Tessa Smith sings at Rush Hour Jazz
Choir fans will know Tessa from her running our community jazz choir and the Chapel Allerton Festival Choirs as well as her vocal performances with the Honeybirds and lindy-hopping!
For this rush hour jazz she’ll be singing some lovely jazz tunes with Ed Kaniek sax, Andy Cholerton keys,and the Jazz leeds trio.
Come and have a drink and enjoy some lovely music.
Rush Hour Jazz with John and Kathy Dyson
Kathy Dyson is a jazz guitarist, composer, researcher and educator based in Manchester. She first studied at Leeds College of Music in the early 80’s, co-founded Leeds Jazz, then set off on a five year tour of Europe with John and daughter Ruth.
Stuart Garside and Stuart McDonald quintet - Jazz in the Courtyard
Two superb musicians and entertainers! Vocalist and trombonist Stuart Garside, has plied his musical trade with the Syd Lawrence Orchestra, The Glenn Miller Orchestra UK, The New Squadronnaires, The Memphis Belle Orchestra, The Nick Ross Orchestra, The Moonlight Serenade Orchestra, The Kings of Swing and many more including performances at The Royal Albert Hall, Blackpool Tower Ballroom, Warner Leisure Hotels and many years entertaining at sea. Stuart McDonald is a consummate musician.
The Rhythm Section – Jazz in the Courtyard
The Rhythm Section- a new combo to the Leeds music scene. A groove driven, mostly instrumental organ based trio featuring three of the best musicians around – with Ian Rose organ, John Heap bass, and Chapel Allerton’s John Shepard, a veteran drummer, ex-Acoustic Alchemy, smooth jazz Grammy nominated chart toppers in America.
World class musicians, with a set list is full of well known jazz, blues, soul, funk tunes and original material that will delight our audience.
Little Big Band – Jazz in the Seven Arts Courtyard
The first in our summer open air series in the Seven Arts Courtyard – featuring The Little Big Band, playing hits from the 30’s, 40’s, 50’s, 60’s and beyond.
The Little Big Band have been playing together since 2007. They play music in a variety of styles; there are songs from the ’30’s from composers such as George Gerswhin and Cole Porter; swing music from the ’40’s with Glenn Miller well represented; The ’50’s and ’60’s music includes many of the songs of Sinatra’s “Rat Pack”. They also give blues and soul favourites from the ’70’s the big band treatment.
Caroline Boaden’s Quintet “Sum of All”, with support from Livia Clementi Quintet
Re arranged from earlier in the year, JazzLeeds are delighted to present for you “Sum of All”- a special commission by Jazzleeds for drummer and educator Caroline Boaden. It features compositions written and played by her group of musicians where the ethos is about collaboration, moving forward and fresh ideas.
Ros Lewis – Rush Hour Jazz
Chapel Allerton’s own jazz and blues singer Ros Lewis sings many songs in the Bessie Smith blues style but with a good dose of trad jazz and tunes from the Great American Songbook
BD Lenz Trio
Mix together the styles of Pat Metheny, Mike Stern, and Stevie Ray Vaughan and you have the recipe for contempo-jazz US guitarist B.D. Lenz.
The New Jersey native has played guitar since his early teens, is a graduate of Musicians Institute in Los Angeles, and has studied with such masters as Mike Stern, Vic Juris, and Charlie Banacos along the way.