We have a jam-packed schedule of events coming up this November, take a read below for everything that’s coming up!
Following her appearance at Out Of The Box 2023, Stephanie Halsey returns to The Albemarle stage for the first show in their ‘Alumni showcase’ series of events, mixing together live harp with experimental electronic music.
Presented by Friends Of The Albemarle and raising funds for Hull Young Musicians (HYM)
Saturday 21st September // 6:00PM
Albemarle Music Centre
FREE!
Two world-class musicians synonymous with Gypsy Jazz, who play together in every corner of the UK and beyond, embodying the spirit of Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grapelli. A glorious afternoon awaits, as they present favourite jazz standards from the great American Songbook, playing with warmth, humour and skill.
Saturday 9th November // 4:00PM
Hull Truck Theatre
Tickets £12 (£6 students and under 26s)
A unique collaboration between two of the brightest stars on the contemporary jazz scene
Zoe Rahman is a vibrant and highly individual pianist and composer, her style is deeply rooted in jazz yet it reflects her classical background, British-Bengali heritage and her very broad musical taste.
British-Asian clarinettist, composer and bandleader Arun Ghosh delivers a passionate sound, his jazz style joining forces with a myriad of musical influences from jungle to punk, blues to Bollywood and beyond.
Saturday 9th November // 8:00PM
Hull Truck Theatre
Tickets £12 (£6 students and under 26s)
Mix together the styles of Pat Metheny, Mike Stern and Stevie Ray Vaughn and you have the recipe for contemporary New Jersey jazz guitarist B.D. Lenz. Joining B.D. Lenz will be three of Yorkshire’s finest artists: Martin Longhawn on piano & keyboards, Jenni Molloy double bass and Chris Sykes on drums.
In addition, he will be leading a guitar workshop with students from the Albemarle Centre between 5 – 6.30pm which the public are welcome to attend.
Presented by Hulljazz and appearing as a support event for the Hull Jazz Festival
Tuesday 12th November // 8:00PM
Albemarle Music Centre
Tickets £12 (£6 students and under 26s)
This celebratory Youth Jazz Orchestra project draws together new commissioned big band pieces by incredible composers including Laura Jurd, Nikki Iles, Rebecca Nash and Laura Cole, that shows how healthy the modern jazz scene is.
At the heart of this is Meet Me in The Middle, a new big band piece by award-winning saxophonist and composer Emma Johnson. Exploring themes of belonging and what it is to be welcomed and welcoming, the title is inspired by the search for Home, commissioned especially for the talents of the Hull Youth Jazz Orchestra by the Jazz Festival.
Saturday 16th November // 3:00PM
Hull Truck Theatre
Tickets £12 (£6 students and under 26s)
Kobby Taylor, multi award winning record producer, composer, and performer with ENDOFLEVELBADDIE and Middle Child pays tribute to his Ghanaian grandfather, Afrobeat legend Ebo Taylor with live music from his re-mix album The Torch.
The show centres around a piece of gig theatre that can only be described as a live concept album on stage. Expect everything from RnB remixes, hip hop to modern afro-beat. Special guests include Stephanie Halsey (harpist), Steve Cobby (producer, musician, composer, and best known for being part of Fila Brazillia), Kev La Kat (multi-instrumentalist, producer and remixer from Love Our Records) and Wai Wan (whose single Goddess was ranked among the all-time top 20 Nu-Jazz records on Worldwide FM)
Saturday 16th November // 8:00PM
Hull Truck Theatre
Tickets £12 (£6 students and under 26s)
Using sounds captured inside Hull’s Tidal Surge Barrier and the Humber Bridge alongside abandoned instruments and rediscovered tapes, this improvised performance weaves textures and soundscapes from sounds that are ignored or never normally heard. Sounds derived from secret locations, objects left for dead, and always-on systems operating just below our feet protecting the entire population of the region
These sounds form part of the complex, layered, intricate yet fragile landscape that we share. And they’re our starting point for creating a collective improvisation mixing dense textures from the concrete of the city with delicate half-memories from recovered instruments.
Presented in association with the University of Hull Music Department with Mark Slater
Thursday 21st November // 8:00PM
Humber Street Gallery
FREE!
Brand new music collaborations featuring exciting Hull artists, supported by Hull City Council Arts Development team.
2pm – Nathan Simm and Paul Sargeson: The Space Between
A brand new collaboration between dub producer / DJ Simma and multi-instrumentalist Sarge, connecting the dots between jazz, reggae, trip-hop, electronica, broken-beat, techno, funk and new wave using a combination of live improvisation instrumentation, contemporary dub mixing and experimental sampling techniques.
Saturday 23rd November // 2:00-5:00 PM
Albemarle Music Centre
FREE!
2.40pm – Ysabelle Wombwell and Joe Mooney
Ysabelle is collaborating with percussionist and producer Joe Mooney to marry their two worlds as disabled artists working in inclusion and as musicians to create a new work; incorporating stories from disabled people, BSL performance, film and music technology.
3.20pm – Joseph Cox and Gary Hammond: Convergence
Convergence is a project that explores electronic rhythms and acoustic percussion, through the collaboration of an electronic musician Joseph Cox working with modular and analogue synthesizers and percussionist Gary Hammond with access to all manner of acoustic rhythm makers.
4pm – Sam Mavor and Daniel Thompson and the Eclectic Orchestra
Sam and Daniel aim to revive Gurewich’s Saxophone Concerto, originally for saxophone and orchestra. This partnership will enhance their understanding of how the saxophone can symbiotically work within the classical idiom, bridging the gap between modern orchestral instrumentation and the instrument’s capabilities. The Eclectic Orchestra will be led by Rebecca Parker.
All timings are approximate and audiences can come and go throughout the afternoon.
The Out of the Box Commissions are supported by Hull City Council Arts Development team.