About

Playing powerful and free-spirited new music that is ambitious in scope and alive with tonal colours, Extended Family Band is a new project which sees the original quartet of like-minded friends, Family Band, expanded to a seven piece band. Since the early work of Duke Ellington long form composition for large ensemble in jazz has been rightfully recognised as the legitimate art form that it is. With the free jazz revolution of the 1960s came an opening up of jazz’s constraints that quickly made its effects felt on this music, with musicians such as Ornette Coleman, John Coltrane and Bill Dixon creating work that pushed the boundaries between improvisation and composition with larger groups. It is here that Extended Family Band takes it’s starting point, with moments of fierce intensity and introspection combining with the blues and a nod to the music’s past.


Kim Macari – trumpet


Dee Byrne – alto sax


Riley Stone-Lonergan – tenor sax


Alicia Gardener-Trejo – bari sax


Andrew Woodhead – piano


Tom Rivière – bass


Steve Hanley – drums


https://www.tomriviere.com/


Tickets: Full – £17, Concessions – £16, Students and under 25’s £8.50


Doors open at 6:30pm. First set starts at 8pm, second set at 9:30pm.


Food available to order in advance and served from 6:45pm.


Venue opening hours

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Friday : 7:30 pm - 10:00 pm

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    Access facilities

  • Accessible Car Parking
  • Assistance Dogs Welcome
  • Dementia Friendly
  • Guide Dogs Welcome
  • Wheelchair Accessible

Venue Details

Find us at

Wakefield (College Grove) Sports Club, Eastmoor Road, Wakefield, WF1 3RR

Phone

07808595619

Email

promoter@wakefieldjazz.org