October 2009

4th Oct 2009.........................................Timeline

Timeline have been the Hare house band now for the last 2 years. Over that time they have tried to constantly strive to improve the musical experience for both audience and player through adding as much variety of repertoire and instrumentation as possible to their sets.
The line up tonight is Kelvin Christiane-saxes, Dave Frankel-piano, David McLeod-bass and Noel Joyce-drums.

11th Oct 2009...................................Brandon Allen-sax

Brandon was born in Perth, Western Australia. Started playing piano at the age of 10, then played classical guitar for one year before starting the saxophone at age 13. Studied at the Western Australian Conservatorium of Music, majoring in Performance. Brandon is a regular member of DRUGSTORE COWBOY Quartet(a collaboration with trumpeter Quentin Collins), the Chris Allard Band, the Alex Garnet Sextet, the Clark Tracey Quartet and the Blake Wilner Group. His main project is his Quintet, the Brandon Allen Band...playing his own contemporary and groove toons!!! He has appeared at various festivals around the world. Some major venues played at include: Birdland in Vienna, the Blue Note Jazz Club in Milan, Bennett's Lane in Australia, Pizza Express jazz Club and Ronnie's Scott's in London. He has performed throughout Australia, The Phillipines, Singapore, Spain, France, Portugal, Denmark, Switzerland, Croatia, Austria, Greece, Brussels, Belgium, Italy, Bahrain, Holland and United Arab Emirates. To HEAR TRACKS of Drugstore Cowboy Quartet, go to the JAZZ on THE ROAD site or the DRUGSTORE COWBOY Quartet site...

The line up tonight is Brandon Allen-sax, Robbie Robson-trumpet, Ross Stanley-Organ, Enzo Zirilli-drums .

18th Oct 2009............................................Alexis Corker-piano

Until 2005 Alexis was living in Paris, where she played at the Duc des Lombards, The Sunside/Sunset, Le Baiser Salé, and Café Universel with Pierre Boussaguet (Diana Krall, Monty Alexander, Milt Jackson), Cameroon bassist Raymond Doumbé (Miriam Makebe, David Murray) Michel Valera (Kenny Clarke, Dizzy Gillespie) and Mra Oma and the New Brotherhood amongst others. She formed her quartet Sabbatikal with Korean singer Min Jung Lee on vocals, Reunion Island drummer Richard Quive and Parisian double- bassist Raphael Schwabb. They performed at World Music Festival in Albières, the Chambon Jazz Festival and the Jazz Bleu Festival at the Théatre de Chatelet, Paris, supporting Wayne Shorter.

Since returning to London,Alexis joined the resident house band as pianist at the Effra Hall Tavern with Lauren Dalrymple on vocals, following in the footsteps of Robert Mitchell and Mike Gorman. Here she has played with Neville Malcolm, Miles Danso, Mark Mondesir, Amy Baldwin, Tony Kofi, Dave O'Higgins, Robin Banerjee, Daniel Crosby and Rod Youngs. In July 2007 Alexis inaugurated the Canary Wharf Jazz Festival playing in quartet with Lauren Dalrymple.

The line up tonight is Alexis Corker-piano, Kelvin Christiane-sax, Neville Malcolm-bass, Noel Joyce-drums.

25th Oct 2009...............................Nick Kacal-bass

Nick Kacal is a freelance double-bassist who also has his own trio- Guerillasound.

After graduating from Salford University in 1990 with a degree in Electro-Acoustics, Nick worked as a free-lance double-bassist, playing with a large and eclectic assortment of artists. He has played with too many obscure jazz musicians to list; his interest in other kinds of music has been assuaged by playing and recording with acts like Dan Hicks and the Hot Licks, Ado Matheson, Songdog, TD Lind, The Loose Cannons Morag McLaren, Zoey Schwartz and John Etheridge. He has played and toured in France, Germany, Cape Verde and all over the UK, including Ronnie Scott's in London and festivals such as Womad, Brecon Jazz and the Edinburgh Festival.

As an engineer and producer, recognising the frustrations of working in studios with an emphasis on Midi and sampling, he has specialised in live location recording of acoustic music, ensembles, unusual instrumentations, difficult acoustic environments and sound for film/video. Previous recording work includes UK jazz artists, live cabaret and classical chamber ensembles. Most recently he has worked as producer and mixer on an album for Aled Thomas, and as producer for Songdog, whose CD will be out October 2007 on One Little Indian records.

The line up tonight is Nick Kacal-bass, Greg Heath-sax, Nick Meier-piano, Noel Joyce-drums.