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Erik Truffaz with Sly Johnson

Paris Project

A mesmerising late night collaboration between the great French trumpeter and the superstar beatboxologist, featuring the drummer Philippe Garcia.

See a video clip from a recent concert: www.bigchill.net/news/2009/04/erik-truffaz-and-sly-johnson

Please note that this event takes place late on Saturday 8 August into the early hours of Sunday 9 August.

Jazz For Juniors

Trudy Kerr – vocals, Derek Nash – sax, Michael Garrick – piano, Seb de Krom – drums, Julie Walkington – bass.

Jazz For Juniors is a live show designed especially for kids, the whole family, and for anyone who is young at heart and loves jazz music. Trudy is joined on stage by a band of brilliant UK jazz musicians and their instruments – piano, bass, drums, saxophone and trumpet. During an hour-long jazz adventure the band brings jazz music to children in a fun and exciting way. Come and learn about the history of jazz music from its origins of slavery, marching bands and the blues through to today. The musicians introduce children to the instruments and how they work as well as how they fit together to make up the sound of a jazz band. The kids are involved as much as possible. Expect lots of audience participation, from singing and clapping to marching, dancing and movement. There's even a drum lesson for a lucky volunteer.

Welsh Jazz Composers

The 2010 Adventure

Come and join Simon Thorne, Huw Warren, Paula Gardiner and friends to be in at the very start of a new commission to tour major festivals of Wales next year. This is the place it starts – with shared sounds, dreams and explorations.

Digby Fairweather in conversation

Entry to this event is free, but you must reserve a ticket.

Festival Jazz Service

Led by the Adamant Band and featuring festival stars. Preacher – the Very Reverend Geoffrey Marshall, Dean of Brecon.

Entry to this event is free

Protect The Beat

featuring Derek Nash

Derek Nash – sax, Winston Blissett – bass, Arden Hart – keys, Tim Cansfield – guitar, Darby Todd – drums.

The guys bring an aggressive brand of jazz/funk along the lines of George Duke, The Yellowjackets and The Breckers. The saying goes: if you want to bake a great cake you need to get the ingredients just right. Take 3 heaped spoonfuls of Derek Nash, leading arranger for Jools Holland's R&B Orchestra and frontline sax man to the same. Add an egg while gradually sifting in the soulful bass lines of Winston Blissett, Massive Attack. This cake will not be short of "Heart" if it's gonna rise and this recipe calls for the talented Arden Hart on keys and trumpet and the celebrated guitar of Tim Cansfield, whose credits include such dessert delights as Annie Lennox, Ray Charles and most recently Steve Winwood. The icing, you ask? Who needs it! We will just stick Darby Todd (currently touring with Justin Hawkins and Hot Leg) plus Darby's entire 150 piece drum and cymbal set up smack on top of this cake. Like the two figures atop a wedding cake, only this time the bride and groom are none other than Jazz & Funk. Their second album Intrepid stayed at number 1 for 15 weeks in a respected independent UK Jazz chart last year.

Digby Fairweather's Half Dozen with Paul Jones

This ‘Rockin’ In Rhythm’ showcases the dynamic teaming of Paul Jones, the l960s chart-topping star of Manfred Mann, the Manfreds and later his own ‘Blues Band’ with Digby Fairweather’s Half Dozen, pollwinners in the British Jazz Awards. Paul Jones – famous for l960s hits such as ‘5-4-3-2-1’, ‘Doo Wah Diddy Diddy’, ‘Pretty Flamingo’, ‘I’ve been a bad bad boy!’ and more – joins Digby Fairweather’s sensational Half Dozen for a performance which celebrates both his music and exciting new arrangements of the great jazz and blues standards they both love.

Gregg Kofi Brown & The Afrobeat Band

Phil Dawson – guitar, Emmanuel Rentzos – keyboard & vox, Tansay Ibrahim – drums, Paapa J Mensah – percussion & vox, Ike Leo – bass, sax & vox, Jaroslav Barnick – trumpet, Ben Hadwen – sax & flute.

African rhythms, jah spirit and Brit-funk from the Ghanaian stage star, whose latest album is Together As One.

Dennis Rollins in conversation

Entry to this event is free, but you must reserve a ticket.

Brecon Jazz Youth Band & Imperial College Big Band

We are delighted to welcome the Imperial College Big Band to lead our newly established Brecon Jazz Youth Big Band in this exuberant celebration.
Suitable for all ages, this is sure to be a hugely enjoyable event, so get your dancing shoes on and join in the fun.