Abram Wilson passes British Citizenship test
Dune
an award-winning independent platform for live and recorded jazz music and the home of Tomorrow's Warriors
Tomorrow's Warriors Quartet... on the road
Wednesday 22 September: The Hideaway
2 Empire Mews, Streatham, SW16 2BF
Thursday 23 September: Watermill Jazz Club
Friends Provident Social Club, Pixham Lane, Dorking, RH4 1QA
Sunday 24 October: Clare Jazz
Clare College, Trinity Lane, Cambridge CB2
The Tomorrow's Warriors Quartet featuring saxophonist Binker Golding, double bassist Gary Crosby, pianist Alex Ho and drummer Eddie Hick take to the road this Autumn with gigs at terrific new South London venue The Hideaway, the renowned Watermill Jazz Club in Surrey and 'back to college' at Clare Jazz which takes place in the crypt chapel at Clare College, Cambridge.
SoundCloud original composition and live performance contest!
SoundCloud: The Tour from SoundCloud on Vimeo.
Like any cutting-edge company Dune moves it's music around the web using SoundCloud, and now two lucky winners can too. And if you're not aware how vital a tool SoundCloud is, just watch the video and you'll be convinced.
The competition has two categories: Best Original Composition and Best Live Performance.
So if you're a Tomorrow's Warrior, a Youth Warrior, a Junior Warrior, a Teenie Warrior, a member of Jazz Vehicle in Lincoln, Kinetika in London or the Southampton Youth Jazz Orchestra, you can win one of two SoundCloud Solo one year subscriptions worth €79 each. Just send your original jazz composition or live performance (both under five minutes, please) to our SoundCloud DropBox no later than 30 September 2010 for a chance of winning. And good luck! So read on for the rules:
Who we are and what we do
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Many thanks to Joseph Wright at Cora Media for his fine animation that pays homage to the style of legendary animator Len Lye.
The Queen's Suite... we did it!
Here's a message from Corine Dhondee:It's been a hell of a run up to today. For the past few days I've been chatting on skype late into the night with Jason, the co-producer in Canada. And then today, I got an early morning call from Peter, asking me to look online. Well, let's just say I jumped at the sun. It's such wonderful news and I agree absolutely with Peter, we could not have done this without your wonderful support.
Dune Music live at Kings Place Festival
Friday 10 September
Kings Place, 90 York Way. London, N1 9AG
Hall Two 2.45pm: Tomorrow's Warriors Biggish Band
Hall Two 4pm: Tomorrow's Warriors Quartet
Hall Two 5.15pm: Myrna Hague and Gary Crosby's Nu Troop
All tickets £4.50 online Full Festival details here
Dune Music and Tomorrow's Warriors are taking part in this year's Kings Place Festival with three terrific lineups. And with ticket prices only £4.50 online you'd better book early to avoid missing out!
For the Yamaha Jazz Experience award-winning Biggish Band, book here
For the Quartet with Binker Golding - tenor saxophone, Alex Ho - piano, Gary Crosby - double bass and Eddie Hicks - drums, book here
And for Jamaica's First Lady of Jazz Myrna Hague with a Nu Troop Lineup of Gary Crosby - double bass, Mark Crown - trumpet, Denys Baptiste - tenor saxophone, Andrew McCormack - piano and Rod Youngs - drums, book here
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The Queen's Suite... now on Kickstarter's front page!
This amazing adventure to raise the budget for filmaker Corine Dhondee to complete her documentary about the Queen's Suite, and Peter Edwards' dream to play for the Queen of England, is now on the front page of Kickstarter. There are only 12 days left to go and so far over $4,500 of backing from 55 people has been received via the Kickstarter website. If you haven't joined in already please do so right away. And if you need more to convince you, try this from our friends at LondonJazz
Jason Parker Quartet
Trumpeter and educator Jason Parker leads his own quartet lineup which claims to be one of the busiest bands in Seattle, as well as playing for a number of other local bands such as the interesting sounding Clave Nagila and Water Babies. Here's a link to 'Bashert', the opening track from his album 'No More No Less'. We may not know a lot about the Seattle jazz scene but judging by Jason's band it sounds pretty healthy!
More information on Jason Parker here
Tomorrow's Warriors perform at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival
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The Edinburgh Fringe Festival, when the summer doldrums are pleasantly interrupted as art-mad crowds descend on the city up North for weeks of chaotic meandering, brilliant performances and hip-hop parodies of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. If you find yourself heading North to the festival check out the Independent's Fringe Festival Favourite featuring Tomorrow's Warriors Zuri Jarrett-Boswell and Renell Shaw in a A Midsummer Night's Madness with the Hackney Harlem Theatre Company.
