music of the 21st century

Upcoming Events

Jam Session

Date: 
Tuesday, 31 January, 2012 - 19:30
Location: 
the Plume of Feathers, Half Moon street, Sherbone, DT9 3LN

An informal and friendly meeting place for musicians - Take this opportunity to bring your instrument and a tune and sit in with the house band - Or come just to listen and enjoy.
Doors open at 7.30pm 
Admission only £3

Ivo Neame Quintet

Date: 
Saturday, 3 March, 2012 - 19:30
Location: 
Plume of Feathers, Half Moon street, Sherbone, DT9 3LN

Pianist Ivo Neame has recorded and performed with many artists in the UK and abroad, including Empirical, Seb Rochford, F-ire collective big band, Stan Sulzmann, Julian Siegel, Byron Wallen, Stephane Payen, Gerard Presencer, Gilad Atzmon, Mark Lockheart, Chris Batchelor, Matthew Herbert and the Cinematic Orchestra.

Asaf Sirkis Trio

Date: 
Saturday, 24 March, 2012 - 19:30
Location: 
Plume of Feathers, Half Moon street, Sherbone, DT9 3LN

 

Drummer/percussionist Asaf has been a frequent and popular performer at Sherborne jazz, visiting previously with Gilad Atzmon and with John Law. 

He returns on Saturday 24th March with his own trio featuring guitarist Tassos Spiliotopoulos and Patrick Bettison on bass.

http://www.asafsirkis.co.uk

 

Sarah Gillespie Quartet (featuring Gilad Atzmon)

Date: 
Saturday, 28 April, 2012 - 19:30
Location: 
David Hall, Roundwell St, South Petherton, Somerset TA13 5AA

Described by Robert Wyatt as 'brilliant, the bees knees’, Sarah Gillespie is a critically acclaimed Anglo-American singer-songwriter known for mixing jazz, folk and middle-eastern blues with her trademark poetic lyricism. Her 2 albums ‘Stalking Juliet’ (2009) and ‘In the Current Climate’ (2011) received rave reviews from the broadsheet and music press.

ASQ - the Arabella Sprot Quartet

Date: 
Saturday, 12 May, 2012 - 19:30
Location: 
Plume of Feathers, Half Moon street, Sherbone, DT9 3LN

 

Arabella Sprot is an excellent young tenor saxophonist who has recently returned from a year studying in Graz, Austria. 

Her new line-up consists of fabulous guitarist Mark Lawrence, the ubiquitous Will Harris on bass, 

and John Randall on drums. The music is mainly Arabella's own compositions, with some numbers from contemporary writers