LATEST NEWS

EXTRA GIG TO END THE 2011-12 SEASON: CHARLOTTE GLASSON BAND

We're delighted to announce an extra gig to end the 2011-12 season, the excellent Charlotte Glasson Band on Friday 1 June at Lighthouse. See the left hand menu for more...

NEW SEASON AT LIGHTHOUSE CONFIRMED FOR 2012-13

We're delighted to report that Lighthouse have agreed to host a new season of studio jazz in 2012-13, with an expanded number of gigs (14 in total). The new season will start on 5 October 2012 with the fantastic SOOTHSAYERS led by Idris Rahman (brother of Zoe). More to come soon!

JASON REBELLO plays SWING UNLIMITED JAZZ CLUB: 18 APRIL 2012

The thriving Swing Unlimited Jazz Club, based at Centre Stage in Westbourne on Wednesday evenings, has an excellent line-up of eclectic and mainstream jazz, including JASON REBELLO guesting with the excellent FNUK on Wednesday 18 April 2012. Tickets are going fast so make sure you book your tickets soon. Details below. Other highlights include local African-jazz favourites THOKOZILE on 30 May, in their first headline gig for over a year.

Go to the Swing Unlimited Jazz Club website by clicking on this link

New Gigs for 2012

We're delighted to report we'll be programming right up to May 2012 at Lighthouse, and there are some fantastic artists lined up for the new year. Get these dates in your diary - full details to come very soon!

Friday 20 Jan: Liane Carroll Trio
Friday 3 Feb: Arnie Somogyi's AMBULANCE
Friday 17 Feb: Sarah Gillespie Quartet featuring Gilad Atzmon
Friday 2 March: Arun Ghosh Horn E Bass Quintet with support from Thokozile
Friday 23 March: Nigel Price Organ Trio with Vasilis Xenopoulos
Friday 20 April: World Service Project
Friday 11 May: Soweto Kinch Trio

Joan Morrell - a legend of the British Jazz scene

News has reached us that Joan Morrell, legendary promoter of the British jazz scene, who set up and ran Cambridge Modern Jazz Club since 1972, passed away peacefully on the weekend of 19-20 November 2011 after a long battle with cancer. It is individuals like Joan who have kept the British scene alive for many years, and her hard work was recognised by the 606 Club in London last summer, with a tribute concert programmed specifically for her, featuring a plethora of top British jazzers. Thanks, Joan, for all you have done. RIP.

NEW SOUNDCELLAR WEBSITE

Just to let you know that SoundCellar now has its own website, where you will be able to access more news, views and video clips than we are now able to host here at Bournemouth Jazz. Bournemouth Jazz will still have a dedicated SoundCellar page listing all the gigs there and linking to the new website - already up on our site if you look down the left hand menu - but SoundCellar's own website will have much more detail. So... check it out! They've gone live but the website is still under development so bear with it until it's up to speed.

SoundCellar is hosting a fantastically strong autumn programme as you will see from the line-up of artists. Please also note their gigs are alternating between Wednesdays and Thursdays this autumn. Have fun!

The Winchester in Bournemouth continues to host regular Tuesday night gigs of interest to all modern jazz fans. Next up is The Eddy White Quintet on 28 September (admission £3). For more details, follow the link below:

We're Back! Gigs switch to Friday nights and start on 23 September

Add your voice to the jazz community: BMJC and SoundCellar on Facebook

For those of you who want to add your impressions, photos, videos, jazz links etc to the growing jazz community here in the Bournemouth/Poole conurbation, can we recommend you check out and 'like' the new-ish Bournemouth Modern Jazz Club and SoundCellar Facebook pages. More news and events, plus a chance to add your own links and comments. If you go to www.facebook.com and search for 'Bournemouth Modern Jazz Club' or 'SoundCellar', you should find us. You can also find 'Jazz at the Winchester' on the site too.

http://www.myspace.com/safehousepoole