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LATEST NEWS
Coming up
Wednesday April 10th
Laka D vocals and piano with Deirdre Cartwright guitar,
Alison Rayner double bass, Dave Wickens drums.

plus Nora Bite Trio
Nora Bite – guitar, composition, Rob Paterson double bass
Marco Quarantotto  drums
http://www.wegottickets.com/event/211374

Thursday April 18
JAN’S BAR SPECIAL
Zoe Lewis will be playing with us in her ONLY London appearance.
Resident in Provincetown, Zoe is a wonderful performer who writes and sings great songs about life, freckled with fun and laughter, sometimes poignant but always warm. She describes her style as “worldbeat vaudeville” which can include cajun, jazz, bossa-novas and folk music.
“Probably the most charismatic performance I’ve ever seen” Accessline IA

Zoe Lewis – vocals, piano, guitar, ukulele, Deirdre Cartwright – guitar, Alison Rayner – double bass

Tickets £7 in advance
http://www.wegottickets.com/event/215254
£8 on the door

New season of Tomorrow the Moon begins at the Vortex on Wednesday 13 March

Three double bills at the Vortex Jazz Club featuring some of the UK’s finest contemporary jazz with support from a younger generation of rising stars.

This season we are once again funded by the PRS for Music Foundation and Jazz Services Small Promoters Scheme – many thanks to them for making this series possible.
AND we also have a Fairy Godmother and Godfather this season – Chloe and Seamus de Souza, who have helped toward the costs of these fabulous evenings. A special thank you to them.

Wednesday March 13th we begin with a rare London appearance from accordion virtuoso Karen Street, latin grooves and wonderful melodies from around the world, with support from young Dublin born singer Lauren Kinsella.
Her band also features Laura Jurd on trumpet who appeared in our last season and is definitely a young woman to watch. We’re really looking forward to these three gigs and we have another three planned for the Autumn.

All YOU need to do to support us is come along, be intrigued, be fascinated, be delighted and enjoy TOMORROW THE MOON II.
Book tickets online now – see the direct links below and hope to see you there!

BTF

TOMORROW THE MOON II
Wednesday March 13th
Karen Street accordion
with Deirdre Cartwright guitar, Alison Rayner double bass, Paul Clarvis drums.

plus Lauren Kinsella’s Thought-Fox
Lauren Kinsella voice, Laura Jurd trumpet, Dan Nicholls piano,
Mick Coady bass, Simon Roth drums
http://www.wegottickets.com/event/207825

Wednesday April 10th
Laka D vocals and piano with Deirdre Cartwright guitar,
Alison Rayner double bass, Dave Wickens drums.

plus Nora Bite Trio
Nora Bite – guitar, composition, Rob Paterson double bass
Marco Quarantotto  drums
http://www.wegottickets.com/event/211374

Wednesday May 15th
Emily Remembered
Deirdre Cartwright and Kathy Dyson guitars with
Sarah P on vocals.

plus Dee Byrne’s Entropi
Dee Byrne alto saxophone Andre Canniere trumpet Rebecca Nash Piano
Paul Baxter bass Matt Fisher drums
https://www.wegottickets.com/event/211381

The Vortex Jazz Club
11 Gillett Street
London N16 8JH

Doors 8pm First Set 8.45pm
£10 concessions available
Bookings: 020 7254 4097
Online: www.vortexjazz.co.uk

Acoustic Landladies SOLD OUT the Vortex in January 2013. An evening with the cult dance band the Electric Landladies – Unplugged. Their alternate pop reality. Amy Winehouse, Patti Smith, Bee Gees, Abba and the Rolling Stones re-imagined.

News from the  Electric Landladies, Blow the Fuse at the Vortex, and the London Jazz Festival with the Blow the Fuse Film night including the Guest Stars. Also Deirdre will be playing at Ronnie Scotts and Soho Spice of Life with New York guitarist extraordinaire Sheryl Bailey. We also love that Picnic are playing in Sandwich.
It’s just so …. right!

NEWS FLASHES:

• The Electric Landladies have come back from headlong the Scala Eressos 12th International Womens festival in Lesvos. There were also festival spots from LUND and Laka, Diane and Alison’s jazz trio. They’ve been invited to play in Holland, Norway and Belgium as a result.
• Blow the Fuse will be hosting two nights of the London Jazz Festival at Chats Palace in November. The theme is film and there will be silent film and live jazz score, interactive film VJ ing and live group plus an evening centred around The Guest Stars. Previously unseen film from the 1970s and 80s plus live performance. Tickets are online NOW.

• The ‘C’ word – We know, someone has to lower the tone and I’m afraid it’s us. We can’t wait to tell you that this December as well as our wonderful Chats palace annual Christmas Dance party, the Electric Landladies will be performing at the Rivoli Ballroom. London’s hidden treasure. A Grade 2 listed ballroom in Brockley, London SE4. Tickets have just gone on sale….

Of course this is all as well as a great programme of gigs at the Vortex and Jan’s Bar is back! Please make a note of the gigs coming up in our gig diary and we hope to see you soon.

AUTUMN GIGS PROGRAMME:

Friday 28 September Jan’s Bar, Stoke Newington, N16  Deirdre Cartwright Trio incl. Josefina Cupido

Tuesday 2 October The Vortex, N16 Blow the Fuse Jazz Club with the Deirdre Cartwright Quartet. members of Deirdre’s original quartet – Steve Lodder (keyboards), Alison Rayner (bass) and Winston Clifford (drums) An eclectic set from 70’s funky shuffles, jazz swing, original compositions to high-octane fusion. Steve Lodder is a superb improviser (George Russell, Andy Sheppard) and Alison Rayner and Winston Clifford move from depth and textures to crackling funk seamlessly.
Doors 8pm and there’s a nice cafe downstairs.  http://www.wegottickets.com/event/186529
Thursday 4 October Deirdre Cartwright Quartet - see Tuesday are appearing at Jazz on the Hill, opposite Herne Hill Station London SE24. World cuisine, Caribbean Tapas – yum! but you can just come in for a drink.  1st set music 8.30pm
http://www.jazzonthehill.co.uk and 0207 737 4011 bookings

New York guitarist Sheryl Bailey is coming over for a few select dates in the UK with Deirdre.
Sunday 14 October

Wednesday 17 October Sheryl Bailey, Deirdre Cartwright, Alison Rayner and Paul Clarvis.
Ronnie Scotts Club 7.30 – 8.15pm
Spice of Life, Soho 8.30pm
They’ll obviously have running shoes on to get between the two venues in 15 minutes!

Friday 26 October Jan’s Bar, N16 Deirdre Cartwright Trio & Friends incl. Diane McLoughlin

Saturday 3 November PICNIC play in St Mary’s Arts Centre, SANDWICH, Kent
http://www.stmarysartscentre.org.uk/events_at_stmarys.htm

Tuesday 6 November The Vortex, N16 Blow the Fuse Jazz Club with Deirdre Cartwright’s PICNIC

LONDON JAZZ FESTIVAL EVENTS
JAZZ CINEMA
Two nights of live interaction between musicians and film at Chats Palace, London E9
Fri 16 November
Celluloid Inspiration
LOOKS LIKE JAZZ
Deirdre Cartwright gtr/loops Alison Rayner bass/loops Buster Birch perc and
Ann Robinson VJ explore jazz and film live.

BUSTER PLAYS BUSTER
A screening of the Buster Keaton classic silent movie ‘Sherlock Jr’ accompanied by a jazz soundtrack, performed live .
Jo Fooks sax, Jim Treweek piano, Pete Ringrose bass, Buster Birch drums
Online booking: http://www.wegottickets.com/event/173819

Sat 17 November
The Guest Stars
ON FILM, IN CONVERSATION, LIVE PERFORMANCE

Globe trotting womens jazz /latin group of the 1980′s captured live on film at the height of their touring. Early footage from 1977, shows their first meeting plus live and behind the scenes film clips  and interviews from the musicians’ own archives. The musicians from the Guest Stars will be present to share stories and reflect on issues then and now around women and jazz.

The second half of the evening will feature performances from Deirdre Cartwright guitar, Josefina Cupido drums/vocal, Laka Daisical piano/vocal, Linda da Mango congas/vocal, Alison Rayner bass and Ruthie Smith sax/vocal.
Online booking: http://www.wegottickets.com/event/173821

Friday 30 November Jan’s Bar, Stoke Newington Deirdre Cartwright Trio & Friends

Tuesday 4 December The Vortex, N16 Blow the Fuse Jazz Club with ARQ (Alison Rayner Quintet)

Friday 7 December Electric Landladies Christmas Party Horsebridge Arts Centre, Whitstable

Saturday 8 December Electric Landladies Christmas Party Rivoli Ballroom
Online booking:  http://www.wegottickets.com/event/184576

Saturday 15 December Electric Landladies Christmas Party Chats Palace E9
Online booking: http://www.wegottickets.com/event/184375

Friday 21 December Jan’s Bar, N16 Deirdre Cartwright Trio & Friends

www.deirdrecartwright.com

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NEWS LATEST SPRING 2012
Blow the Fuse present TOMORROW THE MOON

Four double bills at the Vortex Jazz Club featuring some of the UK’s finest contemporary jazz groups with support from a younger generation of rising stars.
One small step for woman …

Tuesday 6 March
Alison Rayner’s ARQ plus
Laura Cole’s Metamorphic

ARQ Bassist and composer Alison Rayner steps to the fore with a new jazz, latin and funk-inspired quintet. More usually seen driving the rhythm sections of Deirdre Cartwright Group, the Vortex Foundation Big Band and Blow the Fuse club nights, her compositions are influenced by artists as diverse as Charlie Haden, Jaco Pastorius, Bill Evans, Pat Metheny, Steely Dan, Afro Cuban dance music and European folk…

Diane McLoughlin saxophones, Deirdre Cartwright guitar
Steve Lodder piano, Winston Clifford drums, Alison Rayner double/electric bass
“Big warm acoustic sound, faultless time, tuning and taste and creative solo ability – clearly belongs in the front rank of contemporary bassists”  Digby Fairweather

Metamorphic are a contemporary song-based jazz/folk sextet led by pianist Laura Cole. Their debut album, ‘The Rock Between’, was released to critical acclaim on the F-ire label in April 2011.

Their music has been called ‘refreshingly feminine’ (Jazzwise), ‘brave, honest yet beguiling’ (Jazz UK), and as having ‘rare strength and beauty’ (All About Jazz).

Chris Williams, alto sax (Led Bib), John Martin, tenor/soprano sax (The John Martin Quartet), Kerry Andrew, vocals/loops (Juice Vocal Trio), Tom Greenhalgh, drums (World Sanguine Report), Paul Sandy, double bass (The Dead Victorians) and Laura Cole, piano/rhodes/composer/arranger (Juxtavoices).

F U L L  S E A S O N

Tuesday 7 February
PICNIC Led by guitarist Deirdre Cartwright, PICNIC features trombonist Annie Whitehead Alison Rayner double bass Winston Clifford drums
plus Yazz Ahmed Quartet
Lewis Wright vibraphone, Dave Manington bass guitar Corrina Silvester percussion and Yazz Ahmed trumpet and flugelhorn.

Tuesday 6 March
Alison Rayner’s ARQ Diane McLoughlin tenor/alto sax Deirdre Cartwright guitar  Steve Lodder piano
Alison Rayner double/electric bass, Winston Clifford drums
plus Laura Cole’s Metamorphic Chris Williams alto sax, John Martin tenor/soprano sax, Kerry Andrew vocals/loops,
Tom Greenhalgh drums, Paul Sandy double bass and Laura Cole piano(piano/rhodes/composer/arranger).

 Tuesday 3 April
Diane McLoughlin’s LITTLE BIG HORN Diane McLoughlin saxes, Loz Speyer trumpet, Dorian Ford piano
Deirdre Cartwright guitar, Alison Rayner bass, Winston Clifford drums
plus Laura Jurd Quartet
Laura Jurd trumpet, Lauren Kinsella voice, Alex Roth guitar, Corrie Dick drums

Tuesday 8 May
TOKYO TRIO Nikki Iles piano, Tina May vocals, Karen Sharp tenor/baritonesax
plus Vicky Tilson Group
Dee Byrne alto sax, Stuart Fiddler guitar, Vicky Tilson double bass, Reinis Axelsson  drums

……………………………………………………………………………………………………
Electric landladies are sold out for Chats Palace Sat 17 December however…

we’ll be playing a special gig at the Vortex in the New Year.

Tuesday 10 Jan The Electric Landladies Unplugged aka ACOUSTIC LANDLADIES - This has also SOLD OUT Yes an alternate pop reality. Amy Winehouse, Patti Smith, Steppenwolf, Abba, the Rolling Stones reimagined. Laka Daisical vocals/pno, Sarah Pritchard vocals/perc, Deirdre Cartwright guitar, Diane McLoughlin accordion/sax, Alison Rayner bass/ukelele/voc, Ann Day perc/drums

NEWS LATEST
Blow the Fuse present TOMORROW THE MOON

Four double bills at the Vortex Jazz Club featuring some of the UK’s finest contemporary jazz groups with support from a younger generation of rising stars.
One small step for woman …

Tuesday 6 March
Alison Rayner’s ARQ plus
Laura Cole’s Metamorphic

ARQ Bassist and composer Alison Rayner steps to the fore with a new jazz, latin and funk-inspired quintet. More usually seen driving the rhythm sections of Deirdre Cartwright Group, the Vortex Foundation Big Band and Blow the Fuse club nights, her compositions are influenced by artists as diverse as Charlie Haden, Jaco Pastorius, Bill Evans, Pat Metheny, Steely Dan, Afro Cuban dance music and European folk…

Diane McLoughlin saxophones, Deirdre Cartwright guitar
Steve Lodder piano, Winston Clifford drums, Alison Rayner double/electric bass
“Big warm acoustic sound, faultless time, tuning and taste and creative solo ability – clearly belongs in the front rank of contemporary bassists”  Digby Fairweather

Metamorphic are a contemporary song-based jazz/folk sextet led by pianist Laura Cole. Their debut album, ‘The Rock Between’, was released to critical acclaim on the F-ire label in April 2011.

Their music has been called ‘refreshingly feminine’ (Jazzwise), ‘brave, honest yet beguiling’ (Jazz UK), and as having ‘rare strength and beauty’ (All About Jazz).

Chris Williams, alto sax (Led Bib), John Martin, tenor/soprano sax (The John Martin Quartet), Kerry Andrew, vocals/loops (Juice Vocal Trio), Tom Greenhalgh, drums (World Sanguine Report), Paul Sandy, double bass (The Dead Victorians) and Laura Cole, piano/rhodes/composer/arranger (Juxtavoices).

F U L L  S E A S O N

Tuesday 7 February
PICNIC Led by guitarist Deirdre Cartwright, PICNIC features trombonist Annie Whitehead Alison Rayner double bass Winston Clifford drums
plus Yazz Ahmed Quartet
Lewis Wright vibraphone, Dave Manington bass guitar Corrina Silvester percussion and Yazz Ahmed trumpet and flugelhorn.

Tuesday 6 March
Alison Rayner’s ARQ Diane McLoughlin tenor/alto sax Deirdre Cartwright guitar  Steve Lodder piano
Alison Rayner double/electric bass, Winston Clifford drums
plus Laura Cole’s Metamorphic Chris Williams alto sax, John Martin tenor/soprano sax, Kerry Andrew vocals/loops,
Tom Greenhalgh drums, Paul Sandy double bass and Laura Cole piano(piano/rhodes/composer/arranger).

 Tuesday 3 April
Diane McLoughlin’s LITTLE BIG HORN Diane McLoughlin saxes, Loz Speyer trumpet, Dorian Ford piano
Deirdre Cartwright guitar, Alison Rayner bass, Winston Clifford drums
plus Laura Jurd Quartet
Laura Jurd trumpet, Lauren Kinsella voice, Alex Roth guitar, Corrie Dick drums

Tuesday 8 May
TOKYO TRIO Nikki Iles piano, Tina May vocals, Karen Sharp tenor/baritonesax
plus Vicky Tilson Group
Dee Byrne alto sax, Stuart Fiddler guitar, Vicky Tilson double bass, Reinis Axelsson  drums

……………………………………………………………………………………………………
Electric landladies are sold out for Chats Palace Sat 17 December however…

we’ll be playing a special gig at the Vortex in the New Year.

Tuesday 10 Jan The Electric Landladies Unplugged aka ACOUSTIC LANDLADIES - This has also SOLD OUT Yes an alternate pop reality. Amy Winehouse, Patti Smith, Steppenwolf, Abba, the Rolling Stones reimagined. Laka Daisical vocals/pno, Sarah Pritchard vocals/perc, Deirdre Cartwright guitar, Diane McLoughlin accordion/sax, Alison Rayner bass/ukelele/voc, Ann Day perc/drums