Favourite Things Jazz Jam at Favela Chic, Wednesday 18th August August 10, 2010
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Has it really been nearly a month? It’s been a bit quiet on the site as of late, but don’t worry, we haven’t gone anywhere. In fact we can now announce that Favourite Things Jazz Jam has got a new permanent home for the foreseeable future. After last month’s storming little session at Favela Chic in Shoreditch we’ve ended up with a midweek monthly there, so I guess you could say we’re back! (Time to work on a new flyer maybe?)
On Wednesday 18th August we’ll be packing up our instruments again and heading back out to Great Eastern Street for another essential throwdown of jazz, Latin and fusion from the Favourite Things Quartet led by Jake Telford on Sax. Back in July we were joined on stage by the very talented Alix Anthony, who preceded to wow the crowd with a set of explosive funk and soul, while the band completed two killer live jams, bringing their usual funky jazz stylings to the fore while an ever assorted range of guests stepped up to add their own unique twists to the occasion. Those wanting to get a little flavour of that night, can peep a selection of videos out from the evening (Make sure to check the vibe on Jessica Lauren‘s keymanship on the last one! Divine). Who knows who might just end up on stage this time around.
And just to complete the line up, resident DJs Nik Weston (Mukatusku) and Rob Coley (Soul-Identity) will also be on hand to fill in the musical gaps between jam sessions, pulling our their own choice discoveries on a jazz and Latin tip.
The fun starts from 7.00pm with the first band set up around 8.30pm. If you fancy getting involved, either on a vocal tip or with an instrument, why not drop us a line for details or just drop in (The earlier the better really, as the second set tends to be busy!) and we’ll do our best to accommodate you. If Facebook is your thing, you can also check all the event details and RSVP too. Hope to see you next Wednesday for another great night of music!
In the meantime, we should have some more podcasts coming up shortly and don’t forget that over the past couple six months or so we’ve already built up quite an archive (all of which can be downloaded on this blog or streamed via Mixcloud). So why not get involved and give us a listen.
Favourite Things Jazz Jam at Favela Chic, Tuesday 20th July July 13, 2010
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After a little hiatus, the band are back in action. On Tuesday 20th July, the Favourite Things Jazz Jam drops into one of Shoreditch’s most colourful venues, Favela Chic for an evening of live jazz, Latin, funk and fusion.
Led by host and lead saxophone player Jake Telford, the Favourite Things Quartet (featuring Jessica Lauren on keys, Graham Silbiger on bass and Francesco Mendolia on drums) plus extended players Max O’Donnell (guitar) and Oliver Nelken (trumpet) will be tearing up the stage live again with an assortment of improvised funky jazz standards over two extended sets.
Resident DJs Nik Weston (Mukatsuku Records) and Rob Coley (Soul Identity Music) will be on hand to ensure the music keeps flowing between the jam sessions.
If the event is new to you, you can get a flavour of what to expect by checking out the videos from our last night at Vibe Bar back in May. And of course, if you’ve got a instrument or an amazing voice, why not bring it down and step up and perform live with the band during the later set.
Hope to see you there.
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Favela Chic London
91-93 Great Eastern Street
London EC2 3HZ
http://www.favelachic.com/london
6.00pm – 1.00am
May 13 2010: Emanative at Favela Chic | Aronas at Jazz Refreshed May 12, 2010
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Nick “Emanative” Woodmansey and his brand new live setup take centre stage at Favela Chic London tomorrow evening for the next installment of the Wah Wah 45s Live sessions, and more importantly, the band’s debut full live show. The night is essentially pitched as a launch for Emanative’s recently released album on the Futuristica Music label, “Time”, (available to buy at Juno and all good music stockists), and on the night Nick will lead a very talented lineup of musicians, including Favourite Things’ own keyboard maestro Jessica Lauren, and a trio of vocalists, Heidi Vogel, Cecilia Stalin and Liz Elensky.
The album itself is a companion piece to last year’s critically acclaimed “Space” long player, also available on Futuristica Music, and compiles a number of unreleased tracks and remixes from the project. The contributors to this release read like a veritable who’s who of the UK’s undergound music scene, including Mark Rapson, Soundspecies, Tony Wahchuku, Kay Suzuki, Jazz Chronicles, K15 and Wah Wah 45′s own Scrimshire, not to mention Manchester’s Matthew Halsall, who lends his trumpet skills to one of the new cuts ‘Find You’. As a taster, Nick has made available an alternative version of a track from ‘Time’, namely a sublime cover of John Coltrane’s ‘Naima’ on Emanative’s Bandcamp page.
Renowned Italian jazzman Nicola Conte will also be making a rare UK appearance on the night, supplying not one but two DJ sets, which will likely take his own unique blend of 60′s jazz and bossa nova, and couple it with his love for deep spiritual soul and contemporary electronic sounds. The bill is rounded off with DJ sets from the irrepressible pairing of Wah Wah 45s’ Dom Servini and Scrimshire.
Doors open at 8pm and it’s a mere £3 to get in. The band make it on stage at 9.45pm with Nicola Conte DJing just before and just after.
On the other side of London, in Notting Hill tomorrow night, our equally impressive second keys player, Aron Ottignon will be blessing the crowd at Mau Mau bar in Portobello Road with a live performance of his own as part of the imitable Jazz re:efreshed crew’s weekly expose of cutting edge jazz talent. Aron bring’s his own Aronas quartet, which also features Jon Harvey on Bass, Alexis Nunez on Drums and Sam Dubois on Steel Pan percussion, to West London for a night of self-confessed “Punk Jazz”, a fierce combination of live jazz and dance music, underpinned by South Pacific influenced grooves.
“Culture Tunnel”, Aron’s debut album as Aronas, was released back in 2006 on Solid Air Music and can be found on iTunes. As a taster for the show tomorrow, Aron has made available a download of one of the tracks from that album, “Happy Song”. You can get the MP3 from his Soundcloud.
After the show tomorrow, the band can be found supporting Angélique Kidjo at The Barbican on Saturday, before they all head off for this year’s Montreal Jazz Festival in June.
Doors open at 7.30pm and it’s £5 on the door.