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| Date | Performing | Admission | Members |
| 10/03/2010 | Marlene Verplanck With the Dave Cottle Trio | £8 | £6 |
| New York jazz vocalist Marlene got her start in the big-band business as a very young vocalist with Charlie Spivak and Tex Beneke. During a brief stint with the last Dorsey Brothers Orchestra, she met her future husband, musician-arranger Billy VerPlanck. Marlene performs across North America and much of Western Europe, while a growing roster of solo CDs continues to win critical acclaim. Her albums feature exciting arrangements scored by husband Billy VerPlanck, with accompaniment by many of America's finest musicians. www.marleneverplanck.com |
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| 17/03/2010 | Laurence Cottle Big Band | £22 | £15 |
| Superlative Jaco-influenced electric bass virtuoso - possibly the best the UK's ever produced - leads his barnstorming big band. The 16 piece band is made up of the cream of London's brass section talent. Nigel Hitchcock and Simon Allen will be in the saxophone section and Mark Nightingale and Martin Shaw are part of the brass team. The band will be playing powerful funk classics and sumptuous jazz ballads and standards all arranged by Laurence. Tickets will be on sale in January to Jazzland members and available to non members from February. Tickets are limited so don't delay. www.laurencecottle.com |
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| 24/03/2010 | Geoff Gacoyne ‘Pop-Bop’ with Jim Mullen | £10 | £7 |
| After 6 years of touring and recording with Jamie Cullum, star bass player, composer, arranger Geoff Gascoyne returns with a new quartet and a new CD. Jazzizit Records presents 'Pop-Bop', an album of Geoff's favourite pop songs from the last 30 years arranged for a jazz quartet and it features the great Jim Mullen on guitar, fellow Cullum collaborator Sebastiaan de Krom on the drums and introduces fiery young Australian alto sax player Graeme Blevins www.myspace.com/geoffgascoynegroup |
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| 30/03/2010 | Monthly sitters in Night | £Free | £5 |
| Come along from 8pm onwards and join in playing some jazz!! Free Admission |
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| 31/03/2010 | Phil Robson With The Dave Cottle Trio | £8 | £6 |
| Phil Robson is a guitarist/composer based in London, UK. He is internationally regarded as a highly versatile and creative player who appears in all kinds of diverse settings. www.myspace.com/philrobson |
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| 07/04/2010 | Christian Brewer Quartet | £10 | £7 |
| Christian is a fiery hard bop player with a beautiful, soulful tone to his playing. He has worked with many star performers ranging from Rico Rodriguez to top blues guitarist Otis Grand. Christian Brewer – Sax Robin Aspland – Piano Tristan Malliot – Drums Mark Hodgson – bass www.myspace.com/christianbrewer |
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| 14/04/2010 | 5 Go Swing | £8 | £6 |
| '5 go Swing' are a talented band recreating the sound of the 1930's Paris Jazz Cafe, inspired by Django Reinhardt & Stephane Grappelli's 'The Quintette of the Hot Club of France' www.myspace.com/5goswing |
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| 21/04/2010 | Don Weller With The Dave Cottle Trio | £8 | £6 |
| Don Weller is widely accepted as one of Britain’s leading saxophone players and three times a winner of the Best Tenor Saxophone award. He is one of those rare creative artists who have a stamp of originality in everything they do. Don Weller on wikipedia |
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| 27/04/2010 | Monthly sitters in Night | £Free | £Free |
| Come along from 8pm onwards and join in playing some jazz!! Free Admission |
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| 28/04/2010 | Constellation Big Band | £8 | £6 |
| Return visit for Swansea's very own Big Band. Basie, Kenton and Rich will be in the programme along with vocals from Paula King. |
Swansea
Jazzland : Wale's Premier Live Jazz Club : Live Jazz Every Wednesday Night
Swansea Jazzland
St. James Social Club
St. James Crescent
Uplands
Swansea
SA1 6DR