Jazz at the The Lescar. Sharrowvale Rd, Hunters Bar, Sheffield.

For further details telephone 0114 2367570

Doors open 8:30 pm for a 9:00 pm start

Wed March 1st £2

Rosie Brown

 Choice Jazz standards, fine latin interpretations and unexpected contemporary songs from this fine singer and hot band. Richard Wetherall - Piano. Riaan Vosloo - Bass. Eryl Roberts - Drums.

Wed March 8th £2

Freddie Garner Quartet

 A great set of musicians playing exciting original treatments of the standard repetoire.Freddie Garner - Keyboard. Jim Collins - Alto. Stewart Riley - Bass. Phil Bennet - Drums.

Wed March 15th £2

Powell O'Kane Quartet

 The alto sax of Martin O'Kaine and the guitar of John Powell are the driving force behind this band playing tunes from Charlie Parker, Paul Desmond and Jim Hall. Paul Trippett - Bass. Simon Sprayer - Drums.
Wed 22nd March £2 Larry Van Kreidt Quartet Led by the sax and vocals of new resident to Sheffield Larry Van Kreidt. Another talented musician from over the pond. Offering an accessable mix of jazz and latin standards
Wed 29th March £2 Dave Round Quintet Tightly rehearsed band playing great arrangements from the classic jazz repetoire. Dave Round - Bass. Pete Lyons - Sax. John Hulme - Flugal horn. Bill Sutton - Keys. Ronnie Bottomley - Drums.
Wed April 5th £2 Alice Couloam Quintet Laid back jazz standards from this fine vocalist and band. Alice Coulam - Vocals. Nick Fletcher - Keys. Lee Hallam - Trombone. Paul Trippett - Bass. John Waterson - Drums.
Wed April 12th £5/3 Howard Alden Trio From the USA on a short tour of europe. A rare opportunity to see one of the greatest guitarists of our generation.. Howard Alden belongs to a small elite group of the very best jazz guitarists in the world
Wed April 19th £3/2.50 Stuart McCallum Trio STUART CONTINUES TO DELIGHT AUDIENCES THROUGHOUT THE UK WITH HIS ECLECTIC GUITAR STYLE AND IS FAST BECOMING A SIGNIFICANT NAME IN BRITISH JAZZ. HEAR HIM WITH HIS OWN TRIO. LUKE FLOWERS - DRUMS, STEVE BROWN-ORGAN
Wed. April 26th
£3 /£2:50
TONY HARPER QUINTET BARITONE SAX MAN TONY HARPER BRINGS THIS BAND OF SWINGING LEEDS BASED MUSICIANS TO THE LESCAR FOR THE FIRST TIME. FEATURIONG RONNIE BOTTOMLY ON DRUMS

Wed. May 3rd
£6 /£4

ADVANCE
TICKETS
AVAILABLE

 ALAN BARNES
QUARTET
IN CELEBRATION OF JOHN GOOD’S 75TH BIRTHDAY
 LOCAL DRUMMER AND JAZZ PROMOTER JOHN GOOD CELEBRATES HIS BIRTHDAY IN STYLE WITH THIS ALL STAR BAND.ONE OF EUROPES FINEST, ALAN BARNES - SAXES, STEVE MOORE—KEYS, KEN MARLEY—BASS, JOHN GOOD—DRUMS.
Wed. May 10th
£3 /£2:50
LORETTA SCOTT FINE SINGER FROM THE LEEDS AREA WITH A SWINGING BAND AND GREAT RENDITIONS OF JAZZ STANDARDS.ANDY CHOLERTON—KEYS, BRENDAN DUFFY—SAX, RICHARD HAMMOND
Wed. May 17th
£3 /£2:50
PAUL TRIPPET QUINTET HARD BOP AND FUNKY URBAN GROOVES .THE UPRIGHT BASS OF SHEFFIELD’S OWN PAUL TRIPPETT IS THE DRIVING FORCE BEHIND THIS BAND. JOHN BAILEY-PIANO, MIKE GOFFI-DRUMS, JOHN MOAKES-TRPT., CHRIS WALKER-GUITAR.
Wed. May 24th
£3 /£2:50 		STEVE BUCKLEY TRIO BLUE NOTE HAMMOND GROOVES FROM THIS OUTSTANDING BAND FEATURING THE MAGNIFICENT GUITAR OF STEVE BUCKLEY, JOHN ELLIS—HAMMOND ORGAN,
ERROL ROBERTS—DRUMS
Wed. May 31st
£3 /£2:50
GET CARTER PLAYING TUNES WRITTEN AND ASSOCIATED WITH THE GREAT BENNY CARTER. FEATURING VITUOSO MULTI INSTRUMENTALIST AL WOOD ON SAX’S,TRUMPET,FLUTE, CLARINET, KEN MARLEY—BASS, RICHARD WEATHERAL—KEYS, JOHN PERRY—DRUMS
Wed. June 7th
£3 /£2:50

C BOP

FEATURING THE ORIGINAL AND STANDARD REPETOIRE OF WES MONTGOMERY, GEORGE BENSON PLUS JAZZ FUSION CLASSICS. CHRIS WALKER –GUITAR, PIERO TUCCI-KEYS, SAX ALEX HENDERSON-BASS, PHIL JOHNSON-DRUMS.
Wed. June 14th A TRIBUTE TO JOHN ROWLAND IN MEMORY OF SHEFFIELD SAX MAN JOHN ROWLAND, WHO DIED IN MARCH THIS YEAR. MANY OF THE MUSICIANS WHO PLAYED WITH JOHN DURING HIS LONG AND ILLUSTRIOUS MUSICAL CARREAR WILL BE PLAYING IN TRIBUTE TO JOHN TONIGHT
Wed. June 21st
£3 /£2:50
NICOLA FARNON QUARTET NICOLA’S PASSIONATE AND CHARISMATIC PERFORMANCES ALWAYS LEAVE THE LESCAR CROWD SHOUTING FOR MORE. NOT TO BE MISSED. NICOLA—VOC., PIERRO TUCCI—KEYS, CHRIS WALKER—GUITAR, PHIL JOHNSON—DRUMS.
Wed. June 28th
£3 /£2:50
ED BARNWELL / STEVE CHADWICK QUARTET DRAWING FROM A WIDE RANGE OF INFLUENCES FROM STRAIGHT AHEAD SWING AND BEBOP TO SALSA, AFRICAN JAZZ, CLASSICAL MUSIC AND MORE. STANDARDS AND ORIGINAL COMPOSITIONS FROM, ED BARNWELL—PIANO, STEVE CHADWICK—CORNET, MATT OWENS - DOUBLE BASS, DANNY WARD— DRUMS
Wed. July 5th
£3 /£2:50
BRAZILIAN SPIRIT OF JAZZ WELCOME RETURN FOR THIS GREAT BAND, KEEPING ALIVE THE AMAZONIAN SPIRIT. PLINIO DOURADO—DRUMS,MARCUS BORGES—BASS, BILL SUTTON—KEYS, PETE LYONS—SAX.
Wed. July 12th
£3 /£2:50
SALLY DOHERTY AN INTIMATE EVENING OF SONGS FROM THE AMERICAS (SOUTH AND NORTH) SALLY-VOCALS, PIERO TUCCI-KEYS AND ACCORDIAN, COLIN ELLIOT-DOUBLE BASS, SHEZ SHERIDAN-SPANISH GUITAR, CAROLINE BOADEN-DRUMS.