November
22nd RWCMD Showcase - Set 1: A Wheel inside a Wheel - Come along for a trio set of American folk tunes by songwriters Gillian Welch and Robin Holcomb. Sylvie Noble - Voice, Nils Kavanagh - Piano, Coren Sithers - Saxophone
Set 2: George Povey Quartet - A set of new originals and explorations of old standards. Coren Sithers - Saxophone, Clen Saynor - Bass, Elliot Warburton - Piano, George Povey - Drums
23rd Joe Northwood’s jam session - great rhythm section, then get up and join in
29th Iain Ballamy - Iain on tenor sax, Huw Warren, piano and Yuri Golubev, bass
30th Let Spin - guitarist Moss Freed, saxophonist Chris Williams, bassist Ruth Goller & drummer Finlay Panter, 10th anniversary tour, with an explosive mixture of stylistic influences. Their collaborative way of working and focus on improvisation leads to incendiary live performances, allowing the music to venture into territories that are unforeseen even to the musicians themselves
December
6th RWCMD showcase - An Evening With Safiya Joscelyne. Safiya Joscelyne - Voice, Nils Kavanagh - Piano, Marcus Baber - Bass, Tom Williams - Drums
7th Eddie Gripper trio - Cardiff album launch for Eddie Gripper's new Album "Home", featuring all original music from the release and some new compositions written during Eddie's travels in the states this past summer interlaced with some of my favourite songs (which I wish I had written) by the likes Keith Jarrett, Chick Corea, Michel Petrucciani etc. Patrick Barrett-Donlon (Kit), Paula Gardiner (Bass) and Eddie on Piano
13th Paul Jones & Aidan Thorne play some tunes they like, including arrangements of songs by the likes of Jimmy Webb, Wayne Shorter, Vince Guaraldi, Joni Mitchell and others.
14th Joe Northwood’s jam session - great rhythm section, then get up and join in