KENT & E. SUSSEX GIG GUIDE
Gig Listings
Sunday 23 January 2011
Dog & Gun (213 Boxley Rd Maidstone
Kent M14 2tl 01622 759046) All Day Falling 5-7pm Free
Gardeners Arms
(2 Forge Lane Higham Nr Rochester Kent Me3 7as 01474 823901) Jamming Session All Musicians Welcome 5.30pm Free
Ivy House
(Hackington Road Tyler Hill Canterbury Kent Ct2 9ne 01227 472200) Migdon & Gibson Acoustic Set
From Vocalist Powerhouse David Migdon & Guitarist Joe Gibson 5pm to 7pm Free
Louis Armstrong
(Maison Dieu Road Dover Kent Ct16 1ra 01304 204759) Blue Rhythm Kings 1920's Jazz Free.
The Eagle Tavern
(124 High street Rochester Kent Me1 1jt 01634 409040) Ed Jones Quartet 1pm Free
Monday 24 January 2011
Lower Bell (201 Old Chatham Road
Aylesford Kent Me20 7ef 01634 861127) Jam
Session All
Welcome
Free
Walnut Tree P.H.
(234 Tonbridge Rd Maidstone Kent Me16 8sr 01622 727260) Goosebumps 9pm Free
Tuesday 25 January 2011
Roffen Suite (New Road Rochester Kent Me1
1dy 07785 307388) Bottleneck Blues Club Present Tim Aves & Wolf Pack Howling Wolf Inspired Music 7.30pm £10
The Flower Pot
(96 Sandling Rd Maidstone Kent Me14 2rj 01622 757705) Electro Acoustic Jam Night -
Country & Blues Soul & Folk Just bring your own instruments Free From 8pm
Wednesday 26 January 2011
The Eagle Tavern (124 High street Rochester
Kent Me1 1jt 01634 409040) Jam Night 8pm Free
Thursday 27 January 2011
The Eagle Tavern (124 High street Rochester
Kent Me1 1jt 01634 409040) The Hi Jets Free
The Tower Theatre
(North Road Shorncliffe Folkestone Kent Ct20 3lh 01303 277175) Jazz At The
Tower presents
Lawrence (Fletch) Fletcher Quartet This Modern Group Playing All The
Standards You Will Enjoy 8.30pm
Walnut Tree
(Forge Lane East Farleigh Kent Me15 Ohj 01622 726368) Canary Wolf Duo 8pm Free.
Walnut Tree P.H.
(234 Tonbridge Rd Maidstone Kent Me16 8sr 01622 727260) Stand-Up Adult Comedy With Matt
Price 9pm Free
Friday 28 January 2011
East Kent P.H. (72 Oxford Street Whistable
Kent Ct5 1da 01227 272018) Head
Games 8pm Free.
George Hotel
(68 High Street Ashford Kent Tn24 8tb 01233 625512) Live'n'kickin Classic Rock 8pm Free
Louis Armstrong
(Maison Dieu Road Dover Kent Ct16 1ra 01304 204759) Hard Road Blues 8pm Free.
Lower Bell
(201 Old Chatham Road Aylesford Kent Me20 7ef 01634 861127) Metropolis 8pm Free
Royal Oak Hotel
(High Street Sevenoaks Kent Tn13 1hy 01732 451109) Dinner Jazz with Derek Nash -
Saxaphone & Dave Colton - Guitar Jazz 3 Course Meal & Coffee 7.30pm £26
The Chequers
(The Broadway Lamberhurst Kent Tn3 8db 01892 890260) Nigel Bagge & Eddie Armer Blues Duo 9pm Free
Saturday 29 January 2011
East Kent P.H. (72 Oxford Street Whistable
Kent Ct5 1da 01227 272018) Those
Distant Voices 8pm Free.
George Hotel
(68 High Street Ashford Kent Tn24 8tb 01233 625512) Shameful Behaviour Original Three Piece Rock Metal
& Grunge Band
8pm Free
Louis Armstrong
(Maison Dieu Road Dover Kent Ct16 1ra 01304 204759) Floyd In The Flesh Tribute 8pm Free.
Lower Bell
(201 Old Chatham Road Aylesford Kent Me20 7ef 01634 861127) The Blues Shift 8pm Free
Prince Of Wales
(Dymchurch Rd Hythe Kent Ct21 6pg 01303 266270) Phoenix Karaoke 8pm Free
The Spitfire
(Liberty Square Kings Hill Kent Me19 4au 01732 220754) Crispey Duck Combo Tasty Tunes From The 60's &
70's Upbeat Fun Covers 8.30-11pm
Free
Windmill Pub
(292 Rochester Rd Burham Nr Rochester Kent Me1 3rj 01634 861919) Karaoke / Open Mic. Night All Singers; Performers and
Comedians Welcome From
8pm Free
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Other
Weeks Details based on that available to us at our Monday deadline
Red Admiral Records - New
Releases
World Music
Jazz and Easy Listening
Hamlet Zhou & The Movement Band
Album :Mavanga
Genre: World Music /
Mbira / Zimbabwe
Red Admiral Records - Samples
REDADCDA573
Release: 14th January 2011
Hamlet Zhou (36) is a Zimbabwean musician and songwriter, though
originally born in the country he moved to the city for a better education.
Hamlet started playing at the age of 9 with a home made
banjo/guitar. His reputation as a guitarist and vocalist has progressed for
the past 15 years gaining regular live and recording experience with
musicians from Zimbabwe, Botswana, South Africa and Mozambique. Performing at
festivals such as
Mapungubwe, Opikopi, The Standard jazz festival, Masa festival in the Ivory
Coast, Africa festival Germany and Roskild festival in Denmark.
Hamlet Zhou - lead vocals and guitars,
composer
Lazarus Wiliam - drums and backing vocals
Alastus Mushoriwa - keyboards and bass guitar
Since the band's formation and release their first album
?Chirimumoyo' in 2006 they have been ambassadors of Zimbabwean traditional
music to South African festivals. They play Mbira music, which is important
to keep the flame of Zimbabwean culture burning. It helps the young grasp
traditional values and maintains their identity, as the generations are
slowly moving from African and Zimbabwean culture towards western type of
music.
The Band use their music as media to maintain and safeguard the
threatened culture to teach all generations to lead lives free of killer
diseases such as HIV/AIDS. The song titled ?Mavanga' advises the young to
take heed of advice from the elderly in order to live safely and longer.
Band members were groomed into refined artistes by Mbira music
masters such as Andy
Brown, Chioniso Maraire, Ephert Mujuru, Dawn Gumbo, German
based Stella
Chiweshe and Thomas
Maphumo now stationed in America.
Local music events are held around town mainly at beer out-lets,
and are a real crowd puller. Visitors to Harare from all over the world enjoy
cultural music. They attend the shows creating a big market for traditional
music instruments such as Mbira and beating drums. They can learn how to play
the instruments and export them to their countries at the end of their visits
which also helps support the musicians and workers of the area.
The Movement Band members want to sustain and take cultural
music to greater heights with a cultural music centre in Harare.
Manufacturing traditional musical instruments and teaching people how to play
the them. Approaching potential donors such as Non Governmental Organisations
(NGO's) for assistance has been a help but more is needed to secure the
future of Zimbabwe culture so the band welcome any opportunity to tour and
exhibit to the outside world through events and festivals, in Africa and
abroad.
Red Admiral Records Jazz Season brings together Jazz and Easy
Listening artists from UK, Canada and USA.
http://www.redadmiralrecords.com
A
Jazzy Season for Red Admiral Records features select World class artists from
around the globe combining new, smooth and sexy melodies with jazz standards
performed by regional writers and musicians.
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BARBARA JEAN
- CD Album: Sweet
Jazz / Swing
Released 7th December
Barbara Jean is a singer/songwriter from New York whose ballads and solid
swing tunes provide the perfect vehicle for her mellow voice and direct
delivery.
"Sweet", is a fine collection of original material and runs the
gamut from soulful ballads to cool swing.
Born into a musical family (her mother was a cellist and her sister, an
accomplished pianist) she began her professional music career as a bassist in
Phoenix - country, pop, rock and roll. After two years on the road on the
hotel circuit, Barbara recorded with new-country group, Gotham Rose, opening
shows for greats George Jones, Patty Loveless, Toby Keith and Diamond Rio,
among others. The group received extensive radio play across
Europe in the 90's and remains a project she is extremely proud of. In 2000
she set down her bass and picked up a mic with her hometown swing big band.
Soon, the area's most gifted jazz musicians were calling and Barbara now
lives, writes and sings in upstate New York.
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MELISSA PISARZOWSKI
- CD EP: Love Me
Jazz / Easy
Listening / Swing
Melissa Lauren Pisarzowski is a popular accomplished singer and writer
making her mark in the Toronto music scene. With a strong influence in jazz,
Latin, and blues, Melissa has developed an original style of her own melting
together old school sounds with modern flare.
On "Love Me her latest CD release, Melissa presents 3 of her latest
compositions with minimal backing exposing the smooth and seductive vocals
that have brought her the opportunity to work with so many top music
professionals.
A graduate of York University's music program, Melissa began studying voice
at the age of twelve and discovered her passion performance. She has had the
privilege of studying with some of Toronto's most respected musicians
including Barry Elmes, Mark Eisenman, and Al Henderson. Melissa's love for
swing and jazz music started when she started performing with the Toronto
All-Star Big Band; she continued singing with them until 2004. She had the
opportunity to work with and open for many wonderful musicians; Jeff Healey,
Gordon Lightfoot, Ranee Lee, Henry Questa, Tommy Ambrose, Peter Appleyard,
Buddy DiFranco, Jackie Richardson, and Clark Terry to name a few.
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ZOO
- CD Album: Psychodrama
Jazz - Nu Jazz
Fusion
ZOO create a unique blend of jazz-infused grooves, warm, absorbing and
emotive, beautifully intimate, atmospheric, with rich harmonies and
instrumentation.
Psychodrama their 3rd album on the Red Admiral label pushes their unique
envelope one stage further.
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GARY SWINARD
- CD Album: After
Five
Easy Listening /
Instrumental / Jazz / New Age
Gary Swinard was born in Ashford, Kent, England. His music career spans more
than 4 decades playing guitar, bass and keyboards. He has worked along side
and in the company of many great icons that are still performing today.
After Five demonstrates Gary's his desire to mix some of his originals that
include Smooth Jazz, Relaxation and New Age with some old classic tunes of
yesterday. In 2009 Gary set about recording two albums with his close friend
& sax player, Joe Bolero. "After Five" is the first of these. Stuffed
full of mature and relaxing music to get into, with a glass of your favourite
liquid After Five.
In 2001 Gary moved to Florida USA, his first six months was spent getting
used to the Florida life style before getting back into music.
2001-2002 He joined a well known local band JIMMIE DEE & NITEFLIGHT
before setting up his own 7 piece show band in 2003-2008 THE PRAIRIE DAWGS
now called THINK BIG LIVE Specialising in tributes. The band covers The Blues
Brothers, Elvis, Garth Brooks, and the one tribute Gary loves to perform,
Eric Clapton. Apart from playing many of the major hotels in Orlando these
shows have also taken the band to Nashville and Las Vegas
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ROGER ALLEN
- CD Album: Electro
Swing Guitar
Jazz / Easy
Listening / Swing
Roger Allen has played the Guitar professionally for the last fifty
years, after starting at four years old on a Ukulele given to him by his
family.
Electro Swing Guitar is a compilation of some of Roger's favourite standards,
played his own way. A timeless piece of work.
Roger has played in a diverse number of situations and countries, Canada,
Australia, Holland, France and the USA . He has worked with his own trio and
quartet, but his love of recording and the influence of Les Paul (who he has
jammed with on stage) finally encouraged him to make his own backing tracks
which always made life easier when moving around the world and to different
venues.
For many years running his own company, making industrial films and radio
documentaries in England and Australia, he became an accomplished sound
recording engineer, stills and film cameraman. Roger returned to the UK in
1995 and now resides in Ramsgate, Kent.UK.
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NOEL BANNISTER
- CD Album: In
Search Of Peace
Easy Listening /
Relaxation/ Meditation
Noel Bannister is a professional composer and musical arranger based in
Crowborough, E.Sussex (UK). He has an international reputation as a pianist,
having played all over the Northern hemisphere from the Arctic Circle to
Casablanca.
In Search Of Peace presents 47 minutes of relaxing music ideal for healing,
meditation and soothing after a tough day. Within each of us there is an
inner silence which, given the many distractions of modern day life, is
sometimes difficult to access. This music represents an antidote to the
hectic lifestyles most of us lead, a journey of the imagination to a place of
inspiration, healing and inner peace. A calming and tranquil backing for
video or film and ideal for background music when entertaining or dining with
friends.
Red Admiral Records Artist downloads and Previews are also available at iTunes and good stores
Worldwide.
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