Live Music at Zeffirellis in Ambleside
Our next live music event
John Kenzie (Please note change from Beggar Joe)
Feb
04
Last minute change to Beggar Joe this week. Jon Kenzie (lead singer) will still be with us. He is joined by Ben Williams and Rioghnach Conolly. They will be performing stripped back intimate versions of the tracks from Jon's debut solo album 'Not much Technical Stuff'
Don't miss this one off acoustic performance. Jon Kenzie's album can be heard at Jonkenzie.com
- Free entry
- 8:30 pm
Other Events
Chameleon
Feb
04
Celebrating 30 years on the road this year, Chameleon specialises in a brand of feel-good groove-orientated jazz-funk for which it has established a loyal following and a solid reputation in the UK and abroad. Mixing inventive arrangements of the work of the masters with original material from current and past members, the band combines disciplined musicianship with a sense of fun. Featured tonight is the great guitarist Gary Boyle, a true legend of British jazz fusion with an incredible CV.
- Free
- 8:30 pm
- Artist Website
TBC
Feb
10
Artist to be confirmed.
- Free
- 8:30 pm
Gerry Richardson Trio
Feb
11
Long-time Sting collaborator Richardson leads from the piano tonight, as opposed to his more customary Hammond organ, in a subtle trio featuring Garry Linsley on saxophones & in-demand bassist Neil Harland.
- Free
- 8:30 pm
- Artist Website
VAMPYR, with live music accompaniment by Steven Severin
Feb
15
Steven Severin returns to give UK audiences a rare opportunity to hear his new score for VAMPYR, the third in Severin’s ongoing film accompaniment series - Music For Silents. Live in person, acclaimed solo artist and founder member of the legendary Siouxsie and the Banshees, Severin presents a mesmerising synthesis of sound and image, heightening appreciation of the surreal and enigmatic nature of the original work. Carl Theodor Dreyer’s unsettling tale of fear and obsession finds its aural counterpart in Severin’s suitably textured score, a synthesised, highly atmospheric soundscape drawing the viewer rhythmically into the oneiric imagery on screen. Loosely based on Sheridan Le Fanu's genre-defining, 1872 vampire tale, Carmilla (which preceded Bram Stoker's Dracula by 25 years), VAMPYR follows the fortunes of Allan Gray, a young student of the occult, who takes rooms at a village inn, little realising that the region is cursed by vampires. In the dead of night, Gray receives a mysterious nocturnal visitor, who leaves behind a package labelled 'To be opened after my death' – and from that moment on, events take ever darker, weirder turns.
- £10
- 7:59 pm
- Artist Website
Phil Saunders
Feb
17
Phil Saunders writes and sings his honest and sometimes ironic lyrics to infectiously rythmic guitar, punctuated with intense driving harmonica and a solid foot stomp. Its original rootsy blues with a sometimes facetious and amusing viewpoint.
- Free entry
- 8:30 pm
Unfurl
Feb
18
An unusual and fascinating ensemble, led by violinist Olivia Moore, Unfurl's music expands across continents, combining Indian ragas, flamenco and arabic music with jazz improvisation, to create a sound at once sublime and dramatic.
- Free
- 8:30 pm
- Artist Website
April Maybe May
Feb
24
April Maybe May are Matt Kassell and Rosie Hillman from Cumbria, UK. 2011 will see at least one album and two new EPs to add to their impressive back catalogue.
‘...April Maybe May turn in their songs with a natural, crystalline passion. Lyrically bright and seriously happy go lucky with lovelorn undertones it’s marvelous stuff…’ Manchester Music Review
- Free entry
- 8:30 pm
Andrzej Baranek Trio
Feb
25
Formed from the nucleus of The Magic Hat Ensemble and influenced by the drummer-less trios of Oscar Peterson and Benny Green, the group play bebop-inspired arrangements of standards and originals: a hard-swinging, powerhouse trio with slick arrangements and blistering solos.
- Free
- 8:30 pm
Neil C Young Trio
Mar
03
Certainly the only guitarist from Lancashire to make the Grammy long-list this year! Check out one of Britain's best-kept jazz secrets.
- Free
- 8:30 pm
- Artist Website
Kikbak
Mar
09
Playing a mixture of Jazz, Funk, Blues and Soul with vocals and instrumentals. The band comprises:
Chris Wooton .....(Keyboards and vocals)
Julie Rogerson ....(Alto/soprano saxes and vocals)
Steve Wildgoose ....(Bass)
John Powney......( drums ).
Their set is a fairly eclectic mix from Steely Dan, Miles Davis to Crusaders, David Sanborn and Motown arrangements.
- Free entry
- 8:30 pm
LWT
Mar
10
LWT have played together since 2005, when Lawrence Woof and Andy Boothman met as members of the popular salsa band Mojito. The trio’s distinctive sound emerged as collateral damage during some dangerous manoeuvres in Cuban jazz. With the addition of mercurial percussionist Ben McCabe this became a natural vehicle for Lawrence’s compositional ideas and also for an eclectic collection of covers ranging from Eric Satie to Kylie Minogue by way of Nick Drake and the Stranglers.
- Free
- 8:30 pm
- Artist Website
Michael Simpson
Mar
16
Mike simpson is a dynamic acoustic guitarist in the style of tommy emmanuel. Drawing influences from django reinhardt,joe pass,scotty moore and albert lee,these styles are fused together to create a guitarist of the year finalist and cumbrian guitar show winner 2009.Based in whitehaven where he teaches guitar mike recently decided to perform on acoustic guitar and get his set together combining his love of music with fun and excitement.
- Free entry
- 8:30 pm
Brian Acton Quartet
Mar
17
A fine jazz guitar-vocalist, Brian Acton's relaxed style evokes the charm and finesse of a bygone era
- Free
- 8:30 pm
- Artist Website
Trea Udu
Mar
23
Originally from Holland, Trea picked up the guitar at 14 and has been bashing out songs ever since.
Melodic songs with a dash of rock and folk, a mix of rhythms and styles and an excellent choice in socks - come along to a gig, you might be suprised what you hear.
Trea released her debut album ‘Keep My Fantasy’ in early 2010 on the Same Seven Notes label, and is currently working on the follow up release. Based in the North Yorkshire & Cumbria area, Trea and her band are available for booking.
- Free entry
- 8:30 pm
Performers to be confirmed
Mar
24
Please check back.
- Free
- 8:30 pm
Tim Franks Quartet
Mar
31
Sometime Jack Bruce sideman and in-demand drummer for countless bandleaders, Tim Franks leads his own band through a groove-driven take on the contemporary jazz repertoire.
- Free
- 8:30 pm
Saturday Jazz for Spring & Summer
Apr
07
The Saturday jazz programme for the coming months will be posted here in March 2012.
- Free
- 8:30 pm
Stevie Williams and the Most Wanted Band
Apr
20
‘Stevie Williams and the Most Wanted Band’
“A LAWLESS BAND DEAL UP ‘FORGOTTEN’ SONGS AND VINTAGE BLUES.”
Featuring:
Stevie Williams bass / vocals
Billy Buckley guitar / lap-steel guitar
Markie Creswell guitar / vocals
Dave Hassell drums / percussion
info: www.steviewilliams.co.uk
- Free entry
- 8:30 pm
Wytchazle
Aug
10
Wytchazle are: Singer/songwriter, Daisy Windsor, guitar and vocals,
and Robert Foster, Guitar, bazouki, keyboard and banjo.
An acoustic duo based in Suffolk, they play mainly original material, jazz standards, as well as the occasional traditional folk song.
Daisy Windsor has been a full time musician for over ten years, the last six in the band The Floozies and has shared billing with Eliza Carthy, Norma Waterson, Martin Carthy, Lander Mason, Vin Garbutt, Hank and Ben Marvin.
Robert Foster has enjoyed long success as a multi instrumentalist and composer, recording as a solo artist for Transatlantic, and playing with the band Gryphon in their heyday, as well as performing with Jerry Donahue and other members of Fairport Convention at Cropredy.
They released their debut c.d “SUNRISE” in April 2010, recently reviewed in Live unsigned.com (impeccable, fluent and impressively inventive), and appeared as a recommended album in The Grapevine, East Anglia Music Magazine.
Wytchazle have supported, John Renbourn, Robin Williamson, Steve Tilston and Boo Hewerdine
www.wytchazle.co.uk
www.myspace.com/wytchazle
- Free entry
- 8:30 pm
- Artist Website
