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This Friday at Doug Elingford’s jazz bar Brighton Blue Note, Hove actually, we have special guest multi-instrumentalist Bjorn Dahlberg. Björn Dahlberg is a Swedish musician, best known for his saxophone & clarinet work. Born outside of Stockholm Björn started playing piano at the age of 5 and clarinet at the age of 11. While studying classical clarinet he fell in love with the music of Paul Desmond, Wayne Shorter, Chick Corea & Miles Davies and picked up the saxophon. Focusing at first on the Baritone and Soprano sax (studying soprano with master musician Cenneth Jönsson) he added tenor to his collection and found his voice and began his studies at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm.
Björn is a founding member of world jazz groups Nybakat and Lele Lele. He has played with the elite musicians of Sweden such as Jan Schaffer, Mats Ronander, Ulf Andersson and more. Liane Carroll called his clarinet playing “The sexiest clarinet I’ve ever heard!”. Nigel Kennedy called him a “Killer player!” He has toured all over the world and played on the biggest stages, from Fashing, Glenn Miller Café, The Royal Albert Hall, the Hollywood Bowl and to a crowd of 85000 in S ão Paolo. A player with one foot deeply set in folk music and another in groovy danceable hard-bop, bringing his entire arsenal of wind instruments this is one not to miss!
Bjorn will have a rhythm section of Jim Whyte on drums, Terry Pack on double bass and myself on guitar. The Brighton Blue Note venue is underneath the Greenhouse effect, 63 Church Rd, Hove, East Sussex, BN3 2BD. Seperate entrance next door to Topolino duo down to the jazz basement. Music starts at 8pm with Brighton Jazz School bands followed by us at 10pm til 1very late! (Bar open to 4am for those of you who have gigs before hand). Check out the videos section of this site to see some of Bjorn n me clarinet and guitar duo work exploring Latin Jazz and Brzilian Choros…
He’s back! Grrrr, monster sax, flute and clarinet player Ian Price at Brighton Blue Note Jazz Bar, Hove actually. Amanda Allen’s Bands will be playing from 8pm, Brighton Jazz school up n coming players! Saxophonist, flautist and clarinetist Ian Price is primarily a jazz player, but is well-versed in many styles of music. He is a member of Cubana Bop, and also of the John Donaldson Quartet. He has recently been touring with ‘Milestones’, celebrating the music of Miles Davis. He has appeared with Peter King, Bobby Wellins, Roy Ayers, Alan Barnes, Herbie Flowers and many more, both in the jazz and pop worlds.
It’s all happening at Hove’s popular late night jazz venue, Brighton blue note, 63 Church Rd, Hove with live bands from 8pm with the quartet featuring Ian starting at 10.30pm, free entry. Rhythm section tbc, I’ll be on guitar though..
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We’re all looking forward to a night of sublime jazz from Julian Nicholas this Friday. The Times’s Chris Parker says “Nicholas has an affectingly human, breathy yet confident tenor and an agile soprano sound – not to mention an intriguingly multi-textured approach to bass clarinet – and his overall approach, beguilingly persuasive… ” Thoroughly original in his playing and composing, Julian Nicholas continues to develop a reputation for his lyrical ‘european’ playing. He was part of the seminal big band Loose Tubes (1988-1992) and then went on to work in the 1990’s as sideman with many of the great names eg, Harry ‘Sweets’ Edison, Eddie Henderson, Jimmy Witherspoon, Kirk Lightsey and Brotherhood of Breath.Based in Brighton for the last decade, he has twice won the ZAP award for ‘ Best Gig’ at the Brighton Arts Festival. Recent appearances include Ronnie Scotts in London with ‘Brotherhood of Breath’, tours with Claire Martin, Chelthenham Festival’s Best of British with Don Weller, Bobby Wellins and Dave O’Higgins.
The action’s happening at Doug Ellingford’s popular jazz venue, Brighton blue note, 63 Church rd Hove, 10.30pm with other bands from 8pm from Brighton Jazz School, it’s tucked away underneath the Greenhouse effect and easy to miss , just keep your eyes peeled for the steps next to Topolino duo Italian where the Jazz graffiti is n follow the steps down to this snug, jazzy hangout. Rythm section is Loz Thomas on drums, Terry Pack on bass and I’ll be on guitar…
