Abergavenny Arts Festival - Jazz Appreciation
Using video clips and sound tracks to demonstrate the story of jazz, Mike Skilton – who has held the reins of Black Mountain Jazz for over 11 years, bringing to Abergavenny a wealth of musicians from around the world – will be in conversation with Rhys Phillips, who until very recently hosted the hugely successful ‘A Slice of Jazz’ radio programme, with its world-wide audience.
This session, which is the first of three hosted by Black Mountain Jazz as part of the Abergavenny Arts Festival programme, will last about 1hr 30mins.
Abergavenny Arts Festival - Jazz for Littleuns
Led by local musicians Martha Skilton (sax) and Richard West (piano), this session is part of the Black Mountain Jazz programme for the Abergavenny Arts Festival.
Aimed at the 2 to 4 years age group (with some flexibility), it introduces the fun of jazz to music youngsters enjoy. As well as listening, there will be plenty of joining in.
All littleuns must be accompanied by an adult throughout the session, which will last for about 1hr.
Abergavenny Arts Festival - Gethin Liddington's Goodkatz
As part of Black Mountain Jazz’s participation in the Abergavenny Arts Festival 2018, we invite you to the Melville Theatre for a feel-good, infectious, toe-tapping evening with Gethin Liddington’s Goodkatz.
This is family friendly, festival jazz at its best with music to please every age group.
Sunday 29th July 2018
Having recently released their first album “Native Speaker”, Black Mountain Jazz is delighted to welcome the Stefanos Tsourelis Trio to the theatre at the Melville Centre.
Sunday 30th September 2018
Feel good Acid Jazz music with the energy, vibe and sound of 2016 by some of today’s best contemporary pop/jazz musicians from Europe.
Sunday 28th October 2018
Details to follow
Sunday 25th November 2018
London-based four piece Fraser & The Alibis play the hippest in bop, blues and boogaloo.
Inspired by the big tenor sax sounds of Dexter Gordon and the screaming organ of Jimmy Smith, the band plays original tunes – deeply entrenched in the roots of the music.
