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Speakeasy Jazz Club Torquay
Speakeasy Jazz Club was first formed, about 3 years ago, by a bunch of musicians who noticed there was a deficit of modern/mainstream jazz in the area and felt for the good of the community this had to be rectified.
At first the club was held on a very casual basis - jazz jam sessions - on a Wednesday evening at Hullabaloos in Babbacombe, who allowed us to hold the sessions free of charge in their function room. It then became apparent that more was needed to attract the general public, so professional local bands were invited to come and play on a fortnightly basis, progressing on to some big names from further afield. As time went by it was soon realised that we had to do more......
We started afresh in June 2005 at a new venue - The Farmhouse Tavern. We felt that it was an excellent venue offering ample parking, good disabled facilities and food if required (at reasonable prices), plus of course normal bar prices apply for drinks. In the past we have been entertained by Renato D'Aiello with Phil Lee, The Sheena Davies Quartet, Greg Abate, Digby Fairweather, John Critchenson, Julian Mark Stringle, Alan Barnes, Craig Milverton, Zoe Schwarz with Rob Coral, The Charlie Hearnshaw Quartet, Katya Gorrie Band, Martin Dale Quartet and others. The club is going from strength to strength and we have an excellent season 2006 planned. In January 2006 we introduced a membership scheme which offers benefits of reduced prices on concert nights.
The club still operates on a Wednesday evening, 8.30pm to 11.00pm, twice a month. We hope you like the look of our 2006 programme!
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Sept 15th Karen Sharp wirh Craig Milverton Trio
Karen took up the tenor saxophone whilst studying composition at the Royal Northern College of Music. A friend introduced her to a recording of Dexter Gordon and she was instantly hooked, quickly joining the college jazz band and finding regular work in a busy soul band based in Liverpool. Since relocating to London in 1999 Karen has become a busy freelance musician working alongside many top class British and American musicians such as Scott Hamilton, Sir John Dankworth, Danny Moss, Alan Barnes, Barbara Lea, Dick Sudhalter, Joe Temperley, Mark Nightingale, Annie Whitehead, Ellyn Rucker, Roy Williams, Tina May, Nikki Iles, Scott Robinson, Ken Peplowski and the great blues singer Elkie Brooks.
In March 2004 Karen began a three year stint in Humphrey Lyttelton’s band, which took her to venues and festivals across the UK and into Europe. During this time Karen was also working hard to establish her own quintet with which she has now produced three albums and played at top jazz venues in the UK. Karen played at the Ginza Festival, Tokyo in 2006 with British singer Tina May and pianist Nikki Iles, and more recently Karen has been working closely with South African singer Esther Miller, with whom she appeared at the Cape Town International Jazz Festival 2007, along with US trumpet star Jeremy Pelt.
Karen has recently released her third album for "33 Records" entitled "Wait And See" and featuring her regular band of Adrian Fry on trombone, John Day on bass, Richard Busiakiewicz on piano and John Perry on drums. She has also featured on Humphrey Lyttelton’s latest three albums on baritone sax, tenor sax and as a composer/arranger, and she made a guest appearance on George Melly’s last album along with Jackie Dankworth and Van Morrison.
More lately she has been teaming with another saxophonist, Robert Fowler, to ply tribute to the music of Al Cohn and Zoot Sims however tonight she will be accompanied by the ever popular Craig Milverton trio.  |
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