maggie Reeday (vocals).

Special guests: Enrico Tomasso, one of the top jazz trumpet players in Europe, and Spats Langham (banjo) who performs frequently with the world-renowned master of vintage jazz, Keith Nichols.

BatemanBrothersJazz Bandwith specialguestsTime:Location:Tickets:

2.30pmTheatre£17.00

Alan Bateman: trumpet / vocalsIan Bateman: tromboneCraig Milverton: pianoJohn Day: bassNick Millward: drumsMaggie Reeday: vocals

Terry Seabrook’s Milestones, known for their full-length performances of the Miles Davis landmark album, Kind of Blue, perform a new film score for the show at this year’s festival. Inspired by the Miles Davis soundtrack Lift to the Scaffold, Milestones perform Seabrooks’ own full-length jazz soundtrack for Buster Keaton’s 1924 film Sherlock Jr. with improvisation as the film is screened. Other material with an audio-visual dimension makes up the second half of the show.

milestonesjazz.co.uk

Sunday 12 May

Milestonesplay to thesilent screenTime:Location:Tickets:

11.00amTheatre£11.00

Martin Shaw: trumpetAlan Barnes: alto / baritone / clarinetIan Price: tenor / clarinet / bass clarinetTerry Seabrook: pianoPaul Whitten: bassAlex Eberhard: drums

Saturday 11 May

A unique line-up of four exceptional singers and jazz trio, Sector 7 takes jazz and soul to a new level with exciting, vocal harmony-centred arrangements.

Presenting a wide repertoire from Gershwin and Chick Corea to traditional folk song, to Stevie Wonder and Jill Scott, this septet combines its musicians’ considerable individual talents for a fresh take on favourite tunes.

“They blew me away, well worth checking out’ Brian Blain, Jazz UK “Sophisticated & classy – An impressive piece of work” The Jazz Mann

sector7.org.uk

Sector 7Time:Location:Tickets:

10.00pmStudio£11.00

Sarah Ellen Hughes: vocals Emma Smith: vocalsPaddy Clarke: vocalsBilly Boothroyd: vocalsGeorge Moore: pianoTim Thornton: bassChris Draper: drums

Joe Stilgoe is one of the world’s finest singer- pianists. Touring constantly with his band and as a solo act, and appearing at a plethora of music’s great bastions including Ronnie Scott’s, the Royal Festival Hall, the Barbican, the London Jazz Festival, and Edinburgh Festival. In 2012 he released his second album ‘We Look To The Stars’, which went straight to the top of the jazz charts while pulling in rave reviews from the national press. “…a truly remarkable singer songwriter, not to mention outstanding piano player…I thank you for creating that most exciting of moments when, as a lover of good music, you know you have seen and heard something remarkable.” Sir Michael Parkinson

joestilgoe.com

Sunday 12 May

Joe StilgoeTrioTime:Location:Tickets:

5.00pmStudio£14.00

Sunday 12 May

The 2011 MOBO award winning and nationally fêted, spectacularly exciting cutting edge band make their first appearance at Southport Jazz Festival.

“Under the leadership of saxophonist Adam Waldmann, Kairos 4Tet have found a melodious medium between traditional Jazz and the forward facing nature that typifies so much young British Jazz. The band’s compositions are open and accessible, but there’s no compromise when it comes to intuitive, intelligent playing and adventurous arrangements” The Mercury Prize

MOBO Award Winners 2011 - Best Jazz Act #2 - MOJO Magazine Jazz Albums of The Year 2011 #14 - Jazzwise Magazine Albums of The Year 2011

kairos4tet.com

Kairos4tetTime:Location:Tickets:

2.30pmStudio£13.00

Adam Waldman: saxophones / compositionJasper Høiby: bassJon Scott: drumsIvo Neame: piano

JazzFestival Hub

FringeFestival

The Southport Jazz Festival continues throughout the town with the Festival Hub at the Town Hall Gardens, providing free outside music throughout the weekend from local and regional musicians.

Grab a deck chair, sit, relax and watch Southport being brought to life with the different styles of jazz.

From day time to night time the entertainment doesn’t stop, with many of Southport’s cafés, restaurants and bars hosting a variety of lunchtime, teatime or night time gigs at the Southport Jazz Fringe Festival. Enjoy a meal while soaking up the music or dance into the night, either way you’ll find it hard to go home.

Log on to southportjazz.com for regularly updated listings.

Online: southportjazz.com Facebook: visitsouthport Twitter: @southportjazz

Sunday 12 May

World famous Australian jazz super star and multi instrumentalist James Morrison (trumpet, flugel, trombone, euphonium, tuba, sax and piano) has been honored by Royalty and political leaders and has played in the world’s top venues. We are delighted that he was able to accept our invitation to close the festival with Southport’s very own Swingshift Big Band.

The 18-piece band plays many styles of big band music, from the likes of Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Stan Kenton and Buddy Rich, to more modern arrangements from musicians such as Tom Kubis, Jay Chattaway, Pat Metheney and Gordon Goodwin. Swingshift pride themselves on bringing big band music into the 21st Century.

jamesmorrison.com.au

JamesMorrisonwithSwingshiftBig BandTime:Location:Tickets:

8.00pmTheatre£17.00

Sunday 12 May Milestones play to the The Atkinson - Theatre £11.00 silent screen Perfectly Frank Wayfarers Arcade, Southport free concert The Dub Jazz Soundsystem Town Hall Gardens, Southport free concert & Marley Chingus Twin Frets Monument Café, Southport free for diners Kairos 4tet The Atkinson - Studio £13.00 Savoy Jazzmen Town Hall Gardens, Southport free concert Joe Stilgoe Trio The Atkinson - Studio £14.00 Vernon Fuller Bella Italia, Southport free for diners Modjango Pizza Express, Southport free for diners James Morrison with The Atkinson - Theatre £17.00 Swingshift Big Band

At A GlanceFriday 10 May Nicola Farnon Quartet The Atkinson - Studio £11.00 Trio Gitan Café D’Art, Formby free for diners The Al Wood Nine The Atkinson - Theatre £15.00 Dan Forshaw Duo Pizzeria Mamma Mia, Southport free for diners Mike Smith Quartet The Victoria, Southport free concert Credo The Sandgrounder, Southport free concert Chameleon The Coronation, Southport free concert James Morton’s Porkchop The Atkinson - Studio £11.00

2.30pm 7.00pm 7.00pm 8.00pm 8.00pm 8.30pm 9.00pm

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11.30am 1.00pm

2.00pm 2.30pm 3.00pm 5.00pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 8.00pm

Saturday 11 May Go Go Penguin The Atkinson - Studio £9.00 The Billionaires Town Hall Gardens, Southport free concert The Cottonhouse Shakers Town Hall Gardens, Southport free concert Modjango The Inn Beer Shop, Southport free concert Bateman Brothers Jazz Band The Atkinson - Theatre £17.00 Jamie Safiruddin Trio Christ Church, Southport free concert Trio Gitan Wayfarers Arcade, Southport free concert Mercury Christ Church, Southport free concert Gabby Young & The Atkinson - Theatre £13.00 The Other Animals Annie Long Duo Casa Italia, Southport free for diners Forty4 Café D’Art, Formby free for diners The Cottonhouse Shakers The Coronation, Southport free concert Sector 7 The Atkinson - Studio £11.00

11.00am 11.15am 1.15pm 2.30pm 2.30pm 2.45pm 3.00pm 4.00pm 7.00pm

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The CAMRA Beer festival – 1.00pm til late Friday and 11.00am til late on Saturday and Sunday

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– SOUTHPORT JAZZ FESTIVAL 10 – 12 MAY 2013 –