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2022-12-05T15:30:52+00:00

Monthly Black Mountain Jazz session Feat. BMJ collective with saxophonists Dan Newberry and Alex Clarke Join the Black Mountain Jazz House band with 2 rising star sax players for a lively and fun night. The BMJ Collective draws on a number of talented young professional musicians performing regularly in the South Wales and neighbouring areas. Between them they can offer a wide variety of line-ups and the opportunity to invite guest performers to join them.  Joining the BMJ Collective for this performance are rising young stars, saxophonists Dan Newberry and Alex Clarke.

BMJ2022-12-05T15:30:52+00:00

TANGO JAZZ QUARTET; Black Mountain Jazz

2022-08-24T14:22:58+01:00

TANGO JAZZ QUARTET BMJ CLUB PROGRAMME Sunday 28th August 2022: 8pm Bar opens at 7.30pm   Melville Theatre: Pen-y-Pound, Abergavenny, NP7 5UD www.tangojazzquartet.com Jazz Quartet have played at our club and festival several times over the past years. In 2020, the pandemic scuppered any thoughts of a live festival and a virtual event evolved. One of the videos included, which was produced in Argentina for us by Tango Jazz Quartet, explores the blending of the two genres of music. We are delighted to be part of their 2022 European tour and very much look forward to their visit to Abergavenny. WORKSHOP In [...]

TANGO JAZZ QUARTET; Black Mountain Jazz2022-08-24T14:22:58+01:00

Shirt Tail Stompers (Black Mountain Jazz)

2022-07-01T14:08:23+01:00

Black Mountain Jazz = "At very short notice, we are delighted to welcome back the Shirt Tail Stompers, who played to a capacity crowd at Black Mountain Jazz in 2019. One of the world’s leading swing bands and London’s top vintage band, the Shirt Tail Stompers are firmly established at home and internationally playing Harlem swing and the hot jazz of the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s. Featuring music from composers such as Duke Ellington, Count Basie and Benny Goodman, their highlights include appearances at the Royal Albert Hall late night Jazz, Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival and National Theatre River stage. [...]

Shirt Tail Stompers (Black Mountain Jazz)2022-07-01T14:08:23+01:00

Community Taster Evening

2022-06-07T16:02:43+01:00

BMJ club programme... Drop in anytime from 5.30pm until 10pm Bar opens at 5.30pm VENUE Melville Theatre: Pen-y-Pound, Abergavenny, NP7 5UD TICKETS: Free Entry History of Jazz Relax in one of the side rooms with a drink and watch some (or all) of the three videos that we made in 2020 – Jass to Jazz. 5.30pm: Video 1 7pm: Video 2 8.30pm: Video 3 Videos Screening During the first year of lockdown, being unable to have a ‘live programme’ – we produced a number of great videos and streamed them. For this Community Evening we are screening six of them – three [...]

Community Taster Evening2022-06-07T16:02:43+01:00

Bass12 – New Orleans come to town (Black Mountain Jazz)

2022-05-23T18:05:36+01:00

LIVE JAZZ NEW ORLEANS STYLE... PURE ENERGY and FUN. A visit by the Bass12 brass band will take BMJ back to basic good-time jazz in highlighting the early days of the music, when the streets and clubs of New Orleans marched and danced and jumped to raw, brassy sounds. Bass12 hails from Cardiff and performs a mixture of New Orleans street grooves and upbeat covers, featuring lots of improvisation. The band is made up of graduates of the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama and Cardiff University who now perform and teach across the UK. As well as performing, the [...]

Bass12 – New Orleans come to town (Black Mountain Jazz)2022-05-23T18:05:36+01:00
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