Sarah Gillespie Sextet
wall2wall Jazz Festival
Date/Time
- Saturday 31st August 2019
- 9.15pm
Venue
- Melville Centre: Pen-y-Pound, Abergavenny NP7 5UD
Website
Tickets
- £19.00
- Book online or tickets on the door
Festival Quick Links
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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
Singer songwriter Sarah Gillespie has worked with some of the hottest jazz musicians on the UK scene.
Known for mixing blues, folk & jazz with her streetwise poetic lyrics – her new album ‘Wishbones’ was launched at the Southbank’s Purcell Room followed by a sell out show the Pizza Express Jazz Club in Soho.
‘Wishbones’ has received some outstanding accolades from the UK press including:
‘Alive with her characteristic wit, savvy and sensitivity. Album of the year.’ – The Arts Desk
‘Witty, free-flowing originals on Wishbones have a beat poet’s eye for observation’ – Jazzwise
‘Superior lyrics & compositional acumen flourish in the hands of a truly powerful band.’ – R&R Magazine
‘An incandescent presence with superior lyrics’ – TheGuardian
This performance marks the ‘launch in Wales of Wishbones’ and features:
- Sarah Gillespie – guitar and vocals
- Tom Cawley – piano
- TBA – trumpet
- Chris Montague – guitar
- James Maddren – drums
- Ruth Gollar – bass
This event has support of the Arts Council of Wales ‘Night Out’ scheme, for which we are very grateful.