0800 UK

Opening Fanfare

Ed Jones on 24ct Gold Geneva Sax / Professor Dave Walker piano

We’re very excited to reveal that Ed Jones has created an opening fanfare for our broadcast week with the help of Professor Dave Walker and a Golden Horn. Ed has been teaching saxophone at Leeds College of Music for 12 years now and he’s inspired a new generation of students to develop a love for the saxophone and helped them find their own voice on the instrument. (2 mins)

0802 UK

ARCHIPELAGO

Faye MacCalman clarinet, tenor saxophone/John Pope electric bass/Christian Alderson drums

Faye MacCalman fronts a Newcastle sax-bass-drums trio drawing on garage rock, minimalism and free improvisation: riffs, silence, noise and grooves create a collage of hard-edged blocks of sound that evolve over the performance. (30 mins)

1200 UK

ECLECTIC MIX

Four bands fusing jazz with other genre and traditions: calypso, caribbean, indian and world music and other flavours. Pan Jumby, Unfurl, HSQ+1 & New York Brass Band. (60 mins)

1500 UK

CLUB VIBE

Dread Supreme, Bugalu Foundation and Ariya Astrobeat Arkestra, Three different takes on dance-friendly fusions of jazz, funk, reggae, bugalu.soul and space jazz. (60 mins)

1900 UK

DAN WHIELDON

Dan Whieldon piano/Richard Iles flugelhorn/Gavin Barras double bass/Caroline Boaden drums

Pianist Dan leads a new band performing his pieces: contemporary European in style, rich in harmony, refined and elegant, their melodies eloquently voiced by the lyrical flugelhorn of Richard Iles. (30 mins)

0800 UK

PERPETUAL MOTION MACHINE

Sam Dunn, Jamie Taylor guitars / Ben Lowman tenor saxophone, bass clarinet / Riley Stone-Lonergan tenor saxophone / Garry Jackson electric & double bass / Steve Hanley drums
Double guitars of Sam Dunn and Jamie Taylor, along with doubled-up saxes, add verve to this high-energy sextet blending jazz and rock – but eschewing fusion. Carefully chosen repertoire of originals and the occasional ★ era Bowie and Peter Gabriel. (30 mins)

1200 UK

STRAIGHT AHEAD

It’s all about the feel. Two tight-knit bands who really swing and lift the
mood of any occasion. Jazz Worriers, Nicola Farnon Trio (60 mins)

1500 UK

CHAMBER JAZZ

Iain Dixon clarinet / Les Chisnall piano

Two artists at the height of their game performing a surprising range of music from C20th classical (Messiaen, Walton) to songs made famous by Kathleen Ferrier and Gracie Fields (2015). (40 mins)

1900 UK

BIRKETT & FISK

Emma Fisk violin/James Birkett guitar

Celebrating the under-explored repertoire of Venuti & Lang, two prime exponents of early ’20s/30s jazz: authentic, rhythmic and uplifting, with a warm rapport and infectious energy. (30 mins)

0800 UK

TIPTOE

Alice Higgins vocals / Will Blackstone trumpet / Conall Mulvenna guitar / Roz MacDonald double bass

Vocalist Alice Higgins with an intimate
trumpet-guitar-bass group playing fresh swinging perspectives of Ella Fitzgerald and Grover Washington, as well as their own songs in a warm, relaxed vein. (30 mins)

1200 UK

GUITAR MASTERS

Four distinctive northern guitarists each with their own unique voice and style:
Stuart McCallum, John Bailey,
Nik Svarc and Mike Walker. (60 mins)

15:00 UK

NORTHERN VOICES

Vocalists Zoe Gilby, Lindsay Hannon John Ellis and Shannon Reilly will take you on a journey of old and new standards and heart-felt orginals. (60 mins)

1900 UK

ELECTRIO

Dan Goldman Fender Rhodes, synthesizers / Hamlet Luton electric bass / Gordon Kilroy drums

Dan Goldman has made a speciality
of the Fender Rhodes, centring it at the heart of the blistering, funky driving sound of this tight trio: progressive, yet with a nod to 70s/80s fusion. (30 mins)

0800 UK

EARLY NITE

Otto Willberg double bass / Harry Smith tenor saxophone / Alexander Tod drums

Otto Willberg’s fiery take on the sax-
bass-drums trio format, favouring short and snappy tunes in the spirit of punk: free improvisation delivered with hu-mour, melody and fun. (30 mins)

1200 UK

FREE IMPROVISATION

Two groups pursue their own vision for instant composition and interaction. An opportunity for creative listening
with Grew Quartet & HTrio. (60 mins)

15:00 UK

VIEWERS CHOICE

VIEWERS CHOICE Which artist from last year would you most like to watch again? Look below to see the bands and make your vote on our Facebook page. (40 mins).

1900 UK

Skeltr

Sam Healey alto saxophone, keyboards / Craig Hanson drums, triggered samples

An electrifying new duo in which Sam Healey’s roaring sax lines soar above Craig Hanson’s drum patterns, electronic soundscapes and samples, manipulated live in the moment: a striking, expansive sound with a buzzing energy at its core. (30 mins)

22 UK

BEATS AND PIECES BIG BAND

SPECIAL BONUS BROADCAST!

We’re thrilled to say that we will be broadcasting the bands storming set from their two weeks ago at jazzahead 2018! Shot with 4 cameras and HIFI sound – not to be missed, and we’ll keep in online for a period on our YouTube Channel.

0800 UK

USHAW ENSEMBLE

Paul Edis piano / Graeme Wilson flute, clarinet, saxophones / Graham Hardy trumpet / Emma Fisk violin / Andy May Northumbrian pipes / Paul Susans double bass / Rob Walker percussion

Paul Edis’ was commissioned by Ushaw College and Durham Cathedral to compose for septet – pitching improvisers alongside Northumbrian pipes and violin – melding his forte in modern jazz with traditional music from the north east.(30 mins)

1200 UK

NEW HORIZONS

Exciting and challenging music woven with a danceable energy, memorable melodies and complex riffs: jazz, metal, electronica: Cameron Vale and Taupe (12 Points 2017), (60 mins)

15:00 UK

DEEP CABARET

Steve Lewis voice, guitar / Jayson Stilwell overtone vocals / Matt Robinson clarinets / Maja Bugge ’cello / Paul Sherwood hurdy-gurdy, bagpipes / Ben McCabe drums, vocals

Taking fragments from leftfield pop, African, folk and jazz, channelled through a sextet of instruments rarely heard in jazz (hurdy-gurdy, bagpipes, overtone vocals) and setting found texts from across science, literature and history.(30 mins)

1900 UK

UBUNYE

Thandanani Gumede, Nokuthula Zondi-Kamudyariwa, Xolani Mbathe vocals / Dave Evans keyboards / Nik Rutherford guitar / Barry Ricarby electric bass / Alex Wibrew drums

Ubunye (‘one-ness’) unites singers hailing from Kwa Zulu Natal in South Africa (now Huddersfield-based) with gospel and R’n’B players from Yorkshire, in an inspirational blend of jazz, Isigqi – traditional Zulu music – and Afro-pop.

(30mins)

NOLB Limited Edition T-Shirts

Show your support for Northern Online Broadcasts 2018 by ordering one of 50 unique limited edition NOLB T-Shirts for £12.51 + postage. Printed on High Quality Unisex Standard Heavy Cotton T-Shirt with choice of colours: Black, Red, Yellow or White.

To order your Limited Edition NOLB T-Shirt go to: https://everpress.com/nolb

NOLB Festival Quiz

Enter our online festival quiz and you could win a One Year Premium Subscription (4K HD) with Quest.TV – the new Netflix for Jazz – co-founded by Quincy Jones and Reza Ackbarly.

All the answers to the quiz can be found in the festival programme and you can download a copy of the questions to help you collect your answers.

Rules: One entry per person. If more than one winner then a panel from Jazz North will judge the tie-breaker question.

Competition closes FRIDAY 11 MAY 2018 Midnight UK (extended closing time).

Good Luck!

Make your Quiz entry online at https://goo.gl/forms/WNCkammnwHgjIanM2

To help prepare you can download the question sheet: NOLB-Festival-Quiz.pdf

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