Live Jazz at The Dairy

Date: Wednesday 9 & 23 July (supper SOLD OUT) and also on 6 & 27 August

Time: Entrance and bar 7.30, Peformance begins at 8.30, Pre-ordered suppers served from 7.30

Price: £15.00 admission, £25.00 two course supper

Venue: The Dairy

Booking: Please phone 01296 653226, Mon-Fri, 10.00-4.00

Additional info: Two course supper SOLD OUT for the evening of 23 July

Wednesday 9 July: An evening of the music of Cole Porter & his contemporaries

An evening of exploration of the music of Cole Porter & his contemporaries. Cole Porter's wit and playful style in lyrics and music will never find a challenger. He lived life and music with style, with energy and a hearty appreciation of the subtle, the grandiose, the lively and the silly. A contemporary of George Gashing, Richard Rogers and Jerome Kern, Porter broke from the simple sentimentality that dominated Tin Pan Alley. His urbane wit and musical complexity won him the affection of the nation. Songs such as "What Is This Thing Called Love", "I Get A Kick Out Of You" and "Too Darn Hot", became instant hits and have remained classics. While his name was associated with many of these upbeat show toons, a more melancholy side could be seen in such wonderful songs as "Miss Otis Regrets" and "Every Time We Say Goodbye".

Kathleen Willison www.kathleenwillison.com, with Tim Dawes on double bass, Tim Lapthorn on piano and Nic France on drums.

Kathleen graduated from the Royal Academy of Music in 2000 and is now pursuing a varied career. While at college she performed at Ronnie Scott's, the Jazz Café and WKD's. Recent performances include the Farnham Maltings, as well as numerous jazz clubs country-wide. She is in demand as a recording artiste for radio and film. Recent sessions include commercials for Irn Bru, Radio Clyde (Candle Music) and the feature film The Mummy Returns.

25 year old Kathleen is one of a new generation of exciting young singers. From a musical family, she started playing the violin at the age of 4. It soon became apparent that she was a natural at both the violin and singing and pursued both instruments along with the piano until the end of her schooling (although she never took singing lessons). Instead at 13, she joined the ranks of the National Youth Jazz Orchestra and sang with both their first and second bands for 7 years. At the age of 18 she applied to the Royal Academy of Music and was accepted as one of only two vocalists on the jazz course, run by Graham Collier. 1999 saw Kathleen selected by the RAM to go to Santiago, Spain for the annual IASJ conference.

In 2000, she graduated with a Bmus in jazz vocal performance and is now pursuing a varied career. Kathleen has performed with Tim Whitehead at the Teignmouth Jazz Festival (2002), the London Jazz Festival (2003), the Purcell Room, the Music and the Mind Festival (2003),the CBSO Centre, the Royal Northern College of Music, the York Late Music Festival (2004), regularly at the 606 Jazz Club and at various jazz clubs across the UK. She toured the length and breadth of the country with Tim Whitehead and Colin Riley's Homemade Orchestra on a major 22-date Arts Council of England supported tour (Spring 2004). She has also performed at the prestigious Ronnie Scott's Club with her own band KO and a number of times at the Jazz Café as both a lead and backing vocalist.

"....promising singer who handles jazz and classical scores with equal conviction". John L Walters, The Guardian 2002

"Willison is the discover of the album", Mike Butler, Manchester Metro

"...Moon-bright clarity", James Griffiths, The Guardian


Wednesday 23 July: Girl from Ipanema and Others. The Brazilian music & rhythms of Antoio Carlos Jobim

The Brazilian music and rhythms of Antonio Carlos Jobim, Grammy Award-winning Brazilian songwriter, composer, arranger, singer and pianist/guitarist. A primary force behind the creation of the bossa-nova stuyle, Jobim is acknowledged as one of the most influential popular composers of the 20th century. His songs have been peformed by many singers and instrumentalists within Brazil and internationally. His compositions and recordings are shot through with melodic and harmonic beauty in a stunning synthesis of simplicity and complexity.

Georgia Mancio www.georgiamancio.com, with Dave Ohms on drums, John Pearce on piano and Tim Dawes on double bass.

Georgia Mancio has one of the most unique voices on the London jazz scene today. A natural, instinctive musician with a pure honeyed tone, her delivery is at once soft and passionate, rich and bittersweet.

A refreshingly modest and mesmerising performed, Georgia Mancio possesses a rare honesty in her music-making that is compelling and has earned her a substantial following.

Other Dates Available:

Wednesday 6 August: Implicit to Explicit - The poetry and love within Jazz
A Celebration of poetry of love within Jazz

This presentation of live music from the American and Latin American jazz repertoire presents popular songs from the 1920s to the present.

In an original and exciting synthesis of music and the literary, some of the leading British jazz artistes on vocals, piano, double bass & drums perform the worlds most famous and some of the more obscure love songs in jazz.

A mixture of stunning words and melodies, with short spoken introductions, examining the beauty of lyrics and looking at why we experience such impact from these particular combinations of poetry and music. In the intimacy of the Dairy the performance will delve deeply into the heart of Jazz combining the essential magnetism, communication and beauty that makes the art form emotionally gripping and compelling.

Jacqui Hicks www.jacquihicks.com, with Tim Dawes on double bass, Tim Lapthorn on piano and Simon Lea on drums.

Wednesday 27 August: A celebration of the life and work of Miles Davis

Throughout a professional career lasting 50 years, Miles Davis played the trumpet in a lyrical, introspective and melodic style, often employing a mute to make his sound more personal and intimate; but if his approach to his instrument was constant, his approach to jazz was dazzlingly protean. To examine his career is to examine the history of jazz from the mid-'40s to the early '90s, since he was in the thick of almost every important innovation and stylistic development in the music during that period and he often led the way in those changes, both with his own performances and recordings and by choosing sidemen and collaborators who forged new directions. It can even be argued that jazz stopped evolving when Davis wasn't there to push it forward.

Steve Fishwick, with Tim Lapthorn on piano and Matt Skelton on drums. Steve Fishwick voted Rising Star at the Hamlet British Jazz Awards 2002, Steve is one of the UK's most gifted players. As well as featuring on numerous recordings, he has performed with, among others, Scott Hamilton, John Burch, Jim Mulen, Dave Cliff and Spike Robinson. He plays with an irresistible understatement and subtlety thinly disguising an intensity of emotion and raw passion for the music.

Award winning modern jazz trumpeter considered to be one of the most melodic on the UK scene today. Young and stylish, Steve is true to the bebop and Blue Note traditions and has performed and reocrded with an amazing array of great players from the UK, Europe and America, including legendary Hammond organist Mike Carr (Emcee 5, The Night-Timers), Clark Tracey and Scott Hamilton. Most recently he has tutored world wide and recorded with iconic American vocalist Anita O'Day.

Steve Fishwick has played with most leading UK jazz musicians and US musicians such as Herb Geller, Lanny Morgan, Richie Cole, Bob Cranshaw, Earl May, Lew Soloff, Clifford Jarvis and Ronnie Cuber amongst others. Most recently recorded an album in NYC with Cedar Walton and Peter Washington (see Osian Roberts/Steve Fishwick quintet page below).

Now leading this quartet. New CD out on Hard Bop Records, 'Upfront!', in shops now or online at www.hardboprecords.com

"Unquestionably one of the finest trumpeters we've ever had in this country", Tony Hall, Jazzwise magazine