Kennington News

Our Summer Music Series kicks off next Friday (15th June) presenting a programme of artists working in and beyond jazz - Rosabella Gregory (4th July) makes a very special return alongside a great band hailing originally from New Zealand - Aronas. Seb Rochford's great new group Fulborn Teversham are also here in July (20th), alongside Time Zone, Trumpeter Loz Speyer's great contemporary Cuban-influenced group.

We are also delighted to have Tim Freedman here on 31st July & 1st August. Tim is the singer-songwriter with one of Australia's greatest bands, The Whitlams, and last year sold out Ronnie Scotts.

Full details at:

http://www.museumgardenhistory.org/summer.html

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Capital Jazz Festival - I am delighted to confirm the line-up for the SEPTEMBER extravaganza:

Saturday 1st Sept
Anita Wardell Quartet / Michael Garrick Duo
Our opening DOUBLE BILL welcomes two great acts to kickstart the month.
Singer Anita Wardell brings her quartet featuring RobinAspland (piano),
Jeremy Brown (bass), Alex Garnett (sax) and Steve Brown (drums). Meanwhile,
acclaimed pianist and bandleader Michael Garrick is joined by Paul Moylan on bass.
Table Seats £20 / Standing £12

Friday 7th Sept
Norma Winstone Trio: Chamber Music / Nik Bärtsch
DOUBLE BILL: Chamber Music is Norma Winstone's European Trio of Glauco Venier (piano)
from Italy and Klaus Gesing (soprano sax & bass clarinet) from Germany.
Nik Bärtsch (solo piano) leads the Swiss ECM group, Ronin.
Table Seats £20 / Standing £12

Friday 14th Sept
Polar Bear plus Sax, Lies & Audiotape
We welcome back Polar Bear - Mark Lockheart and Pete Wareham (saxes),
Tom Herbert (bass), Leafcutter John (electronics) and Sebastian Rochford (drums).
In support are the jazz/electronics duo SLA featuring saxophonist Tommaso Starace.
Table Seats £18 / Standing £10

Wednesday 19th Sept
Guru Guru plus special guests
This very special concert sees the first performance in London & the UK for one of
Krautrock's greatest and most famous bands. Drummer Mani Neumeier comes from
a free-jazz background having worked with accalimed Swiss jazz pianist, Irene Schweizer,
and his Guru Guru were contemporaries of Kraftwerk, Tangerine Dream, Can, Faust,
Neu! and Amon Duul. A very special night!
£15 General Admission

Friday 21st Sept
Lighthouse Trio / David Newton Trio
DOUBLE BILL: Tim Garland's Lighthouse Trio also features pianist extraordinaire
Gwilym Simcock and Asaf Sirkis (drums). Pianist David Newton leads his
amazing trio comprising Andy Cleyndert (bass) and Steve Brown (drums).
Table Seats £20 / Standing £12

Saturday 22nd Sept
Fraud / Bancroft Rocco
DOUBLE BILL: A night of fun, featuring two up-and-coming acts.
Fraud are the talk of the scene with their eclectic mix led by reeds player James Alsopp
and electronics player/drummer Tim Giles. The duo of Italian guitarist Enzo Rocco and
Scottish drummer Tom Bancroft present a similarly wacky mix full of humour.
Table Seats £18 / Standing £10

Friday 28th Sept
Guy Barker & Ian Shaw / Christine Tobin
DOUBLE BILL: We welcome back Trumpeter Guy Barker, this time performing
music from the movies with acclaimed jazz singer Ian Shaw. First up is singer-songwriter
Christine Tobin, weaving her storytelling magic with the help of guitarist Phil Robson.
Table Seats £20 / Standing £12

Saturday 29th Sept
CUBAN NIGHT: Cubana Bop / Robert Mitchell & Omar Puente
Our closing DOUBLE BILL ends the festival in now traditional Cuban party style!
The duo of Robert Mitchell (piano) and Omar Puente (violin) present a lively mix
with Cuban folk melodies and great originals.
Pianist Terry Seabrook's Cubana Bop will get everyone dancing in the aisles!
Table Seats £20 / Standing £12

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