BLUES DRENCHED CLARINET-DRIVEN 1920’s NEW ORLEANS JAZZ WITH LONDON'S HARD-SWINGING VINTAGE JAZZ BAND

DAVID HORNIBLOW – Clarinet
SAM WATTS – Piano
DAVE KELBIE – Guitar
LOUIS THOMAS – Double Bass

Revolutionary, controversial, and wildly popular, The Dime Notes unearthed a repertoire of stomps, blueses, and forgotten gems of the era from musicians such as Johnny Dodds, Jellyroll Morton and Red Nichols.
Fronted by UK clarinetist David Horniblow, an established figure on the London jazz scene and American pianist Andrew Oliver, a recent arrival to the UK, the band is anchored by the unstoppable pulse of London’s finest rhythm guitarist Dave Kelbie and London bassist Louis Thomas, in demand across many genre boundaries with his huge sound and stylistic versatility.
Inspired
THE SUNDAY TIMES UK
A dashing take on these great original jazz standards
JAZZ MAGAZINE FR
Lovingly curated examples of great music from the ancestral repertoire of jazz
JAZZ DA GAMA USA
Swings from start to finish
JUST JAZZ UK
This band is frankly irresistible
JAZZ LIVES UK

STRINGS AIN'T WHAT THEY USED TO BE
A masterclass in musicianship, musical history, and sheer enjoyment

TOM ‘SPATS’ LANGHAM – guitar, tenor banjo, ukulele and vocals
MIKE PIGGOTT – violin, phono-fiddle, guitar, mandolin
LOUIS THOMAS – Double Bass
MARTIN WHEATLEY – everything else

CREOLE INFLUENCED NEW ORLEANS MUSIC FROM THE JIMI HENDRIX OF THE BANJO

SUNDAY TIMES UK JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR 2020!!

Award winning Créole Banjoist guitarist vocalist, considered one of the notable banjoists in the history of New Orleans credited with preserving Créole culture.

DON VAPPIE – Banjo/voice
DAVID HORNIBLOW – Clarinet
DAVE KELBIE – Guitar
SÉBASTIEN GIRARDOT – Double Bass

he can start the party with his banjo, he sure can!
IGGY POP
it’s about time someone showed the jazz world what the banjo really can do
THE OBSERVER UK
Mr Vappie is a born storyteller – an urban griot, who has lived the music and has consigned all of it to the centre of his being
JAZZ DA GAMA CANADA
Music that’s languid and lively and Creole in character
SONGLINES UK
Don Vappie is not only a solid banjo virtuoso but also a beautiful singer
JAZZ HOT FR
Beautifully recorded, you can hear right around the instruments, … Gorgeous!
CLARE TEAL, BBC
jazz virtuosity with buoyant blues riffs and a splash of Caribbean rhythms
THE TIMES UK

CHAMBER JAZZ PERSPECTIVES ON EARLY 20TH CENTURY POPULAR MUSIC

MICHAEL MCQUAID – Alto 1, Musical Arranger
DAVID HORNIBLOW – Alto 2
SIMON MARSH – Tenor
TOM LAW – Baritone

A project inspired at first by virtuosic saxophone innovator Merle Johnston, whose own quartet recorded just four titles in 1929 and 1930.

McQuaid has taken these scarce records as a foundation for his own new arrangements, giving a greater variety of repertoire a similarly elegant treatment; whilst the source material might be jazzy and rhythmic, the treatment abounds with modernist devices and impressionistic tone colours. The results, performed by four unaccompanied saxophones, produce an astonishing range of sounds far beyond what might be expected or imagined. Just as a string quartet gives space for its instruments to breathe, the Michael McQuaid Saxophone Quartet provides an opportunity to open one’s ears to the saxophone beyond tired cliches.

Superb, nay – ravishing, performances
NORMAN FIELD, JAZZ HISTORIAN AND MUSICIAN UK

Astonishingly beautiful…No one else is doing anything like this!
MICHAEL STEINMANN 'JAZZ LIVES' US

ORIGINAL JAZZ FROM THE UNIQUE LONDON DJANGO COLLECTIVE

GIACOMO SMITH - Clarinet
HARRY DIPLOCK - Guitar
JEREMIE COULLON - Guitar
KOUROSH KANANI - Guitar
MATT HOLBORN - Violin
PETE THOMAS - Double Bass
ROBIN KATZ - Guitar
SIMON READ - Double Bass


The London Django Collective are a troupe of young jazz musicians based in the capital. Remaining in the spirit of Django Reinhardt, they inject a youthful energy into the Gypsy jazz genre from within the vibrant London jazz scene and are each considered brilliant improvisers in their own right.

Fresh from two sold-out concerts at Ronnie Scott’s and following their debut EP releases, the LDC have been making moves out of London. Each member of the collective brings their own dimension to the music, carefully dusting off classic repertoire whilst bringing new and original music into the mix. Each live show is an exciting improvisational showcase of the band and a testing ground for new music.

FROM EITHER SIDE OF THE ATLANTIC, TWO GREATS OF THE MUSIC WORLD

Evan Christopher and Fapy Lafertin have received accolades the world over. Not just through their musicianship, both are considered true ambassadors for their music, nurturing the musical traditions that have played an essential part of their respective cultures. Lafertin is an institution! Studied by many and widely thought of as the rightful heir to Django’s crown. Christopher, a powerhouse of sound, swing and invention.

EVAN CHRISTOPHER – Clarinet
FAPY LAFERTIN – Guitar
DAVE KELBIE – Guitar
SEBASTIEN GIRARDOT – Double Bass

“…A record that you can listen to with pleasure… the marriage of Evan’s Creole expressiveness and Fapy’s Django feel works like a charm! JAZZ HOT FR
seductive from start to finish JAZZ MAGAZINE FR
shimmering colours and a kind of grace and suppleness that is very nice to see. CLASSICA FR
perfect interplay between two soloists’, always very inspired.. HOT CLUB DE FRANCE FR
a record that lets you listen… with infinite happiness. JAZZ HOT FRANCE
the marriage between Evan’s Creole expressiveness and the feeling at the Django of Fapy works to perfection! MICHEL LAPLACE FRANCE
Lafertin is the legitimate heir to Django’s crown. BOB WILBUR USA
[Evan] is, in my estimation, not only the greatest jazz clarinetist alive, but one of the greatest of all time. AHMET ERTEGUN, FOUNDING CHAIRMAN OF ATLANTIC RECORDS

LAMENTS, CZARDAS’ AND SZAPORAS FROM THE TRANSYLVANIAN REGION OF KALOTASZEG WITH THE BEAUTIFUL VOICE AND VIOLIN PLAYING OF TCHA LIMBERGER.

Tcha Limberger has become recognised as one of the most prominent and important figures in folk music of the Carpathian Basin. He highlights the style considered to be the most beautiful of all Hungarian music with the highest regarded rhythm section of modern times, Berki Viktor on bass and Toni Rudi on Brac, for over 30 years the accompanists of the regions most famous Primas Neti Sandor.

TCHA LIMBERGER – Violin, Voice
TONI RUDI SNR – Brac
TONI RUDI JNR – Double Bass

music as natural as breathing
LONDONJAZZNEWS.COM UK
Tcha Limberger seems to be made entirely out of music
THE OBSERVER UK
music straight from the soul
LONDON EVENING STANDARD UK
full of energy and pathos
SONGLINES UK
Tcha Limberger’s voice reaches heart breaking qualities
DJANGOSTATION FRANCE

KNUCKLE BUSTIING AUSTRALIAN VIOLINIST

Washingmachine’s Stuff Smith influenced violin playing, eccentric and swinging vocals, and his great band have electrified audiences throughout Europe and Asia.

PRE-REMBETIKO GREEK MUSIC

DIMOS VOUGIOUKAS – accordion
TCHA LIMBERGER – violin
BENJAMIN CLEMENT – guitar

The traditional repertoire played by the Trio Tatavla brings vivid local colour, a bright & emotional landscape magically combined with great freedom and enriched harmonic experimentation

POLYMATH KING OF GYPSY MUSIC

Possibly one of the rarest bands on the scene today

TCHA LIMBERGER – Violin, Vocals
FEHER ISTVAN – Cimbalom
LUKÁCS CSABA – Clarinet
OLAH NORBERT – Brac
RUSZO ISTVAN – Violin
SZEGFU KÁROLY – Cello
VILMOS CSIKOS – Double Bass

He plays Hungarian music so well, that he is able to perform with the greatest Hungarian musicians and even among them he gives a brilliant performance
ROBY LAKATOS
The polymath virtuoso Tcha Limberger is the king of gypsy music
SUNDAY TIMES UK
Tcha Limberger seems to be made entirely out of music
THE OBSERVER UK
Tcha Limberger plays with such love for the tradition one can only sit and listen entirely fascinated”
MOORS MAGAZINE HOLLAND
as intoxicating as a vintage dessert wine
SONGLINES UK
simply world class
COMPACT HOLLAND

UK GUITAR ICON ETHERIDGE & VOCALIST ROWE

JOHN ETHERIDGE – Guitars
VIMALA ROWE – Vocals

One of the defining features of the duo’s work is the commitment and passion of their delivery. Rowe is a fiery performer by any standards - yet the paring down to just two produces intimacy and drama alike. Explosive but chambered. The big effect and the delicate gesture. The pieces are carefully chosen to surprise, but above all to take the listener on an emotional journey through joy and pain, sombre or swinging. There’s dark and light. A real musical journey.
A unique pairing that satisfies on so many levels, their album ‘Out of the Sky’ was elected in the Top Ten critic’s choice of album of the year 2016 in both the Guardian and the Sunday Times the track ‘Detour Ahead ‘in the Top Five in the Guardian.

A rare mix of visceral emotion and jazzy intelligence
SUNDAY TIMES
Vimala Rowe is Sensational
THE ARTS DESK
John Etheridge demonstrates awesome authority every time he touches the guitar
THE GUARDIAN
A captivating and seemingly effortless soulful voice KISS FM
Immensely soulful, powerful performance
LONDON JAZZ NEWS
This beautiful album
THE GUARDIAN

TRADITIONAL MANOUCHE SONGS

Jazz, Swing, traditional Romani songs & some Gypsy jazz thrown in from Jean de Talhouet's multi-national eclectic band of musicians

JEAN DE TALHOUET – Guitar, Vocals
DAVE SHULMAN – Clarinet
DAVE KELBIE – Guitar
RUTH GOLLER – Double Bass

Traditional manouche songs, Django Reinhardt classics, jazz songs, a sprinkle of Brazilian Choro music and original music. KAMAO means “I like/I love/I want” in Romani dialect.

Fronted since 2014 by French singer/guitarist/composer Jean de Talhouet, the band includes clarinet (Dave Schulman), guitars (Dave Kelbie), and double bass (Ruth Goller), creating a beautiful and rich sound that complements the vocals with haunting and lyrical harmonies. Their repertoire ranges from hot swinging jazz featuring captivating virtuoso improvisations, to the saddest Gypsy ballads, the liveliest waltzes, as well as personal compositions.

Lively and full of soul – a night of beautiful music
LONDON JAZZ NEWS

MULTI NATIONAL BALKAN MUSIC COOPERATIVE

wild, vibrant, and played with an authority few can match
ACOUSTIC GUITAR USA
spectacular, sensitive, idiomatic and breathtaking
FOLK ROOTS UK
a 10Gb band!
20th CENTURY GUITAR USA