John-paul Gard Trio
wall2wall Jazz Festival
FESTIVAL QUICK LINKS
- Monday 26th August 2019
- 8pm (doors open at 7.30pm)
Venue
- Jazz Lounge: Kings Head, 59-60 Cross Street, Abergavenny NP7 5EU
Website
Tickets
- £10.00
- £8.00 Friends of BMJ
Festival Quick Links
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Click on any programme item for a quick link
Monday 26th August
- John-paul Gard Trio: 8pm – Jazz Lounge, Kings Head
Tuesday 27th August
- Lady Nade Duo: 8pm – Jazz Lounge, Kings Head
Wednesday 28th August
- Jazz for Little’uns: 12 noon – Melville Centre
- The Sicknote Steve Bluegrass Trio: 8pm – Jazz Lounge, Kings Head
Thursday 29th August
- Youth big band workshop: Full day – Melville Centre
- Festival Dinner featuring Ian Shaw: 7pm for 7.30pm – The Angel Hotel
Friday 30th August
- Youth big band workshop: Full day – Melville Centre
- John Law’s Re-Creations: 7pm – Melville Theatre
- Jazz in the Bar with Debs Hancock and Dave Hobbs: 8.15pm – Melville Centre
- Nick Kacal’s Guerillasound Quartet: 9.15pm – Melville Theatre
Saturday 31st August
- Youth big band workshop: Morning – Melville Centre
- Dennis Rollins and his Youth Workshop Band: 12.15pm – Melville Theatre
- Film – Born to be Blue: 2.15pm – Melville Theatre
- The Goodyear Bop Septet: 4.45pm – Melville Theatre
- CHUBE featuring Dennis Rollins: 7pm – Melville Theatre
- Sarah Gillespie Sextet: 9.15pm – Melville Theatre
Throughout the day, enjoy jazz vinyls in the bar during theatre intervals with Nick Steel – The Windup Merchant
Sunday 1st September
- Gospel singing workshop: 12noon – Dance Blast, Melville Centre
- Tango jazz workshop: 12noon – Melville Centre
- Tango Jazz: 2pm – Melville Theatre
- Renewal Choir: 4.15pm – Melville Theatre
- Jazz improvisation workshop: 7pm – Melville Centre
- Claire Victoria Duo: 8pm – Jazz Lounge, Kings Head
Our ‘Jazz Through the Ages’ exhibition will be displayed Saturday the 31st August and Sunday 1st September at the Melville Centre
John-paul started playing Hammond organ at the age of 10 and since then has developed his own style – which is also heavily influenced by Jimmy Smith, Jimmy McGriff and Joey DeFrancesco.
During his studies at Coventry University, he was also offered a place at the Berklee Music College in the USA.
John-Paul’s recent credits are appearing with his own band – John-Paul Gard’s Pedal Mania – but also with, The Nigel Price Quartet, Antony Kerr, The Eddie Martin band (Blues) The Lee Goodall Trio, Mike Britton Trio and The Esmond Selwyn Organ Trio.
A great success that John-paul is currently part of is The Jon Dalton Organ Trio based in Venice Beach USA which has recently released the album “Warm ghosts in a Cold World” .
After a lifetime of influence from the great Jimmy Smith, John-paul has recently recorded his own album “Come on Rita”, which is all his own compositions with his trio.