Courtney Pine, Julian Joseph And Evan Parker For Ronnie Scott’s Britjazz Fest
Monday, June 22, 2009
Ronnie Scott’s jazz club which will be 50 years old later this year has announced details of a special 15-day Britjazz Festival at the club.
Jazzwise can exclusively reveal the line-up which begins at the famous Frith St club on 1 August with the Julian Joseph Trio playing to two houses plus support.
Funk Affair follow on Sunday 2 August and then on Monday 3 August it’s a double bill of flautist Gareth Lockrane’s Big Band and the Ross Stanley Organ Trio. Next day Tuesday 4 August sees a further double bill, this time of Nucleus Revisited and the Michael Garrick Quartet. On Wednesday 5 August it is the double bill of the Evan Parker Trio and The London Jazz Collective followed on Thursday 6 August by the double bill of Zoe Rahman and the Arun Ghosh Indo-Jazz Sextet. Then on Friday 7 August it’s The Sunburst Band presented by Joey Negro.
The second half of the festival at the club, which opened its doors in Chinatown at 39 Gerrard St on 30 October 1959, gets underway on Saturday 8 August with the double bill of the Liane Carroll Quartet and the Tony Kofi Quartet playing to two houses.
On Sunday 9 August it’s the Soul Family Sunday night followed on Monday 10 August by Soweto Kinch plus support to be announced. Tuesday 11 August sees the double bill of the Clark Tracey Quintet and the Lee Gibson Quintet. On Wednesday 12 August it’s a double bill of Polar Bear and Get The Blessing.
Iain Ballamy and the James Pearson Trio follow on Thursday 13 August and then on Friday 14 August the festival moves towards a climax with Courtney Pine on the stand with his Transition In Tradition band playing to two houses. On the final day of the festival Saturday 15 August it’s a double bill of Tommy Smith and the Kit Downes Trio playing to two houses.
For ticket prices and to book go to www.ronniescotts.co.uk or phone 020 7439 0747.
Jazzwise is the jazz media sponsor of the Britjazz Festival at Ronnie Scott’s