Georgia Cécile, Fergus McCreadie and Gondwana Records Night spearhead new jazz programme at Brighton Dome
Jon Newey
Friday, January 24, 2025
Brighton's historic Dome concert hall and associated venues, including the newly refurbished Corn Exchange and Dome Studio Theatre, have announced a raft of new jazz bookings as part of its 2025 Contemporary Music programme
Together We Stand at the Corn Exchange on 28 February, presents a night of new jazz from independent labels New Soil, Bridge the Gap, Jazz Re:Freshed and Women in Jazz featuring Mercury Prize nominated corto.alto, Scottish nine-piece Rebecca Vasmant Ensemble and the West African Mandé influenced Balimaya Project.
Acclaimed singer Georgia Cécile will be performing songs from her forthcoming new album City Girl at the Corn Exchange on 20 March and the same venue presents a night with Manchester’s Gondwana Records on 27 March hosting an eclectic line-up featuring composer and saxophonist Jasmine Myra, electronic duo Svanesborg Kardyb and Portico Quartet’s Jack Wyllie, who will feature music from his Paradise Cinema albums. Brighton record label Tru Thoughts brings the New Orleans’ Hot 8 Brass Band to the Dome concert hall on (28 Mar).
The new Jazz Connections series is launched on 4 April in the Studio Theatre with pianist Fergus McCreadie Trio. This new strand produced by Brighton Dome and Jazz for Unity celebrates some of the best emerging UK jazz and will follow with What’s in the Salsa? on 5 April highlighting Afro Cuban culture through music, dance and conversations with artists from Cuba, Nigeria, the US and the UK with further dates to be announced.
David Martin, the new Contemporary Music Producer at Brighton Dome and Brighton Festival says: " As soon as I started at Brighton Dome I was excited to explore how we could use the two new spaces; the beautiful Corn Exchange, which has a capacity of around 1000 for standing shows and 500 for seated shows, and the intimate Studio Theatre, which has a capacity of 300 for standing, 200 for seated gigs, to bring a wider range of music to the venue. In talking to people around the city it was clear that there was a jazz audience, but not much jazz or jazz-adjacent music happening recently at these venues, so I immediately set about thinking of ways to make that happen. This emphasis on collaboration in the just announced programme is something I am truly excited by and will continue to look for ways to bring more and more of this into our live music programme at Brighton Dome."
More detail and tickets from www.brightondome.org
