Kendal Jazz Club
The Beer Hall at Hawkshead Brewery's new
brewery at Staveley
8pm for 8.30pm
www.kendaljazzclub.co.uk
Chairman: Roy Cansdale,
11 Low Garth, KENDAL LA9 5NZ Tel: (01539) 735432
Click here for map
Membership £10 a year for monthly updates and every 4th gig free
www.kendaljazzclub.co.uk
Every 2nd Wednesday of the month
Wednesday 9th July - Aaron Weinstein
Jazz violinist from USA
More here ... http://www.aaronweinstein.net
Wednesday 13th August - Jake Fryer & The London Be Bop Collective
Jake Fryer -
Alto Saxophone
Rodney Mendoza - Piano
Nick Pugh - Double Bass
John Sergeant - Drums
The fantastic playing of Bird,
Clifford Brown, Dexter Gordon and Johnny Hodges amongst others had a strong
impact on Jake from a young age .
Soon after graduating in music he began playing lead alto in the Stan Reynolds
and Bill Geldard Big Band.Working alongside such musicians as Jackie Armstrong
and Derek Healey.
This in turn lead to function and recording work with t.v. musical director Don
Hunt,and fellow jazz musicians Frank Griffith,Simon Carter and Janusez Carmella.
His playing is strongly rooted in the Be Bop/Hard Bop idiom and his greatest
influence is the American alto star Phil Woods.Jakes full,passionate tone and
driving sense of swing is frequently commented upon admiringly ."It's
important to be a passionate player"Jake comments,"thats the great
tradition of making music,make it come from the voice.No matter where the venue
or size of the crowd blow it as if it's the last chorus you'll ever take."
Jake has enjoyed great sucsses with groups in the U.K. playing venues including
The National Theatre, The Criterion Theatre and a residency at the Bulls Head.He
has also played abroad in Canada and most recently at the Duc des Lombards jazz
club in Paris.Jake also played at the 2006 London Jazz festival at the Pizza
Express Dean Street Club with Malene Mortenson supporting Stan Tracey and Guy
Barker.He has also guested with Karen Lane at Pizza on the Park playing
alongside pianist Tom Cawley.
The release of his album "On Our Terms" with his latest band "The
London Be Bop Collective" boasts a line up of some of the top names on the
UK jazz scene .It has lead to an invite to headlinig apperances at the Jazz
Utsav in Delhi and the Bandra festival in Mumbai.Following this his band will be
touring India in Calcutta ,Bangalore and Puna.There is a UK tour planned for mid
2008 with venues up and down the country from Scotland to the Channel Islands.
As well as performing with his own jazz group Jake has played lead alto with the
legendry motown group the Four Tops.He has also performed in musicals up and
down the country as well as Londons West End and composed various pieces of
music for television.
More at ... http://www.myspace.com/londonbebopcollective