July
6th RWCMD Showcase - The Antigone Blackwell Quintet & Jam Session
The Antigone Blackwell Quintet bring a set of swinging standards from the influences of Chet Baker, Tina May and more. It’s not one to miss! This will be followed by a jam session so come hang and bring your horns!!
12th Burum -Burum launch their 4th album called 'Eneidiau' (Spirits) at the Flute and Tankard! Burum combine both the Welsh folk tradition and jazz - the band's music fuses a deep respect for the original folk melodies themselves with the flexibility and dynamics of jazz improvisation - beautiful, melancholic melodies are performed alongside fiery solos and deep grooves. Burum will perform the music from the album 'Eneidiau' in its entirety along with new arrangements that were worked up in the studio in September 2021. Burum is a jazz sextet with a difference -The brothers Tomos (trumpet) and Daniel Williams (tenor sax) lead many of Wales' most creative and in-demand musicians: young folk virtuoso Patrick Rimes on bag-pipes and flute (yes! bag-pipes...it really works!), Matheus Prado on bass, Dave Jones on piano and Mark O'Connor on drums. Burum have performed across Wales and internationally (India, France, USA).Unique Welsh jazz at its very best https://www.burum.org
13th Joe Northwood’s Jam session - expect the unexpected
19th ATLANTICUS Blue Haven Tour - ATLANTICUS is a unique British-American musical partnership bringing together two powerfully distinct musical personalities, US saxophonist Peter Fraize and UK organist Terry Seabrook, to explore their common interest in the rich transatlantic heritage of jazz and draws from the storied tradition of the great Hammond organ groups, with a post-modern sound echoing the ground-breaking organ quartet of Larry Young’s 'Unity' album https://atlanticusjazz.com
20th Frazer Nelson band - posponed due to positive covid test
26th Close Brescall Blanchfield - John, Zach and Michael with their version of the organ trio
27th Ben Manning Michael Blanchfield Trio 2.0 - featuring Dave and Norman Wilmore