Jazz in Wales

News about gigs, festivals, famous names, new artists and more compiled by DJ Andy Roberts in Cardiff, Wales. Send your updates to andy @ jazzinwales.co.uk

Friday, December 17, 2010

Gigs cancelled due to bad weather

Bad weather has forced the cancellation of the following gigs:

Torfaen Jazz Society - Laura Collins's Christmas Party - Friday 17 December - at the Open Hearth, Sebastopol, Pontypool.

Blues Dragon - Junior Hacksaw at Cafe Jazz, Cardiff - Friday 17 December.

If you're planning to go to any other gig this weekend, please contact the venue before you travel to see if it's still going ahead.

Thursday, December 16, 2010

Jazz Connection playlist 16 December 2010

Here's what I played on the Jazz Connection on Thursday 16 December 2010 on Radio Cardiff 98.7 FM:

Imelda May - Inside Out (Latin Mix)
Gareth Roberts Quintet – Unlucky-Lee
Laura Collins – On The Street Where You Live
Stewart Curtis' K-Groove – The Bulgar Bug
Organic – Back in the Slot
Wonderbrass – Dunkin' With Rich T
Interview with Rob Smith - Wonderbrass Olympic commission
Michael L Roberts and Anita Wardell – Faces
Led Bib – Is That a Woodblock?
Lea DeLaria – What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?
Dill Jones Trio – Lady Wendy
Top Shelf Jazz – Santa's Coming For You
Jools Holland – I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free

Hear the show right now at www.jazz-connection.co.uk

The Jazz Connection goes out every Thursday night at 8pm on Radio Cardiff - tune in on 98.7 FM or watch and listen live online at www.radiocardiff.org

Friday, December 10, 2010

Wonderbrass win Olympic commission

Cardiff-based jazz band Wonderbrass have won a commission to create new music to mark the 2012 London Olympics.

They'll be reunited with musician and composer Jason Yarde of Jazz Jamaica fame for the New Music 20x12 project run by the PRS for Music Foundation.

Wonderbrass are the only representatives from Wales among the twenty organisations selected to offer a snapshot of the quality and diversity of new music in the UK.

Each piece will be broadcast by BBC Radio 3 and tour the UK as part of the Cultural Olympiad in the run up to the 2012 Games.

See the PRS for Music Foundation website for more details.

And check out the story on the BBC News website.

Thursday, December 09, 2010

Jazz Connection playlist 9 December 2010

Here's what I played on the Jazz Connection on Thursday 9 December 2010 on Radio Cardiff 98.7 FM:

Georgie Fame & the Blue Flames
– It's Got The Whole World Shakin'

Heavy Quartet – Urban Trad
Sarah and H – Cold Cold Heart
Sam Crowe Group – Synaesthesia
Jazz Jamaica – Shank-Kai-Chek
Interview – Tony Wright & John Norton on Rude: A Ska Musical
Jazz Jamaica – Monkey Man
Michael Janisch – Precisely Now
Asmara All Stars ft Temasgen Yared – Ykre Belni
Chris Barber’s Jazz Band ft Monty Sunshine – Petite Fleur
The Numbers Racket – Route 66
Inspector Gadjo ft Casey Greene – Belleville

Hear the show right now at www.jazz-connection.co.uk

The Jazz Connection goes out every Thursday night on Radio Cardiff at 8pm - tune in on 98.7 FM or watch and listen live online at
www.radiocardiff.org