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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

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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