Admiral Mumbles Mostly Jazz and Blues Festival

Friday 1st to Monday 4th May 2009

Visit our website for full details of the festival:

www.mumblesmostlyjazzandblues.co.uk

FESTIVAL SPONSORS 2009

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1 Newton Road 01792 365121 food served 9am to 10pm during festival

42 Newton Road 01792 361443 Bistro and Restaurant

The Park Inn

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23 Park Street 01792 366738 CAMRA award winning

580 Mumbles Road

Little Langland Hotel

Norton House Hotel

Rotherslade Road, Langland 01792 369696

Norton Road, Mumbles 01792 404891

www.littlelangland.co.uk

www.nortonhousehotel.co.uk

Commercial Marquee Hire Commercial Marquee Hire is a family-run company which has been operating for over 20 years. It was established in 1985 by David Evans and has earned the reputation as one of Wales' largest Marquee companies, specialising in complete event management.

We are pleased to be part of this years festival.

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A PASSION FOR FOOD

How pleasant then to see the organisers of the now legendary Admiral Mumbles Mostly Jazz and Blues Festival taking a new approach – serving great food and drink to match the music.

For the inner you, this year’s festival takes a new turn, with a food and drink offer that moves up a few notches to cater for all gastronomes.

The festival has enlisted the expertise of two local businessmen in the form of hotelier Roger Johnson, owner of the award-winning Little Langland Hotel, and Michael Knight, chef to the stars!

I spoke to Roger regarding the bar and what we can expect to be served this year: ‘It’s a great event for drawing people into Mumbles and also a prestigious event in the Swansea tourism calendar, so for tourists and locals alike we’ve pulled the stops out. There will be a selection of champagne for the high rollers and good real ale for the connoisseurs. But most of all, the emphasis will be on quality and variety.’

So we can forget about the old idea of a festival having warm lager and vinaigrette wine! Looks as though the bar is in good hands.

But can we forget about the soggy burgers and indigestible hot dogs too? Over to Michael Knight: ‘We hope to give people what they would expect from a prestigious event such as this – in a word: quality. We can still do burgers and hotdogs, because you’ll want to be dancing as well as eating, but it will be local produce and gourmet burgers and sausages in proper bread, with a quality garnish.

New this year will also be the chance for families and friends to reserve tables for the carvery on Sunday, or reserve a table for the daytime events over the weekend.’

www.food-passion.co.uk

F

or a long time I have wondered why festivals and shows seem to miss a trick when it comes to selling food to the punters – sure, everyone loves chips and a burger once in a while, and even the occasional doughnut. But with quality events such as the Mumbles Mostly Jazz and Blues Festival, Proms in the Park and so on, it would seem logical to cater to people with food and drink of equal quality.

So, looks like it’s going to be a real treat all round.

This is what festivals should aspire to be.

See you there....

Tony Kluge - Editor

Food Passion – your insight into the best of food in Swansea Bay, Mumbles and Gower

The Hurns Brewing Company will be purveying their famous

Tomos Watkin’s Ales & Beers at the

Admiral 2009 Mumbles Mostly Jazz & Blues Festival

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“Leading UK-based soulful band playing jazz and funky grooves” A big hit when he played at the 2006 Admiral Mumbles Mostly Jazz and Blues Festival, Snake Davis is well established as one of the UK’s leading saxophonists.

The resident saxophonist on ‘Tonight With Jonathon Ross’, he is in demand from the biggest names on the British popular music scene as well as visiting artists from overseas, from James Brown and Smokey Robinson to Chaka Khan, from the Eurythmics to Lisa Stansfield and M-People. Dave Stewart says it all: ‘Snake is a joy to work alongside. His musical skills have no limit – in fact he’s as free as a bird.’

Ticket Hotline: 01792 361302 For full information visit: www.mumblesmostlyjazzandblues.co.uk

MUSIC

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“Brilliant blues band from Texas, USA”

‘If blues, soul, and rock can be said to form a triangle, you’ll find Loomis right in the center of it,’ says Guitar Player Magazine.

It’s an apt description, as Hamilton Loomis is one of the young artists at the forefront of bringing blues into the 21st century and redefining it for a contemporary audience.

The Texan sensation has been bridging the gap between generations of music-lovers both in the U.S. and around the world.

Bo Diddley told him, ‘Innovate, don’t imitate,’ and Loomis took his mentor’s advice to heart. It speaks volumes when the likes of Diddley, Johnny ‘Clyde’ Copeland, Clarence ‘Gatemouth’ Brown and Albert Collins take you under their wings.

Known for his tasteful, powerful guitar work, Hamilton is one of the most versatile young artists on the scene. As Bo Diddley said of him: ‘You got to put some seasonin’ in what you’re doin’ – and this boy’s got the whole salt shaker.’

Ticket Hotline: 01792 361302 For full information visit: www.mumblesmostlyjazzandblues.co.uk

www.mumblesmostlyjazzandblues.co.uk

Festival Pavilion

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Drum Lessons also available at both stores

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Two Great Shops The Same Great Service

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Festival Pavilion: 1.00pm – 3.30pm Tom Hingley, ex-front man for The Inspiral Carpets, plays a live acoustic set.

J44’s show consists of completely original rock’n’soul tinged with blues & country.

Ostreme Centre: 1.00pm – 3.30pm You’ll probably never hear such a wide range of music as you will at an Amigos concert, all played with virtuosity and bucketfuls of passion. Their vast repertoire of more than 500 songs and tunes spans the whole spectrum of European and world music. The Amigos will appear with their extended line-up featuring special guest Hugh Warren on accordion.

Mumbles Rugby Club: 4.15pm – 6.30pm London-based blues band playing great blues on the heavier side!!

Con Club: 4.15pm – 6.30pm Local favourite Berry will be playing swinging jazz standards on the saxophone and singing with his Louis Armstrong-style voice!

Ostreme Centre: 8.00pm – 11.00pm

Swansea-born Laurence Cottle is back by popular demand after he and his Big Band blew the town apart at the 2007 Admiral Mumbles Mostly Jazz and Blues Festival. He has played with many of the world’s great monosyllabic musicians such as Sting, Cher and Seal, and nearly monosyllabic artists such as Eno and Jaco. And, working with Michael Kamen, he has recorded for films such as ‘Lethal Weapon’ and ‘Mr Holland’s Opus’. So how would you define “musical versatility”? How’s this: playing bass on ‘Headless Cross’ with Black Sabbath and the Hanson Christmas album? The soundtrack for Britney Spears’ movie ‘Crossroads’? And if you still need persuading, how about other big names like Eric Clapton, the Bee Gees, Procul Harum, Mike Oldfield and many others who have played and recorded with Laurence?

Mornington Lockett grew up on the Isle Of Wight, where he began playing jazz, sitting in with local traditional and mainstream bands.

At Dartington he studied saxophone with Bobby Wellins, classical clarinet with Lorna Lowe and the North Indian sitar with Armanath Misra. He persuaded the college authorities to allow him to take Jazz Saxophone as a first study and became the first person in the UK to gain a degree qualification on the instrument in 1983. He moved to London in 1984 to study at the Guildhall and has lived and worked in the London area ever since.

Mornington exclusively plays P. Mauriat saxophones.

Pianist Dave Jones has returned to Wales to work and his trio features the O’Connor brothers Marc and Chris on drums and bass.

Based on Freddy Keppard’s Jazz Cardinals, who introduced New Orleans jazz to Chicago in the 1920s, the Newport-based Phil Wall’s Jazz Cardinals play a wide range of styles, from the washboard bands of Chicago’s South Side to the bigger bands of King Oliver and Luis Russell.

Festival Pavilion: 8.00pm – 11.00pm

Albert Lee’s impeccable country music and rock pedigree stretches back over more than 40 years.

He has performed with many of the greats in country and rock, including Joe Cocker, Emmylou Harris, Eric Clapton and the Everly Brothers. As well as being a top guitarist, he is also a red hot piano player and a pretty good singer too.

Albert Lee’s Hogan’s Heroes comprise some of the best known rock’n’roll and country players in Britain.

They won a Grammy Award in 2002.

is a breakthrough rock band made up of three multitalented musicians with a wide repertoire of originals and covers by Hendrix, the Police, the Stones and more.

www.mumblesmostlyjazzandblues.co.uk

Con Club: 8.30pm – 11.00pm

FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY

Time

Artist

Performance Location

Doors Open

Price

8 – 11.00pm

Hamilton Loomis Band + Snake Davis Band

Festival Pavillion at Southend Gardens

7.15pm

£12

1 – 3.30pm

Tom Hingley + Ayesha J44

Festival Pavillion at Southend Gardens

12.15pm

£6

1 – 3.30pm

The Amigos

Ostreme Centre

12.15pm

£6

4.15 – 6.30pm

Dave Jackson Band

Mumbles Rugby Club

3.30pm

£4

4.15 – 6.30pm

Berry Ray Band

Mumbles Con Club

3.30pm

£4

8 – 11.00pm

The Laurence Cottle and Mornington Lockett Quartet + Dave Jones Trio

Ostreme Centre

7.15pm

£12

8.30 – 11.00pm

Phil Wall’s Jazz Cardinals

Mumbles Con Club

7.45pm

£6

8 – 11.00pm

Albert Lee & Hogan’s Heroes + FEVERDOGG!

Festival Pavillion at Southend Gardens

7.15pm

£15

1 – 3.30pm

Tina May with the Dave Cottle Trio and Mornington Lockett + West Glam Youth Saxophone Quintet

Festival Pavillion at Southend Gardens

12.15pm

£8

1 – 3.30pm

Huw Chidgey and Catherine Handley

Ostreme Centre

12.15pm

£6

4.15 – 6.30pm

Ted Crook and the Blues Highway

Mumbles Rugby Club

3.30pm

£4

4.15 – 6.30pm

Gethin Liddington Band

Mumbles Con Club

3.30pm

£4

8 – 11.00pm

Sean Webster Blues Band + Big Mamma’s Door

Ostreme Centre

7.15pm

£12

8 – 11.00pm

NYJO National Youth Jazz Orchestra + Hard Bop Quintet

Festival Pavillion at Southend Gardens

7.15pm

£13

1 – 3.30pm

Allegria + John Dignam

Festival Pavillion at Southend Gardens

12.15pm

£6

4:15 – 6.30pm

The Baby Snakes

Mumbles Rugby Club

3.30pm

£4

4:15 – 6.30pm

Tommy Harris Quartet

Mumbles Con Club

3.30pm

£4

8 – 11.00pm

The Brian Breeze Rhythm & Blues Band with Taff Williams + Cubanita

Festival Pavillion at Southend Gardens

7.15pm

£10

Ticket Hotline: 01792 361302 For full information visit: www.mumblesmostlyjazzandblues.co.uk

The Mumbles Mostly Jazz & Blues Festival is organised and managed in partnership with Mumbles Development Trust and Swansea Jazzland.

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Mumbles

Mumbles is situated on the Gower Peninsula roughly 5 miles from the centre of Swansea in South Wales.

We are only a few hours from the Midlands and just a little longer from London and the South East.

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Turn off the M4 at junction 42.

Follow the A4067 from the motorway towards Swansea.

Stay on this road past the city centre and along the coast towards Mumbles.

Five miles or so from Swansea you will be welcomed to Mumbles.

Mumbles Tourist Information Centre

Tel: 01792 361302

Swansea Jazzland

Tel: 07802 912789

Pontardawe Arts Centre

Tel: 01792 863722

and at the Festival Pavilion

Festival Pavilion: 1.00pm – 3.30pm

Considered one of the finest jazz vocalists the U.K. has ever produced, Tina May has been recognized for her vocal art on more than one occasion.

She was selected Number One Vocalist and the Critic’s Choice at the 1998 BT Jazz Awards and was voted Critic’s Number One choice for the 1995 British Jazz Vocalist Award.

Tenor saxophonist Mornington Lockett has worked extensively in Britain and abroad. He has recorded albums with Ronnie Scott, guitarist Jim Mullen, drummer Martin Drew, pianist Stan Tracey, and jazz singers Sarah Jane Morris, Claire Martin, Ian Shaw, and Lea Delaria.

The Dave Cottle Trio has built an excellent reputation as the house trio at Swansea Jazzland. Dave Cottle (piano), Alun Vaughan (bass) and Paul Smith (drums) have worked with most of the top UK jazz musicians.

Ostreme Centre: 1.00pm – 3.30pm

Two amazing South Wales-based musicians with a folk and classical background. In the words of Frank Hennessey of BBC Radio Wales: ‘Ever since I saw them I knew there was something special about this duo: they complement each other so well.’

Mumbles Rugby Club: 4.15pm – 6.30pm A band of many influences who try to capture the feel and attitude of their heroes in all their performances.

Con Club: 4.15pm – 6.30pm Exciting trumpet-led jazz quintet. Trumpet player and leader Gethin has been fortunate to have played with many and varied ensembles including The Pasadena Roof Orchestra and the Back to Basie Orchestra.

Sean Webster is the brilliant front man guitar vocalist for a 3-piece band with a great reputation on the British blues and rock scene. Since forming in 2003 they have been making great headway both in the U.K and Europe.

Big Mamma’s Door play their brand of sexy 1950s R’n’B, with a whole lot of professionalism and love for the blues.

Festival Pavilion: 8.00pm – 11.00pm

NYJO is well known throughout the world as a glittering showcase for the country’s best young musicians. During the orchestra’s long history since 1965, most of the rising generation of jazz musicians have passed through its ranks, often becoming established jazz stars while still playing with NYJO. One of NYJO’s aims is to share the talents of these exciting young players with as wide an audience as possible. Under its founding Musical Director, Bill Ashton MBE, NYJO has performed many hundreds of concerts all over Britain.

NYJO have commissioned a special arrangement of the Clark Terry piece ‘Mumbles’, which will be played for the first time at the festival.

Hard Bop Quintet is a group of students from the Royal Welsh College of Music. They will be playing a set of hard swinging be-bop jazz.

www.mumblesmostlyjazzandblues.co.uk

Ostreme Centre: 8.00pm – 11.00pm

Festival sponsors: Admiral Group plc joinadmiral.co.uk Official radio partner: 102.1 Swansea Bay Radio www.swanseabayradio.com Festival partners: Mumbles Development Trust www.mumblesdevelopmenttrust.org Swansea Jazzland www.swanseajazzland.co.uk Marketing: epm eMarketing www.epmuk.com Festival Pavilion: Commercial Marquees www.commercialmarqueehire.com Catering: Michael Knight 07909 531866 chefmichaelknight@hotmail.co.uk Festival licensee and bar: Roger Johnson 07850 419979 rogerjohnson52@btinternet.com Website management: AdastraWales.com www.adastrawales.com Website design and hosting: Core Multimedia www.core-multimedia.co.uk Festival programme design: Rocket Creative Design www.rocketcreative.co.uk Ticket sales partners: Mumbles Tourist Information Centre www.mumblestic.co.uk Swansea Jazzland www.swanseajazzland.co.uk Pontardawe Arts Centre www.pontardaweartscentre.com Thanks to: Arts Council of Wales www.artswales.org.uk City & County of Swansea www.swansea.gov.uk Swansea Bay Tourism www.tourismswanseabay.co.uk Welsh Assembly Government www.wales.gov.uk

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www.mumblesmostlyjazzandblues.co.uk

Festival Pavilion: 1.00pm – 3.30pm

Great gypsy music, including the music of Django Reinhardt and the Gypsy Kings.

The name Allegria (pronounced ah-laygree-yah) derives from the Spanish greeting ‘happiness to all’. This lively Newport-based band have become a main topic of conversation at every venue they have played.

Famed for their personal interpretation of gypsy music, Allegria consist of founder member Nico Pucacco, whose true passion started with flamenco guitar style and classical romance but then encompassed Django Reinhardt, lead guitarist Hywel Maggs, composer, producer and performer, whose freely improvised yet precise harmonious technique matches melody with elegance and emotion, and Dave Evans ‘The Doc’, who provides rhythm and energy on his contrabass.

Whether you are a fan of swing jazz or a lover of Latino dance, the versatility and homogenous elegance of these musicians will make their appearance at the 2009 Admiral Mumbles Mostly Jazz and Blues Festival a memorable encounter for all.

Supporting Allegria will be John Dignam, an exhilarating young talent from Mumbles. John has performed onstage with the great Tommy Emmanuel and has played to great acclaim to audiences throughout the UK. Since discovering the music of Tommy Emmanuel, Chet Atkins and many others he has been inspired not only to cover their songs but also to write his own.

Mumbles Rugby Club: 4.15pm – 6.30pm A talented blues band featuring Duncan McPhee from Bullitt.

Duncan lists his influences as Stevie Ray Vaughan, Doyle Bramhall II, Eric Clapton, Led Zeppelin, Eric Johnson, Jimi Hendrix and Matt Schofield.

Con Club: 4.15pm – 6.30pm Saxophonist Tommy Harris leads his talented quartet through a repertoire of jazz standards along with original compositions. They will bring the curtain down at the Con Club, a favourite Mumbles venue for many, many years.

Ticket Hotline: 01792 361302 For full information visit: www.mumblesmostlyjazzandblues.co.uk

Two of Wales’s finest rock and blues guitarists join forces for a special one-off performance!

Monday night means party night at the Admiral Mumbles Mostly Jazz and Blues Festival, and 2009 promises to be a total blinder, with two of the finest rock and blues guitarists from the Swansea area on stage together.

Brian Breeze received his first guitar for his 13th birthday and started playing gigs in South Wales in 1962. A seminal moment was when, at 14 years of age, his band supported Johnny Kidd and The Pirates at the Ritz Ballroom in Llanelli; this was when he first heard the great rhythm & blues guitarist Mick Green, who inspired the young Brian to start playing blues as well as rock.

Since then he has played in many bands in many European countries. He achieved minor chart success with The Untamed in the mid-1960s, then replaced Jim Mullen when he joined Cream lyricist Pete Brown. He has toured with Maggie Bell, Deke Leonard, Lyndsey Muir and many others. He began to write for television in the early 1980s and has since gone on to write the music for films, documentaries and many other TV programmes, while also working as a musical director and session player over recent decades.

Brian still performs live as a guitarist and vocalist, working with various different combinations of musicians, playing a mixture of jazz, blues and R&B. With a pro career stretching back some 40 years, Ray ‘Taff’ Williams has met all the greats, from Hendrix to Freddie King, Clapton to the odd Beatle. In the 1960s he was a member of Eyes of Blue, who won the annual Melody Maker competition at the London Palladium, along with a Decca contract. ‘Stevie Winwood was one of the judges, along with Lulu and Billy J Kramer,’ Taff recalls. The stuff of legend, indeed…

Great Latin rhythms and grooves from this 10-piece percussionbased band from Cardiff with its hot brass front line and cooking rhythm section. Get up and Salsa with this great band!

www.mumblesmostlyjazzandblues.co.uk

Festival Pavilion: 8.00pm – 11.00pm

www.mumblesmostlyjazzandblues.co.uk Literally you can throw open your bedroom window and soak up the atmosphere of the Admiral Mumbles Mostly Jazz & Blues weekend, with the added bonus of seriously good food, wine, service and sleep… … and if you come and stay for the long weekend we will treat you to your Sunday-night live music ticket.

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• Seriously good rooms at £110.00 per room • Seriously gorgeous rooms at £125.00 per room • Seriously fantastic rooms at £150.00 per room • A residents’ gym – its mere presence makes you so much fitter!

• A seriously good restaurant – we suggest you book a table before arriving

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