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Live Music at The Manor Ballroom
Claude Deppa and the Clare Hirst Band
Manor Ballroom, Cobbold Street, Ipswich, IP4 2BP
Get your dancing shoes on for a night of lively, Township style Jazz by some great musicians.
In partnership with Peppery Productions,
At the forefront of the African jazz music scene is South African born trumpeter and composer Claude Deppa. Claude has performed with a rich array of contemporary international jazz talent.
Saxophonist Clare Hirst has played with many of the country’s finest jazz musicians. Her experience with such a diverse mixture of musical styles ranging from salsa to reggae to funk and African music, along with a heavy influence from jazz players such as Sonny Rollins and Chick Corea, has created a unique style.
The Clare Hirst Quartet includes acclaimed keyboard player Andrea Vicari, with five albums under her own name. Recently Andrea has performed at the Marlborough Jazz Festival, Teignmouth Jazz and Blues Festival, Stratford Jazz, Shrewsbury Jazz, Scarborough Jazz Festival and The Bulls Head Barnes. Brilliant bassist Dorian Lockett studied at the Guildhall School of Music before playing with major names. He plays on all Andrea Vicari CDs, which he co-produced. Rising star Jordan Hadfield (drums) at only 18 has already played alongside many of the country’s top jazz musicians and has toured Europe and played gigs at the Royal Festival Hall and Kings Place in London.
Tickets, £16 (£15 if bought in advance from New Wolsey Theatre). Buy Tickets
Get to grips with being a jazz drummer. Topics covered include: Jazz Co-ordination & Independence, applying rudiments to the kit, feathering the bass drum, soloing ideas, song form.
A workshop for bass players who wish to learn to play jazz or to improve what they already know about jazz. Topics will include: general double and electric bass technique, set up and amp adjustment for venue, walking bass lines, playing in a rhythm section, studying a standard, theory and real time re-harmonisation, transcribing and developing your own language/identity and bop improvisation. Tutor José Canha has been playing professionally for over 20 years. He studied Jazz at Escola Superior de Musica de Lisboa and Évora University in Portugal. He performs widely in London, Cambridge, Essex, Suffolk and Norfolk.
Work on playing as a group and improvisation. The workshop will cover what to listen to while performing, improvisation through pieces and understanding how counter melody parts come together. This will be achieved by taking jazz pieces, de-constructing them and then performing them complete.
Learn special low-light photography techniques, as well as finding out how to get truly dramatic pictures of musicians in action. You will then have a chance to photograph musicians at a sound check.
