“Forget the economic blues and prepare to join us for the best new jazz festival,” say the organizers of yet another first in Budleigh’s music calendar. A development of the town’s highly successful Festival of Music and the Arts, Budleigh’s three-day extravaganza of sounds ranges from danceable traditional New Orleans style to powerful big band swing. The Jazz Festival will take place in the Games Club in Cricket Field Lane, where there is a full licensed bar and comfortable seating.Above: Mike Denham and Sunset Café Stompers.
Picture credit: Budleigh Festival of Music and the Arts
Sunset Café Band
Sunset Café Band
Thursday 23 April 7.45 pm Tickets: £8
Sunset Café Stompers play exciting traditional jazz in the style of the New Orleans pioneers. The band takes its name from the famous night-spot on Chicago's South Side, owned by Al Capone, where Louis Armstrong once played.
Formed in 1989, with a mission to become the finest exponents of the New Orleans sound in the South West, the SCS have acquired a strong following in their home territory, and a national reputation. Based in Wessex, the band tours to jazz clubs further afield, and has appeared frequently at the Bude, Keswick and other major festivals.
SCS’s repertoire, while firmly rooted in New Orleans, covers a wider range than most British bands and includes compositions made famous by Duke Ellington, King Oliver and Jelly Roll Morton.
The Devon Youth Jazz Orchestra
Formed in 1989, with a mission to become the finest exponents of the New Orleans sound in the South West, the SCS have acquired a strong following in their home territory, and a national reputation. Based in Wessex, the band tours to jazz clubs further afield, and has appeared frequently at the Bude, Keswick and other major festivals.
SCS’s repertoire, while firmly rooted in New Orleans, covers a wider range than most British bands and includes compositions made famous by Duke Ellington, King Oliver and Jelly Roll Morton.
The Devon Youth Jazz Orchestra
Friday 24 April 7.45 pm
Tickets: £8
Last November the Devon Youth Jazz Orchestra's senior section was awarded the highest accolade by being selected to play in the Schools' Proms at the Royal Albert Hall in London.
Tutored by three professional jazz musicians the Jazz Orchestras exist to help young players learn about, develop skills in and increase their appreciation of big band music. Members have the opportunity to play music in a wide range of styles, from swing to be-bop, from latin to funk. A key activity is improvisation: band members are encouraged to express their musical ideas through a graded programme of workshops, and are given opportunities to try out their ideas in concerts. Big band links have been made with Plymouth, Hampshire and Staffordshire. Original works for performance have been provided by Dave O’Higgins and Steve Waterman.
Tutored by three professional jazz musicians the Jazz Orchestras exist to help young players learn about, develop skills in and increase their appreciation of big band music. Members have the opportunity to play music in a wide range of styles, from swing to be-bop, from latin to funk. A key activity is improvisation: band members are encouraged to express their musical ideas through a graded programme of workshops, and are given opportunities to try out their ideas in concerts. Big band links have been made with Plymouth, Hampshire and Staffordshire. Original works for performance have been provided by Dave O’Higgins and Steve Waterman.
Above: Student players give top-class performance
Picture credit: Devon County Council
Scott Hamilton with the Craig Milverton Trio
Saturday 25 April Tickets: £15
“Following a Scott Hamilton solo is like listening to a great conversationalist in full flow,” writes fellow tenor saxophonist and writer, Dave Gelly. “First comes the voice, the inimitable, assured sound of his tenor saxophone, then the informal style and finally the amazing fluency and eloquent command of the jazz language.”
In demand the world over as a saxophonist, Scott Hamilton was born in 1954, in Providence, Rhode Island. During his early childhood he heard a lot of jazz through his father's extensive record collection, and became acquainted with the jazz greats. He had some clarinet lessons when he was about eight years of age, but that was the only formal music tuition he has ever had.
“Following a Scott Hamilton solo is like listening to a great conversationalist in full flow,” writes fellow tenor saxophonist and writer, Dave Gelly. “First comes the voice, the inimitable, assured sound of his tenor saxophone, then the informal style and finally the amazing fluency and eloquent command of the jazz language.”In demand the world over as a saxophonist, Scott Hamilton was born in 1954, in Providence, Rhode Island. During his early childhood he heard a lot of jazz through his father's extensive record collection, and became acquainted with the jazz greats. He had some clarinet lessons when he was about eight years of age, but that was the only formal music tuition he has ever had.
Picture: Saxophonist Scott Hamilton
Picture credit: Peterborough Jazz Club
For some years now he has been based in London, where he first played in 1978, and he travels the world from there. He returns to America three or four times a year to play at festivals, including the New York JVC festival in June 2007 and Irvine, California in September 2007.
For some years now he has been based in London, where he first played in 1978, and he travels the world from there. He returns to America three or four times a year to play at festivals, including the New York JVC festival in June 2007 and Irvine, California in September 2007.
Craig Milverton plays with a ‘who’s who’ of British and International jazz talent including Digby Fairweather, Paul Jones, Julian Marc Stringle, Mark Crooks, Scott Hamilton, Dominic Ashworth and a host of others.
Craig was born in Bexley, Kent and took piano lessons from the ages of 7 -12, but has no formal jazz training. His jazz interest was spawned by his father’s record collection, initially the Boogie Woogie pianists and then Oscar Peterson and Ella Fitzgerald. He moved to Devon in 1985 and tours internationally. Few British pianists have Craig’s thorough knowledge and grasp of jazz styles. His love of the music shines through and he is a natural at whatever he plays.
Craig was born in Bexley, Kent and took piano lessons from the ages of 7 -12, but has no formal jazz training. His jazz interest was spawned by his father’s record collection, initially the Boogie Woogie pianists and then Oscar Peterson and Ella Fitzgerald. He moved to Devon in 1985 and tours internationally. Few British pianists have Craig’s thorough knowledge and grasp of jazz styles. His love of the music shines through and he is a natural at whatever he plays.
Picture: Jazz pianist Craig Milverton
Picture credit: Craig Milverton
For further information about Budleigh's first Jazz Festival see
http://www.budleigh-festival.org.uk/Programme%20Detail%20jazz%202008.html
For further information about Budleigh's first Jazz Festival see
http://www.budleigh-festival.org.uk/Programme%20Detail%20jazz%202008.html
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