
Concerts with the finest Jazz artists brought to your home
GMF ONLINE CONCERT SERIES
Solo Concerts with some of the finest artists in Jazz today
Each concert will be 30 minutes long and will be followed by a Q&A session with the performing artist.
The concerts will be live on Zoom. We have done all we can to achieve the best possible audio experience but we can only work within the bounds of the technology available at present. We advise using headphones.
ADVANCE BOOKING ESSENTIAL
Booking closes 90 minutes before the start of concert to allow time to process payments and send out the meeting ID and password. With the increased amount of traffic in cyberspace at this time some replies are being delayed. To ensure that you receive your meeting ID and password in time please book as far in advance as possible.
JASON REBELLO
WEDNESDAY MAY 20
9.00 PM PARIS / 8.00 PM LONDON / 3.00 PM NEW YORK / 12.00PM LA
TICKET PRICE €10.00 / £10.00 / $13.00
Jason Rebello was labelled a veteran by the critics at just 19 years of age. Over the following decade he won most of the major jazz music awards.Classically trained but inspired by Herbie Hancock, he came to the attention of one of the founders of jazz fusion, Weather Report’s saxophonist Wayne Shorter. Impressed by his musical fluency and style, Shorter produced his No 1 debut album A Clearer View October 1990 Novus PD 90527.Jason undertook a gruelling schedule promoting his own band across the UK and Europe as well as appearing with notable artistes including Bud Shank, Wayne Shorter, Gary Burton, Branford Marsallis, Tommy Smith, Jean Toussaint, Desree, Mica Paris, Carleen Anderson and Omar. He also performed several classical concerts with the Nice Symphony Orchestra and the Halle Orchestra.In 1999 Jason travelled to New York to record Next Time Round with his trio featuring Jeff ‘Tain’ Watts and talented British bassist Orlando Le Fleming. The album was a return to acoustic jazz.Following the untimely death in 1998 of piano legend and personal hero Kenny Kirkland, Jason was invited by Sting to take his seat in the band. Jason recorded with Sting on his Grammy winning album Brand New Day 1999 and Sacred Love 2003. He toured the world as part of Sting’s band for 6 years and on the night of September 11 2001, Jason recorded the live DVD and CD All this Time at Sting’s home in Tuscany.It was through an introduction from Sting that Jason met guitar legend Jeff Beck. Beck was looking for a new keyboard player to follow Jan Hammer. He was keen to recruit Jason, whose keyboard skills and musical versatility complemented Beck’s love to improvise and experiment in the world of fusion.Jason once again toured the world as part of Beck’s band for 6 years. He worked together with Beck on his 2010 album Emotion and Commotion and co-wrote the single Hammerhead which won a Grammy for Best Rock Instrumental Performance and was voted a Rock Classic by Planet Rock Radio.Jason has worked with artists across the musical spectrum such as Peter Gabriel, Phil Collins, Pee Wee Ellis, Joss Stone, Madeline Peyroux, Manu Katche and recently Charlene Soraia. In 2007 Jason inspired by family life in Bath embarked on the Jazz Rainbow project. Created as through of a love of teaching and a belief that expression through music is an important part of a child”s development, Jason has worked nationally to promote learning through musical workshops in schools. The project resulted in Jazz Rainbow November 2007 JUMBY RECORDS JRCD1, a charming reinvention of much loved children”s tunes the whole family could enjoy.His latest solo piano CD ‘Held‘ on Edition Records won best new CD in the 2016 British Jazz Awards.
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Last minute booking will close 90 minutes before the start of concert to allow time to process payments.
“In terms of sheer ability and potential, Jason is probably the finest young jazz musician this country has produced.” - Stuart Nicholson, author Jazz: The Modern Resurgence
NEL BEGLEY
THURSDAY MAY 21
9.00 PM PARIS / 8.00 PM LONDON / 3.00 PM NEW YORK / 12.00PM LA
TICKET PRICE €10.00 / £10.00 / $13.00
Nel Begley is a rising star jazz vocalist and songwriter currently living in London and working and performing in the UK and Europe. She has performed at a large list of festivals including Manchester Jazz, Latitude, Bestival and Boom Town, and has appeared alongside Callum Au. She headlined at the Mas i Mas Festival Barcelona.
Her ever-growing love of music has led her around the world to pursue a passion to sing, and share her music making with an ever-growing audience.
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Last minute booking will close 90 minutes before the start of concert to allow time to process payments.
ROSALIE GENAY AND BARRY GREEN
FRIDAY MAY 22
9.00 PM PARIS / 8.00 PM UK / 3.00 PM NEW YORK / 12PM LA
TICKET PRICE €10.00 / £10.00 / $13.00 .
Vocalist and Songwriter Rosalie Genay divides her time between London and the second most ordinary town in The Netherlands from where she is currently collaborating on several international projects.
2020 will see the release of two exciting albums: ‘For The Love of Annie’, a jazz collaboration with Scott Hamilton, Barry Green, Dave Green and Steve Brown and 'In Between The Silence', a debut offering of original material with London based guitarist Francesco Lo Castro.
The long awaited albums follow the acclaimed release of ‘Realms’, a personal take on the work of Tom Waits and Leonard Cohen and subsequent UK tour with pianist Rebecca Nash.
Barry Green’s star is rising high on the European Jazz scene. He has accompanied, led and recorded with many of the world's leading Jazz artists including: Dave Friesen, Bobby Watson, Perico Sambeat, Charles McPherson, Deborah Brown, Ben Street, Drew Gress, Chris Cheek, Tom Rainey, Gerald Cleaver, Stan Sulzmann and many more.
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Last minute booking will close 90 minutes before the start of concert to allow time to process payments.
DADO MORONI
SATURDAY MAY 23
9.00 PM PARIS / 8.00 PM LONDON / 3.00 PM NEW YORK / 12.00PM LA
TICKET PRICE €10.00 / £10.00 / $13.00 .
Edgardo “Dado” Moroni started playing piano at age four in his native city of Genova, Italy. He was exposed to the music of Jazz very early, thanks to his parents’ record collection. Basically self taught, he listened to the piano masters Fats Waller, Earl Hines, Teddy Wilson, Art Tatum and Erroll Garner and tried to learn their solos by ear. He was introduced to the music of Charlie Parker, Bud Powell, Dizzy Gillespie at age 11 by a local pianist Flavio Crivelli who gave him a more formal training in music.
He started playing professionally at the age of 14 with leading jazz musicians in Italy including Gianni Basso, Sandro Gibellini and a little later with Franco Ambrosetti and some of the jazz legends like Chet Baker, Johnny Griffin and Neils Henning Ørsted Pederson.
He was invited to join the trio of the great bassist Jimmy Woode, working often in the house rhythm section of the famous Widder Bar in Zurich, and playing all over Europe backing Jazz giants such as Clark Terry, Freddie Hubbard, Bud Shank, Buddy De Franco, Zoot Sims and many others. He went on to work with many of the greatest names in jazz including Ron Carter, Grady Tate, Ray Brown, Gary Bartz, Lee Konitz and many more including a series of piano duos with Kenny Barron, Andrea Pozza and John Hicks.
Dado's current projects are THE CUBE ( quintet with Andrea Dulbecco: vibes, Riccardo Fioravanti: bass, Enzo Zirilli: percussions/drums and Stefano Bagnoli: drums ), NEW YORK REUNION ( Steve Wilson- alto sax, Peter Washington -bass and Lewis Nash - drums ), TWO FOR YOU ( duo with tenor saxophonist Max Ionata ), MORONI/ERSKINE/GOMEZ trio, The DADO MORONI/BERT JORIS QUARTET, the KENNY BARRON/DADO MORONI duo and collaborates with the FRANCO AMBROSETTI QUINTET since early 1980.
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Last minute booking will close 90 minutes before the start of concert to allow time to process payments.
“Dado Moroni presides over the keyboard with charisma and joy”. - Thomas Conrad, Jazz Times
BRUCE BARTH
SUNDAY MAY 24
9.00 PM PARIS / 8.00 PM LONDON / 3.00 PM NEW YORK / 12.00PM LA
TICKET PRICE €10.00 / £10.00 / $13.00 .
Bruce Barth is without doubt one of the great jazz pianists of our time. Deeply rooted in the jazz tradition, his music reflects the depth and breadth of his life and musical experiences.
He has had extended collaborations with Tony Bennett, Terell Stafford, Luciana Souza, Stanely Turrentine, Steve Wilson and David Sánchez and was a long standing member of the Terence Blanchard Quintet, and played piano on-screen in Spike Lee’s Malcolm X.
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Last minute booking will close 90 minutes before the start of concert to allow time to process payments.