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First Event of 2025

on

Saturday 22nd February 2025

on

Peppers

at

8pm

The Louis and Ella Music Show :

Dave Cottle, Sarah Meek & Paul Smith

Great songs from the swing era more here

Advance Tickets SOLD OUT

Brought to you by Aberjazz in association with Noson Allan - Arts Council of Wales

Next Up

The Ross Hicks Trio

in Peppers on 7th March at 8pm

£18 for advanced tickets or £20 on the door

The Ross Hicks trio are on tour promoting their new album "Three Elms". This consists of a series of compositions by Ross Hicks described in the JazzMan as an "intelligent and intriguing piece of writing". Ross Hicks is a graduate from the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama and has since been a full time freelance musician working in and around Wales with numerous bands.

Joining him on drums is Alex Goodyear, himself a graduate from the RWCMD; band leader and composer with a unique memorable drumming stye. He is a regular on the UK Jazz scene and has appeared at numerous Aberjazz events with the likes of Yetti, Huw Warren and Victoria Klewin.

The trio is made up by Nick Kacal is a Bassist originally from Trinidad now living in South Wales, he has been a sideman on the UK music scene for years playing predominantly jazz and acoustic folk and occasionally touring to places such as Cape Verde, France and Spain.

£18 for advanced tickets or £20 on the door

on

Friday 21st March

in

Peppers

at

8pm

The Patrick Barrett-Donlon Quartet

Advanced Tickets £18 - £20 on the door

Led by Cardiff-based drummer-composer Patrick Barrett-Donlon, the Quartet focuses on the repertoire of the earlier pioneers of jazz and the genius of their music, arrangements and playing.

Patrick Barrett-Donlon is a British-Irish musician, drummer, composer and educator based in Cardiff.  He has also played at venues and festivals spanning the UK and Ireland, including Pizza Express in Soho and the Brecon Jazz Festival.

His quartet features Huw Llewellyn (trumpet), Benedict Stephens (bass) and Newman Tai (piano).  Their programme highlights the masterful compositions and arrangements of rhythm section players who led their bands from ‘the back’.

They will be celebrating the music of Bennie Moten, Walter Page, Count Basie, Papa Jo Jones, Ray Brown and Max Roach amongst others.

Expect an evening of exciting arrangements, soulful melodies and stomping swing.Led by Cardiff-based drummer-composer Patrick Barrett-Donlon, this quartet focuses on the repertoire of the earlier pioneers of jazz and the genius of their music, arrangements and playing.