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.
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Last minute 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.
WILL BARRY
WEDNESDAY APRIL 29
9.00 PM EUROPEAN TIME / 8.00 PM UK TIME / 3.00 PM NEW YORK TIME
TICKET PRICE €10.00 / £10.00 / $13.00
Will Barry is an award winning rising star pianist from London.
At just 27 years of age he is part of numerous projects internationally, most prominently touring with Phronesis bassist Jasper Høiby’s group ‘Fellow Creatures’ in Turkey, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Denmark, Holland and also extensively in the UK.
Winner of the prestigious MUSICIANS COMPANY " JAZZ YOUNG MUSICIAN AWARD 2017", he has performed at the North Sea, Love Supreme, Green Hours and Umbria Jazz Festivals, and appeared alongside Madison McFerrin, Perico Sambeat and Eddie Henderson as well as Cuban musicians Julio Montalvo, Yoel Paez and Issac Delgado Jr.
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Last minute booking will close 90 minutes before the start of concert to allow time to process payments.
“Will Barry’s playing is sensitive and fluid..a beautiful sound” - Chucho Valdes
BARRY GREEN
THURSDAY APRIL 30
9.00 PM EUROPE / 8.00 PM UK / 3.00 PM NEW YORK
TICKET PRICE €10.00 / £10.00 / $13.00
Barry'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.
He started his own record label called Moletone records in 2008. The first release was the trio record "The Music of Chance" featuring Ben Street and Jeff Williams, this received glowing reviews. A duo album followed this featuring the great bass player Dave Green, "Turn Left at Monday", performing rare songs by Alec Wilder and Ornette Coleman. His third release on Moletone records is "Babelfish" (you put it in your ear!), with vocalist Brigitte Beraha, and featuring Chris Laurence and Paul Clarvis.
In January 2014 Barry recorded two trio albums in New York; the first with Chris Cheek and Gerald Cleaver titled "Great News", and the next with Drew Gress and Tom Rainey called "Almost There"..
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Barry Green "This pianist can effortlessly sustain a graceful Bill Evans-like lyrical swing, but also massages the ideas of others." John Fordham - The Guardian
JASON REBELLO
FRIDAY MAY 1
9.00 PM EUROPEAN TIME / 8.00 PM UK TIME / 3.00 PM NEW YORK TIME
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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“In terms of sheer ability and potential, Jason is probably the finest young jazz musician the UK has produced. - Stuart Nicholson, author Jazz: The Modern Resurgence.
Susanna Aleksandra & Joel Remmel
SATURDAY MAY 2
9.00 PM EUROPEAN TIME / 8.00 PM UK TIME / 3.00 PM NEW YORK TIME
TICKET PRICE €10.00 / £10.00 / $13.00
Susanna Aleksandra is an Estonian jazz singer, lyricist and composer. Passionate for languages, she effortlessly plays with words and melodies, navigating through traditional, modern and Latin Jazz. A natural storyteller, the charismatic singer holds the listener spellbound, making jazz approachable not only for jazz lovers.
Her debut album “Miracles” consisting of her original music was released in 2015. Her second album “Souls of the Night” featuring some of the best Northern European jazz musicians was released in Japan in March 2020 (Blue Gleam) and will be released in Europe in early 2021.
Susanna Aleksandra collaborates with top class jazz musicians, including the Steinway artist, pianist Joonas Haavisto, the pianist of Chris Botti Holger Marjamaa, Teemu Viinikainen, Jukka Eskola and many others. She has performed with the legendary Igor Butman Quartet and the Russian multi instrumentalist David Goloshokin and shared the stage with Robert Hurst, Peter Bernstein, Chico Pinheiro, Mitchell Long (guitarist of Melody Gardot) and many more. She is actively performing all around Europe and Russia. Her album release tour in Japan was postponed to March 2021 due to Covid19.
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Last minute booking will close 90 minutes before the start of concert to allow time to process payments.
“Aleksandra´s voice is elegant and her scat seems to have wings. At times sensual and then reserved." - Japanese review site Mikiki