Friday 18.06 8pm; £8 – Salsa con Wodka

A special edition of our regular Cuban Fiesta – an evening of Cuban rumba to celebrate a birthday of the director of The Cuban School of Arts – Damarys Farres.. An excellent opportunity to learn one of the most popular Latin dances, which in recent years has swept the dance floors in clubs all over the world. Damarys will be on hand to show you some basic steps and ensure that you are well prepared to dance the night away to the music of the live Cuban band.   

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Sat 19.06 8.30pm; £5 - Richard Turner Round Trip

24 year old, Richard Turner is one of a new crop of creative and imaginative young musicians on the British scene. His ability to move fluently between many styles of music has seen him appear with such artists as Gary Husband, Mike Gibbs, Steve Swallow and Bill Frisell, give recitals for trumpet and organ at major cathedrals such as York Minster and perform on live broadcasts for BBC television and radio.

Richard's influences include such eminent jazz musicians as Ornette Coleman, Eric Dolphy, and Lennie Tristano as well as classical composers J S Bach, Shostakovich, Debussy and Stravinsky.                                                             

Albeit principally a jazz musician, Richard's original project, Round Trip described recently by the Vortex's Chris Parker as "a skilful and refreshingly original-sounding band" use his classically influenced compositions as vehicles for exploratory improvisation.                                                          

Parallel to his own projects Richard currently plays and tours with drummer Gary Husband in Husband's new quartet 'Drive' alongside saxophonist Julian Siegel and bassist Michael Janisch. The groups debut album Hotwired released in January 2009 and their three night residency at Ronnie Scott's club in early February 2009 was met with rave reviews.  While pursuing a busy freelance schedule throughout the UK and Europe Richard is also in growing demand as an educator. Many of his students have been awarded places at the Royal Academy of Music, Guildhall School of Music, Trinity College of Music, the Royal Welsh College of Music, Cambridge University and Oxford University.

"Outstanding trumpet playing.....melodic inventiveness and mature phrasing....distinctive rhythmic imagination."- The Guardian

Sat. 12.06 8.30pm; £5 - Gilad Atzmon and The Orient House Ensamble

Gilad was born in Israel in 1963. He plays soprano, alto, tenor and baritone saxes as well as clarinet, sol, zurna and flutes. He moved to London in 1994 and has continued to develop an interest in the music of the Middle East, North Africa and Eastern Europe that has been in the back of his mind for years. In 2000 he founded the Orient House Ensemble which has toured all over the world. The Orient House Ensemble includes Asaf Sirkis on drums, Yaron Stavi on bass and Frank Harrison on keyboards. Gilad’s contribution to the British jazz is enormous. As well as playing at nearly every major jazz venue, he has recorded numerous albums, all of them praised by jazz critics for their originality and innovative style. We recommend this concert to all music lovers who fancy experiencing very exciting jazz served by the some of the world’s best jazz musicians

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