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This month Jazz in the Bar goes continental with a programme of French influenced jazz.
We welcome back jazz violin virtuoso Jim Walker who impressed everyone on his previous appearance.
Jim’s playing is influenced by Stephane Grappelli and he has a wide repertoire of French inspired jazz.
He will be accompanied by the incomparable Bob Hudson Trio who will also perform their own feature numbers.
Expect a night of finger snapping toe tapping jazz…
Nicholas Martin first started playing the piano at age eight. Even at this tender age he knew music was to be the foremost interest in his life! His career in music began in 1981 when he became one of the youngest resident organists, at seventeen years old, to play the Wurlitzer at the famous Tower Ballroom in Blackpool.
During the 1982 Blackpool season he was overheard playing the Wurlitzer by Nigel Turner (a Northamptonshire entrepreneur). So, through Blackpool, the “seeds were sown” for his musical future, as in 1983 he became the resident Wurlitzer organist at “Turner’s Musical Merry-Go-Round” a new entertainments centre at Northampton. He remained there for the next twenty-one years playing on the former Paramount Newcastle Wurlitzer organ.
As the “Turner’s” resident organist he recorded several best-selling albums. Following the closure of “Turner’s” in 2004 Nick became the Musical Director at Wicksteed Park (Kettering, Northants.), where he remained for four years until Dec. 2008.
Since then Nick has been a touring musician performing to the many organ and keyboard societies and clubs that are situated around the country.
Presented by the Nottingham Organ Society
Otto (Tom Hanks) is a grumpy isolated widower with staunch principles, strict routines and a short fuse, who gives everyone in his neighbourhood a hard time as he watches over it like a hawk. Just as it seems like he’s finally given up on life, an unlikely and reluctant friendship develops with his new neighbours. Little by little, Otto undergoes a subtle transformation…but is he really capable of change?
Directed by Marc Forster
With Tom Hanks
2hrs 6 mins // US 2022
As part of the celebration of International Women’s Day Love? shows us a glimpse into the world of survivors of this hidden form of abuse by using the voices of many millions of women to portray the voice of “Woman”. The film articulates the silent voices of Domestic Abuse, describing not just the dark world they inhabit, but the shafts of light that bring a sense of hope.
A powerful film like no other, this WILL save lives.
Produced, written and starring Samantha Beckinsale, directed by Jason Figgis of Figgis West Productions, and co – produced with October Eleven Pictures and Simon W. Golding.
Presented by WeRHere and Gedling Borough Council for International Women’s Day 2023.
1 hr 21 mins // UK 2022
Dance Alliance Ltd invites you to watch their first ever showcase ‘Debut’. The two performances will showcase their dancer’s fabulous talent, whilst taking the audience through a portal to witness the most iconic musical moments of past and present. With a soundtrack of well-known tunes, they promise to have your feet tapping, your hands clapping, and you saying ‘I know this one!’ in every single act.
Both performances will begin at 6.30pm.
This performance is designed for ages 3+ and is not suitable for babes-in-arms.
Get Carter | Re-imagined is a fast-paced, new interpretation of Roy Budd’s classic jazz score for this classic gangster movie starring Michael Caine!
These new arrangements, along with some original compositions in the same genre, take us into the film-noir thriller atmosphere of the ’50s British underworld.
Commissioned by the Ted Lewis Society in honour of the namesake novelist behind the cult film Get Carter Re-imagined had its premiere at the 2021 Hull Jazz Festival, the 50th anniversary of the film. Budd’s soundtrack has some instantly recognisable pieces. New arrangements and original compositions are by Kirkland and Sprakes.
Enjoy an evening of moody noir-music linked with this cult film classic!
Wendy Kirkland – Hammond-influenced keyboards | Dennis Rollins |Pat Sprakes – guitar | Steve Wyndham – drums
Set more than a decade after the events of the first film, Avatar The Way of Water begins to tell the story of the Sully family (Jake, Neytiri and their kids), the trouble that follows them, the lengths they go to keep each other safe, the battles they fight to stay alive and the tragedies they endure.
“Eccentric, soulful, joyous, dark and very, very blue.” Empire ★★★★★
Nominated for 4 Academy Awards including Best Picture
Directed by James Cameron
With Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana
3hr 12 mins // US 2022
From acclaimed director Darren Aronofsky comes The Whale, the story of a reclusive English teacher who attempts to reconnect with his estranged teenage daughter.
“Brendan Fraser seals his comeback in a sensational film of rare compassion” Telegraph ★★★★★
“A film with a very big heart” Independent ★★★★
Winner of 2 Academy Awards including Best Actor (Fraser)
Directed by Darren Aronofsky
With Brendan Fraser, Sadie Sink, Ty Simpkins
1hr 57 mins // US 2022
A witch hunt is beginning in Arthur Miller’s captivating parable of power with Erin Doherty (The Crown) and Brendan Cowell (Yerma).
Raised to be seen but not heard, a group of young women in Salem suddenly find their words have an almighty power. As a climate of fear, vendetta and accusation spreads through the community, no one is safe from trial.
Lyndsey Turner (Hamlet) directs this contemporary new staging, designed by Tony Award-winner Es Devlin (The Lehman Trilogy). Captured live from the Olivier stage at the National Theatre.
“Gripping revival of Arthur Miller’s masterpiece speaks to us with urgent force” Telegraph ★★★★★
The Crucible
by Arthur Miler
directed by Lyndsey Turner
David Harewood (Homeland) and Zachary Quinto (Star Trek) play feuding political rivals in James Graham’s (Sherwood) multiple award-winning new drama.
In 1968 America, as two men fight to become the next president, all eyes are on the battle between two others: the cunningly conservative William F. Buckley Jr., and the unruly liberal Gore Vidal.
During a new nightly television format, they debate the moral landscape of a shattered nation. As beliefs are challenged and slurs slung, a new frontier in American politics is opening and television news is about to be transformed forever.
Jeremy Herrin (All My Sons) directs this blistering political thriller, filmed live in London’s West End.
“Stylish staging of a landmark TV clash” Guardian ★★★★
Best of Enemies
by James Graham
directed by Jeremy Herrin
inspired by the documentary by Morgan Neville and Robert Gordon