28 May - Mike Outram Group (@ The Ram Jam)

Mike Outram (guitar), Rob Millet (vibes and percussion), Andy Hamill (bass), Darryn Farrugia (drs).

Mike's New Quartet features WOW newcomer Darryn Farrugia (from Oz) on drums as well as two old pals from the Tony Woods Project in Andy Hamill on bass and Rob Millet on percussion. They will be playing some of Mike's original music, some Frank Zappa stuff and more.

 

Mike Outram

 

Rob Millet

July 2008 Programme (Preview July flyer here)

2 July - Mike Outram Group (@ The Ram Jam)

Mike Outram (guitar), Rob Millet (vibes and percussion), Andy Hamill (bass), Phil Peskett (kbds), Darryn Farrugia (drs).

This is the full expanded version of Mike's New band premiered in pared down form recently in May. Phil Peskett (kbds) joins WOW newcomer Darryn Farrugia (from Oz) on drums as well as two old pals from the Tony Woods Project in Andy Hamill on bass and Rob Millet on percussion. They will be playing some of Mike's original music, some Frank Zappa stuff and more.

 

Mike Outram

 

Rob Millet

9 Bob McKay Quartet

Bob McKay (saxes, flutes, clts), (drums), Dominic Ashworth (gtr), Chris Dodd (bass), Shan Chana (perc).

 

 

 

Long serving, baritone sax wielding anchorman from Sax Appeal, Bob will be playing everything from Cole Porter to Joni Mitchell. Relaxed acoustic interpretations, driving jazz and even the odd groove! A wide variety of instrumental textures and musical styles from an eclectic but accessible band.

Shan Chana, a new face for WoW replaces Paul Clarvis on percussion.

 

 

 

Bob McKay Quartet

16  Nette Robinson's Little Big Band gets Lost - a Tribute to Chet Baker

featuring Tony Woods (alto sax) and Robin Harris (tbn), Chris Nickolls (dms), Will Hyland (bass)

 

As a founding member of WoW, songstress Nette needs no introduction to regular WOWers. She has already established her credentials with her slimmed down arrangements of the old big band favourites from Basie, Ellington etc. for a small group setting in the aptly named Little Big Band. Most of us remember Chet Baker as the lyrical trumpet counterpoint in the classic Gerry Mulligan Quartet but he was perhaps better known to the general public as the trumpet-playing crooner, an imaginative interpreter of the great American Songbook and it is obviously this angle that has inspired Nette. Between them they will pay tribute to the legacy of the great Chet Baker.
 

 

Nette Robinson

Questors gigs resume in September

23 The The Chris Biscoe Quartet with Ingrid Laubruck  (@ The Ram Jam)

plus John Edwards (bass), Tony Marsh (drums).

Tob UK Improvisers rework Ornette, Monk, Mike Osborne, and some of their own creations.

Ingrid delighted WoW with Chris' Quartet a few ago when, on that occasion, she was depping for cellist Ben Davis.

An evening of robust, free improvisation not for anyone of a nervous disposition.

 

 

Chris Biscoe

Ingrid with John Edwards and Tony Marsh

30 The way Out West Allstars

The final session of the 2007-08 season the WOW Allstars take us out in fine style. Here they are in a previous incarnation. This Wednesday (30th July) we are expecting:

Pianists, Kate Williams and Eddie Harvey; Vocalists, Emily Saunders and Nette Robinson; New WoW member, Electric bassist, Pat Bettinson; drummers, Tony Kinsey and Dave Barry; Saxophonist, Pete Hurt, Vasilis Xenopoulos and Chris Biscoe.

Who will be combining in various combinations to set the seal on the season. Way Out West returns to the Ram jam on Wednesday 10th September.

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