| | Queens Head Inn |
| | | Free gigs, starting at 8.45pm |
| | | 1 St James Street, MONMOUTH |
| | | 01600 712767 |
| | | Gig Guide |
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| 13/1/10 | Wed | Eddie Parker's "Turning World", with drummer/ sax / flute player Lee Goodall and bassist Thad Kelly. A formidable talent as a player of flute, bass flute, piano, keyboards, and a highly respected composer, bandleader, educator. Eddie has been central to some of the most important British jazz in recent years. A founder member of and important composer for Loose Tubes, a key member of the Bheki Mseleku Band and he also features as a soloist and composer in Django Bates’ Delightful Precipice. www.eddieparker.co.uk |
| 14/1/10 | Thur | Jazz Jam Night - that's right - if you can play, get here and play! |
| 17/1/10 | Sun | Ian Luther - songs of love, life and building sites - Ian always entertains with his superlative guitar work and fine voice. Makes every song his own! |
| 20/1/10 | Wed | Lee Jones - guitarist of the future. Always delivering, always new, whenever Lee plays the world listens. Even if you don't like jazz, if your like guitar you'll get something from this outfit. www.leejones-guitarist.com |
| 21/1/10 | Thur | Jazz Jam - the only place this side of Cardiff to sit in |
| 24/1/10 | Sun | Grace and Danger - One of the most passionate bands we know. Led by big Pete Lloyd this committed six piece interprets the music of John Martyn in a thoroughly emotional and forceful way. Big sound, big music, big heart!!! |
| 27/1/10 | Wed | Glen Manby Quartet - Alto sax playing at its lyrically best - beautiful tone and a quartet to match, whilst delivering a thumping Be-Bop set. Close your eyes and pretend you are in a New York club in the fifties. Jim Barber, Piano; Danny Sweeney, Bass, Keith Nibblet, Drums. http://cy-gb.facebook.com/event.php?eid=182246599472&index=1 |
| 28/1/10 | Thur | Jazz Jam - free and easy the music keeps coming |
| 31/1/10 | Sun | Will Killeen - Back with his superb blues guitar work which transcends the stereotypes in technique, interpretation and repertoire. Anything from primitive blues to sarabands with a sprinkle of Hopi Indian |
| 3/2/10 | Wed | Dave Price Trio - Dave's individual piano style promises an evening of new treatment of great tunes. Always a treat. |
| 4/2/10 | Thur | Jazz Jam night - 1,2,..1,2,3,4 |
| 7/2/10 | Sun | Louise Richardson - since her last appearance at the Queens, we have been inundated with requests for her return. A true modern songtress who makes every song her own. Distinctive, passionate and honest delivery - across the board appeal http://www.myspace.com/louiserichardsonguitar |
| 10/2/10 | Wed | Kevin Figes Trio - A musician's musician - Stunning trio playing, wonderfully inventive, always full of harmonic motion and interest. An alto player not to be missed. His new CD is a veritable treat! www.kevinfiges.co.uk |
| 11/2/10 | Thur | Jazz Jam - anything goes, as long as YOU do it! |
| 14/2/10 | Sun | Ragtime Jug Orchestra - the authentic sound which grows and grows - well delivered songs of the early days of country and urban blues. A great an enjoyable journey back through time - Born out of Beale Street, raised in Coleford www.ragtimejug.co.uk |
| 17/2/10 | Wed | 3 square - or be there! The mighty Square return to give their unique treatment of mainstream and self penned numbers. Gethyn Liddington's trumpet always hits the spot |
| 18/2/10 | Thur | Jazz Jam - a special honk.honk.parp night |
| 21/2/10 | Sun | Mayfield - The genuine blues article from the badlands of Lydney. Truly authentic urban blues sound and commitment - a real treat www.chrismayfield.eu |
| 24/2/10 | Wed | Scott Hammond Quartet - Scott's sublime drumming returns with his own band featuring Ruth Hammond on Tenor Sax (runner up Young Jazz Musician of the Year), Andy Nowak on piano and Will Harris on double bass www.scotthammond.co.uk |
| 25/2/10 | Thur | Jazz Jam - our condiments to the clef! |
| 28/2/10 | Sun | Ian Luther - reliable, up-beat entertainment presenting a mixture of self-penned number and reworked songs - great performer with bags of energy, lots of fun, and stunning guitar ability |
| 3/3/10 | Wed | 'Coltrane Dedication' the "in your face" quintet inspired by the later tunes of John Coltrane. Passionate, multi-textured and an exciting intensity which could go anywhere. Crac Downes, Lyndon Owen on tenors, Bob Duck on drums, Steve Tarner bass, and Lynn Thomas piano. |
| 4/3/10 | Thur | Jazz Jam - ludicrously simple - you come, you play |
| 7/3/10 | Sun | James Hollingsworth - great original stuff from this Bristolian songmeister. James is a true talent and a very special privilege to have him with us again. Refreshingly inventive and accessible www.jameshollingsworth.com |
| 10/3/10 | Wed | John Paul Gard - Hottest hammond in town - always gets the house moving. Consumate organ playing with the most strutful groove in funkdom www.myspace.com/pedalmania |
| 11/3/10 | Thur | Jazz Jam - where the bread and butter of practice meets the sandwich of experience |
| 14/3/10 | Sun | Will Killeen - redefining the blues by improvisation and extension - a truly great guitarist adding layers of multicultural influences. Will is always a joy to engage with and takes you to delightful places |
| 17/3/10 | Wed | Lee Jones - a must see/listen for all guitarists, regardless of your musical tastes. Lee holds that sublime position between stunning technique yet lyrical interpretation and constant invention. www.leejones-guitarist.com |
| 18/3/10 | Thur | Jazz Jam - a evening of made up stuff |
| 21/3/10 | Sun | Maybe, Novak and Goode - 'about time too' tour - the monmouth minstrels return with a new album. Nice bluegrass edge to these stalwarts of the town |
| 24/3/10 | Wed | Lynn Thomas Trio - 'professor' Lynn brings his new trio to present his individual piano style. Great fresh approach to the great american songbook |
| 25/3/10 | Thur | Jazz Jam - why play on your own, when there's a whole band of compatriots here? |
| 28/3/10 | Sun | Dan James - spirited and wonderous songs of betting, revolution, social injustice and mirth? - all driven by an infectious mandocello - rootzy!!! http://www.myspace.com/danjamesmandocello |
| 31/3/10 | Wed | Hession Wilkinson & Fell - One of the most influential bands in improvised music in the past 50 years! HWF appear at the close of their 20th anniversary tour after taking major performances at The Sage in Newcastle, Leeds and London, as well as sessions for the BBC. It is an extremely rare privilege to be able to see this band, especially in the context of a small intimate venue, such as the Queen's. HWF have cut new paths in improvised music on the world scene - their invention is relentless and they have inspired generations of free thinking players ranging from the downright 'outsiders' to the whole thrash/noise movement (Sonic Youth jammed with them).
"Exceptional acoustic maelstrom . . . . . People who suggest that British jazz always lags behind American innovators should check this date. Their music is often categorised as 'free improvisation' but really is state-of-the-art jazz, blindingly swift and responsive. Ben Watson ARTSCENE
"They left the audience in a state of shock. Whiteheat improvisation, full throttle free jazz out of Archie Shepp 1969, but somehow more so: more venom, more noise, more discord, more evil heat . . . . . simultaneous musicality and cathartic excess . . . . . we are talking the essence of what makes jazz great here." THE WIRE Thrillingly intense recording by the inflammatory trio, a band that outdoes the old Brötzmann groups for sheer firepower. An outstanding record that demands a place in any comprehensive collection. THE PENGUIN GUIDE TO JAZZ ON CD, LP & CASSETTE Distinctive purveyors of improvised music. The power and passion of their playing called to mind the spirit of 60s US free jazz; their ferocious abstraction had much in common with European improvisers like Brötzmann/van Hove/Bennink and Schlippenbach/Parker/Lovens. Chris Blackford THE WIRE Back in 1991, Hession/Wilkinson/Fell played music of such rolling majesty and power that only national stereotypes (Americans play Free Jazz, Europeans play Improv) explain why the trio wasn't hailed by the press everywhere. Paul Hession's waves of cymbals and drums still sound deliriously beautiful, like some natural force. Alan Wilkinson's donkey-bray baritone and lyrical alto rev like a Harley-Davidson, and Simon Fell's bass stokes the fire with exceptional understanding of climactic modulation. Apologists for the uneven blow-outs currently promoted as Ecstatic Jazz in the States say that music as finely-wrought as the late Coltrane isn't possible for lesser mortals. Check this out and explode a few prejudices. HIFI NEWS & RECORD REVIEW Spontaneous music of a scorching and unrelenting intensity.....conversational music of the most intuitive eloquence.....unquenchable energy.....There probably isn't such a thing as state-of-the-art free music, but as a term of convenient endearment, it's close enough. John Fordham THE GUARDIAN http://pagesperso-orange.fr/brucesfingers/publicity/hwf/hwf.htm |