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LIVE: Coltrane’s gift to humanity ‘A Love Supreme’

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Image: John Coltrane - A Love Supreme album coverAwesome gig the other day (21 Oct) at The Ivy Arts Centre at University of Surrey in Guildford playing Coltrane’s great gift to humanity, A Love Supreme with my long time spar and ALS exemplar, Denys Baptiste (tenor sax), and the stunning Benet McLean (piano) and Eddie Hick. Such a privilege to play this deeply spiritual music with such fine musicians. 

Thankfully, the lovely people at the BBC recorded the gig so, if you missed the live show, you can still catch the full set here on the BBC iPlayer.

BBC Radio 3 Jazz Now - Gary Crosby Quartet

 

Tomorrow’s Warriors awarded Arts Council Catalyst Evolve grant that could double your donations! — Tomorrow’s Warriors

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This is fantastic news as it will  help increase the funds coming into our registered charity, Tomorrow’s Warriors Trust to support our ongoing work with all the fantastically talented young jazz musicians coming through our Young Artist Development Programme. So please keep an eye out for news of how you can support this important work.

We are delighted to announce the success of our application for a Catalyst: Evolve grant from Arts Council England (Thank you ACE!). The programme is designed to help arts organisations like Tomorrow’s Warriors to grow by enabling us to develop our capacity to raise money from private donors. Over the past few months, we have been […]

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Tomorrow’s Warriors launches new partnership with Jazz House Kids — Tomorrow’s Warriors

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Mad pleased about this. Feels very organic as Jazz House Kids are so similar to Tomorrow’s Warriors and, like Janine and me, it’s a husband and wife tag team, except…it’s Christian McBride and Melissa Walker!

Also a very good opportunity for our young people on scholarship with JHK. Check them out.

Much excitement at TWHQ as four young people from the Tomorrow’s Warriors Young Artist Development Programme just landed in…New Jersey! All four have been awarded scholarships to participate in the Jazz House Kids Summer Workshop at Montclair State University in Montclair, New Jersey from 1-12 August. The workshop culminates with student performances at the town’s largest single-day […]

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Support Nérija’s campaign – support women in jazz

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As you know, pushing the agenda for #womeninjazz has long been a thing for me and is why we established the Tomorrow’s Warriors Female Collective. In fact, Nérija hail from the first cohort of the Female Collective and are living proof that our efforts to change the way female musicians are perceived and increase their opportunities are having an effect, as they are now beginning to receive the attention they deserve. If you give people time, space and resources to grow, they can break through, and these women definitely are.

So, I’m asking fans of Jazz Jamaica, Groundation and Tomorrow’s Warriors to support these young women taking the initiative to kickstart their professional careers with the recording of their debut EP. They are trailbazers, and they need your support. Please get behind them!

Support Nérija’s kickstarter campaign

Peace and love.

Help change the narrative around women in jazz. Support Nérija’s Kickstarter campaign!

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The Jazz Salon – live music and chat at Ray’s Jazz at Foyles

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The Jazz Salon opens 26 Feb

I’m very excited to be launching my new session, The Jazz Salon. I’ve been mulling it over for a while now but, finally, it’s happening thanks to the wonderful team at Tomorrow’s Warriors and Ray’s Jazz.

The Jazz Salon is hosted by my friend, journalist and broadcaster, Kevin Le Gendre who will have a conversation with our guests to get their insight into the cultural reverberations of jazz of particular interest to the individuals: Health & Wellbeing (26 Feb),Food (25 Mar), Spoken Word (29 Apr), Dance, Art (27 May), and Dance (24 Jun). Guests include jazz trumpeter and yoga aficionado Yazz AhmKevin Le Gendre, Gary Crosbyed, broadcaster and Jazz FM presenter Helen Mayhew, poet/DJ Charlie Dark (in association with Apples & Snakes), vinyl specialists Gearbox Records, and dancer/choreographer Sean Graham. I’ll be leading the Jazz Salon House Band featuring emerging talent from my Tomorrow’s Warriors cohort, and we’ll be picking up the conversation where it’s left off by playing a selection of related jazz repertoire. Tomorrow’s Warriors Youth Orchestra will be making a special appearance in March to recreate the sounds of Duke Ellington’s Cotton Club.

Keep in touch and follow us to see our recommended listening and reading lists for our salon sessions!

Twitter:          @TheJazzSalon     
Facebook:     therealjazzsalon

Find out more about it here

VENUE: The Auditorium, Foyles Bookshop, 107 Charing Cross Road, London WC2
T: 020 7440 3205, Rays Jazz at Foyles, Admission: £5.00

Download a flyer for the full series here

YAY! The Tomorrow’s Warriors Jazz Jam is back @RichMixLondon

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Come out next Saturday at 1pm-4pm and join us for our new jam session! Lots of excellent young musicians in the house at RichMix! Check it out…

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Tickets: Jazz Jamaica Xmas At The Hideaway 2015

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Jazz JamaicaOh nooooooooooo!!! We have bad news…at least it’s bad news if you don’t already have a ticket…our Jazz Jamaica Christmas Party on Saturday 12 December at our favourite club, The Hideaway in Streatham is completely SOLD OUT!!!! They can’t even squeeze a sneeze into the building, never mind another human being as the gig is RAM, CHOKKA, FULL UP, PROPER SOLD OUT!!! Which is a shame because it means loads of people will miss our very special guest…the legendary Winston ‘Mr Fix It’ Francis!

So, sadly, unless you’re planning to be in Mexico this weekend, you’ve missed your chance to catch us this side of 2015. But, if you do just happen to be in Guadalajara on 6 December, you can catch us there, closing the 9 day Guadalajara International Book Festival – a cultural festival in which the UK is the Guest of Honour in 2015, and which brings to a close a year-long celebration of cultural, educational and business exchanges between the UK and Mexico. #UKMX2015

For those who did manage to get tickets to our Christmas Party, we’re all looking forward to a great gig (as always at The Hideaway!) and to helping you skank your way into the festive holiday season.

One love!