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2009 Festival Headline Bands |
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Friday 9th October 2009
8.00pm Marsden Mechanics
Georgie Fame (More Details
Soon)
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Saturday 10th October
12.30pm Marsden Mechanics
BLINK
Robin Fincker
(Sax/Clarinet); Alcyona Mick (Piano); Paul Clarvis
(Drums)
Formed out of a
long-standing collaboration between pianist Alcyona and
French saxophonist/clarinettist Robin Fincker, Blink has
been a trio for two years with percussionist/drummer
Paul Clarvis. A member of London’s Loop Collective, the
trio plays mostly original material written by Alcyona
and Robin combining influences from various sources of
swing, 20th century classical music, rock, free
improvisation and world music. |
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Saturday 10th October
4.00pm Marsden Mechanics
NICOLAS MEIER GROUP
Gilad Atzmon (Sax); Pat
Bettison (Bass); Asaf Sirkis (Drums) Nicolas Meier
(Acoustic Guitar/Saz)
London-based Swiss
guitarist Nicolas Meier is one of the
rising stars of a vibrant British jazz scene, his
trademark sound, as heard on his Naim albums, a mixture
of Methenyesque jazz and spicy Turkish and world music
rhythms. The Meier Group have toured extensively in
Europe, sharing the bill with the likes of Elvin Jones,
Brad Mehldau, Trilok Gurtu and Bill Evans and this
year's extensive UK tour includes the London
International Guitar Festival. |
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Saturday 10th October
8.00pm Marsden Mechanics
IAN SHAW
Twice winner of the BBC Jazz Awards, Ian Shaw plays the
Saturday evening gig at the Mechanics with his regular
trio featuring the virtuoso drummer, Mark Fletcher, a
favourite of the visiting Americans. Shaw, who has the
reputation of being "simply our finest male jazz singer"
(Time Out) has recently been touring his last two albums
(Linn Records); "Drawn To All Things, the Songs Of Joni
Mitchell" and the more recent "Lifejacket", a stunning
collection of heartfelt originals, charting the course
of city living, childhood memory and the often
surprising notion of being in love. Don't miss this
dazzling highlight of the festival with Shaw at his
vocal and daring best. |
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Saturday 10th October
11.30pm Marsden Mechanics
HAGGIS HORNS LIVE (First Word
Records)
The
Haggis Horns are one of the best live bands in the game;
a brass heavy funk powerhouse that has been rocking
clubs up and down the country for years, combining
breakbeat funk, soul, hip-hop and afrobeat with the
virtuosity of trained jazz musicians. |
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Sunday 11th October
1.30pm Marsden Mechanics
MIKE WALKERS MADHOUSE BAND
Mike Walker (Guitar); Iain
Dixon (Saxes); Pat Illingworth (Drums); Steve Watts
(Bass); Les Chisnall (Piano); Malcolm Edmonstone (Keys).
"Mike Walker is one of the most powerful jazz guitarists
in Europe ... This
(Madhouse
and the Whole Thing There)
is his first album under his own name but, far from
sounding like an insular personal journey, this debut is
a soaringly confident piece of idiosyncratic
contemporary fusion." -
John Fordham, The
Guardian May
23rd 2008 |
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Sunday 11th October
5.00pm Marsden Mechanics
IAIN BALLAMY, ANORAK
Iain
Ballamy (Tenor Saxophone and Compositions) ; Gareth
Williams - (Piano); Steve Watts (Double Bass); Martin
France (Drums)
This
stunning quartet features four fine musicians playing
original material that still retains strong points of
reference to the legacy of Jazz from the second half of
the 20th century. The material includes a mixture of
burning swing, ballads and re-writes of classics such as
Blue in Green, Stella, I Got Rhythm and All The Things
You Are, all of which feature Ballamy's lyrical
approach, for which he is now well known. |
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TRY BEFORE YOU BUY
You can check out the music
of most of our 2009 headliners on their myspace pages.
Just click on the following links:
Georgie Fame
Blink
Nicolas
Meier Group
Ian Shaw
Haggis
Horns
Mike
Walker's Madhouse Band
Iain
Ballamy |
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Our thanks go to the
Pubs and Clubs of Marsden, who support the Festival each year by
paying for the bands which Festival audiences can then see for
free. Without their support the Festival would be much smaller
and quieter. Please show your appreciation by supping up while
you enjoy the music! |
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