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Jazz in Wales
 
 Ben
Thomas - Trumpet
Originally from Tenby in
Pembrokeshire,
Ben began playing the trumpet aged seven years old.
He studied jazz at the Welsh College Of Music And Drama where he received
tuition from influential pianist and composer Keith Tippet as well as Julie
Driscoll, Paul Dunmall, Tony Levin, Lee Goodall and Dylan Fowler plus top
trumpeters such as Henry Lowther, Andy Everton and Terence Lax, to name but a
few.
 Esmond
Selwyn If you listened to his recordings blind, you might think
Pablo Records had uncovered yet another unreleased Joe Pass session, but
no, this is by Welsh guitarist Esmond Selwyn. Selwyn’s playing has
superficial resemblances to Pass in the thoughtful single note picking
and the rippling flourishes at the ends of lines but the liner notes of
this CD instead cite Tal Farlow and George Van Eps as his main
influences, and you can hear that. On tracks like “Lover Man” and “Easy
Living” he does full-blown, splashy rhapsodising like Farlow but on
others, like “Cheek To Cheek” and “The Song Is Ended,” he plays with the
compressed rhythmic chug of a ‘20s player like Eps, a style that bears a
vague resemblance to the spiky brutalities of Derek Bailey though the
end sound bears no resemblance. Selwyn’s treatment of “All The Things
You Are” may be his most striking work here
Splinter - Cardiff
Trio
Recently formed contemporary jazz artists Chris Gilligan, Chris Hyson &
Gethin Jones have come together to play and perform new vibrant and energetic
music. Originals and arranged jazz Jtandards. Already supported The Neil
Cowley Trio, Acoustic Ladyland and playing across Europe,
Swansea Jazzland
Wales' premier 'Live Jazz' Club
featuring the best of local, national and international musicians in an intimate
setting.
Swansea Jazz Club St. James Social Club, St. James
Crescent, Uplands, Swansea.
The website contains a detailed programme of forthcoming events at Swansea
Jazzland plus information regarding how to get there and a Swansea Jazzland Hall
of Fame!!
Jazz @
Dempsey's - Cardiff
http://www.jazz-in.co.uk/
http://www.jazzwales.org.uk/
http://www.davestapleton.com/
http://www.andydaviesjazz.com/newwebsite/indexENG.htm
Porthcawl Jazz Festival
11-13 April 08
Llangollen Jazz Festival
9 -
11 May 08
Torfaen Jazz in The Park (Pontypool) 2006
31 Aug - 2 Sept 07 - 01633 668239
http://www.aberjazz.com/
http://www.northwalesjazz.org.uk/
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