Jazz Breaking News: Jason Yarde and Alex Hawkins celebrate Xmas with Jazz In The Round and Jazzwise
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
Jazz In the Round and Jazzwise celebrate the festive season with a special Christmas Party at the Cockpit Theatre in Gateforth Street, London, NW8 this Sunday 9 December (see flyer below), featuring a special one-off all-star band and guest DJs.
Echoing Jazz In The Round’s experimental and diverse programming, the band features keyboardist Alexander Hawkins, saxophonist Jason Yarde (pictured left), trombonist Harry Brown, trumpeter Sean Corby, bassist Neil Charles, drummer Rod Youngs and singer Valerie Etienne for what Corby describes as: “A kind of jazz-improv-Afro-funky-reggae-Ethio-Sun Ra meets Fela and Moondog in a festive mood-type mash-up.”
Jazz In The Round has become a monthly bastion of eclectic and experimental music over the last year, with each multi-bill night bringing together a wide range of solo, duo and one off group performances all in a unique theatrical setting. As the name suggests the club is held in an experimental theatre with seating banked on all four sides around a central stage.
This special party night will be hosted by Jazz on 3’s Jez Nelson with guest DJ slots from Jazz FM’s Chris Philips, and Jazz On 3’s Joby Waldman. The Cockpit will be open from 6pm until late for this special event with an admission charge of £8 and the first 30 people through the door on the night will get a free copy of Jazzwise. Looking ahead to 2013 JITR starts up again on 28 January, with a stellar line up of the Gary Crosby/Nathaniel Facey/Moses Boyd Trio headlining, Matthew Bourne solo and Laura Cole’s Metamorphic to open.
For more info go to www.thecockpit.org.uk/show/jazz_in_the_round
– Jon Newey 