Thanks to everyone for their comments and support for Manchester Jazz Festival – my post a couple of weeks ago is just one of many that have been springing up over the internet which is great to see! I think that shows just how important the festival is to so many people. Some of the ones I’ve picked up on are as follows:
- Efpi Records‘ very own Anton Hunter
- Saxophonist, promoter and all round nice guy Phil Meadows
- Sebastian Scotney of the amazing LondonJazz blog
- Various people on facebook including GoGo Penguin and the festival itself
If you’ve emailed in you’ll have had a personal response which just goes to show that the council are listening and will be taking this into account when drawing up the budget – if you haven’t contacted them yet do it now! The address to write to is budget.enquiry@manchester.gov.uk
Sebastian’s post on the LondonJazz blog not only demonstrates the importance the festival has on the whole country’s jazz scene, but featured this video which I’d forgotten about and that perfectly sums up everything that it means to musicians, punters and the city as whole.
Posted by on 28/02/2011 at 12:02 in b&p friends, news and tagged anton hunter, efpi records, gogo penguin, londonjazz, manchester, manchester jazz festival, phil meadows, sebastian scotney. Leave comments here.
I’m sure I don’t need to tell you that there’s not much money going round the country at the moment, and councils are having to make pretty significant cuts… Manchester is no exception – last week the council published their proposed budget details which makes pretty grim reading.
The council is an important source of funding for the Manchester Jazz Festival and NWJazzworks, and they certainly won’t be immune from these cuts. However, its possible that the extent to which their funding is cut could be restricted if jazz musicians show their support for the organisation and demonstrate how valuable a resource it is – the festival is one of the leading commissioners of new music (especially now through its mjf originals scheme; congratulations to Adam Fairhall by the way!), and a big part of its programming policy is designed to support musicians living and/or working in the North West. Even for the 11 non-festival months of the year, NWJazzworks does sterling work promoting events, raising awareness of musicians and their activities, as well as helping us out with funding applications and career development. I know that Beats & Pieces certainly wouldn’t be at the stage we’re at without support from Steve, Mick and the team!
You can register your support by emailing budget.enquiry@manchester.gov.uk – you may be doubtful that just writing a quick email can make a difference, but Birmingham Jazz was recently in a similar situation and managed to avoid the worst case scenario, partly due to public support and pressure. Manchester jazz needs you!
Posted by on 15/02/2011 at 15:28 in b&p friends, news and tagged festival, funding, help, jazz, manchester, mjf, nwjazzworks. Leave comments here.
Really excited to share with you the poster thats been designed for our November tour by the always amazing Angela Guyton – check it out! Keep an eye out for posters and flyers in a city near you very soon…
Also the tour has been made even more official by the fact that it now has its very own facebook page… Tell the world you’ll be there by clicking here, and whilst you’re on facebook why not become a fan!
Posted by on 12/10/2010 at 18:43 in gigs and tagged angela guyton, facebook, leeds, leicester, liverpool, london, london jazz festival, manchester, november, poster, sheffield, tour. Leave comments here.
I’m very excited to officially announce that we’ll be touring England in November 2010, playing in Leicester, Liverpool, Leeds, London, Sheffield and ending in Manchester. If you’ve been paying close attention to the gigs page on the website or myspace, you’ll know the details already but if not, the dates and venues are as follows:
Sunday 7th November – Y Theatre, Leicester
Monday 15th November – Studio 2, Parr St Studios, Liverpool
Tuesday 16th November – The Wardrobe, Leeds
Sunday 21st November – Spice of Life, Soho (London Jazz Festival)
Wednesday 24th November – Lescar, Sheffield
Saturday 27th November – Matt & Phreds, Manchester
For full details including venue addresses, ticket prices and times, check the gigs page. See you down the front!
Posted by on 22/09/2010 at 17:32 in gigs, news and tagged england, gigs, leeds, leicester, liverpool, london, london jazz festival, manchester, november, sheffield, tour. Leave comments here.
Excited about the Manchester Jazz Festival next month! Check out the youtube video above for a preview of what the festival is about, and keep an eye on the website at manchesterjazz.com in the next few days as the full lineup will be revealed very soon. Pleased to officially announce that we’ll be playing on the closing night of the festival on Saturday 31st July at the festival pavilion in Albert Square – this will be a bit of a party for us too as it will officially end our tour, back at the scene of our first ever gig at the festival only two years ago… See you there!
Posted by on 24/06/2010 at 09:51 in gigs, misc, news and tagged gig, jazz festival, manchester, mjf. Leave comments here.
If you’re a subscriber to the Beats & Pieces mailing list you’ll already have heard about this from the latest newsletter but if not, I hope you’ll be as excited as we are about our upcoming tour dates all over England and Wales! Dates as they stand are as follows:
Friday 21st May – The Forge, Camden (info & tickets)
Saturday 5th June – Groove on the Green, Liverpool (info)
Tuesday 8th June – Dempseys, Cardiff (info)
Wednesday 9th June – Jazzland, Swansea (info & tickets)
Thursday 1st July – Bridgewater Hall (bar), Manchester (free gig after RNCM Symphony Orchestra perform music by Jonny Greenwood & Stravinsky – info)
Saturday 10th July – Marlborough Jazz Festival (info & tickets)
For more information check out the individual venue websites as listed below or the gigs page. You can also join the facebook group for the tour here.
We’ll also be playing with the Jo McCallum & Alice Zawadski Orchestra at a secret venue in Manchester on Thursday 20th May… Location to be revealed a few days before on this site, twitter, myspace and facebook – keep those eyes peeled!
It’d be awesome to see you down the front at one (or more…) of the dates, do come and say hi! We’re all well excited and counting down the days, not long now…
p.s. thanks again to the amazing Angela Guyton for letting us use her artwork again for the poster!
Posted by on 30/04/2010 at 11:54 in gigs, news and tagged bridgewater, camden, cardiff, dempseys, forge, jazzland, liverpool. groove on the green, london, manchester, marlborough, swansea, tour, uk. Leave comments here.
In case you haven’t heard, we’ve got an EP coming out soon (2 weeks today!!) and we’re going to be celebrating that with a launch party on Wednesday 2nd December in Odder Bar, Manchester. If you’re in Manchester, keep an eye out for this amazing poster that I’ve had done to promote the gig… (click for full-size image)
Its been designed by Angela Guyton who is a local artist, originally from the USA, and amongst other things regularly performs as one third of Takashi’s Shellfish Concern. Thanks a lot to her, as I say it looks amazing!
Posted by on 16/11/2009 at 14:38 in beats & pieces, gigs, news and tagged angela guyton, beats, beatsandpieces, efpi, ep launch, gig, manchester, odder, pieces, poster, takahashi's shellfish concern. Leave comments here.
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