Lancaster Jazz Scene
Age Range: under 18’s must be accompanied by an adult
Lancaster Jazz Scene aims to create spaces to play, enjoy and listen to jazz music in Lancaster.
We are proud to collaborate with the Jazz Scene who put on a range of regular gigs in the centre upstairs in the intimate Olive Bar.
Next Up: Mike Hall and Andy Hulme – Sunday 23rd June, 6.30pm
Mike Hall is a jazz saxophonist and educator. He began with NYJO, leading to a long association with composer/pianist Michael Garrick including a tour of Malaysia, CD recordings and national radio broadcasts. He is a member of the London-based Echoes of Ellington Orchestra and runs his own quartet and octet, Boplicity. His career has seen him playing with the likes of Wayne Shorter, Bob Mintzer and Bob Brookmeyer.
Highlights have included a week at Ronnie Scott’s Club, concerts at the World Saxophone Congress in Slovenia and Strasbourg with Andy Scott’s Group S plus features in John Dankworth and Cleo Laine’s Christmas Show.
Mike headed Jazz Studies at the RNCM for 25 years and continues to run jazz courses and summer schools in UK and France.
Guitarist Andy Hulme has been playing and accompanying musicians around Manchester and Liverpool since the late 1990s. Currently a member of Mike Hall’s Boplicity, Andy came onto the North West jazz scene playing alongside Welsh guitarist, Trefor Owen, and has been a long-standing member of the Jamie Brownfield/Liam Byrne Quintet.
Over the years he has played alongside many distinguished musicians, including US guitarists Howard Alden and Jack Wilkins, the UK’s John Etheridge and Jim Mullen, and saxophonists Scott Hamilton and Art Themen.
Entry £10 cash or card on the door.
UPCOMING EVENTS – SAVE THE DATE
Events always start at 6.3opm and take place in the Olive Bar.
- Sun 23rd June
- Sun 27th October
- Sunday 1st December
- Sunday 23rd February 2025
- Sunday 23rd March 2025
Room
Olive Bar
Times
Gigs throughout the year
Price
Ticket prices vary
How to book
See individual gig details