Thursday 12 September 2.00 pm
Alan Barnes (saxophone)
David Newton (jazz piano)
Programme to be announced at the concert.
Alan Barnes is a prolific international performer, composer, arranger, bandleader and touring soloist. He is best known for his work on clarinet, alto and baritone sax, where he combines a formidable virtuosity with a musical expression and collaborative spirit that have few peers. His range and brilliance have made him a “first call” for studio and live work since his precocious arrival on the scene more than forty years ago. His recorded catalogue is immense. He has made over thirty albums as leader and co-leader alone, and the list of his session and side-man work includes Bjork, Bryan Ferry, Michel LeGrande, Clare Teale, Westlife, Jools Holland and Jamie Cullum. He has toured and played residencies with such diverse and demanding figures as Ruby Braff, Freddie Hubbard, Scott Hamilton, Warren Vache, Ken Peplowski, Harry Allen and Conte Candoli.
In British jazz, the young Barnes was recognised – and hired – by the established greats of the time: Stan Tracey, John Dankworth, Kenny Baker, Bob Wilber, and Humphrey Lyttelton. But he is equally respected for his longstanding and fruitful collaborations with contemporaries such as David Newton, Bruce Adams, and Martin Taylor. He written many compositions and arrangements including “The Sherlock Holmes Suite”, “A Jazz Christmas Carol”, ‘Jazz Portraits” and “Copperfield” as well as collaborations with Alan Plater : “Songs For Unsung Heroes”, ‘The seven Ages of Jazz” and “Looking For Buddy” Alan also runs a successful Jazz record label Woodville Records.
Alan Barnes's unique musicianship, indefatigable touring, and warm rapport with audiences have made him uniquely popular in British jazz. He has received over 30 British Jazz Awards, most recently in 2019 for alto sax, and has twice been made BBC Jazz Musician of the Year. In 2023 Alan appeared as a member of the Wynton Marsalis Sextet at the Buxton International Festival.
David Newton began his musical career in theatre before switching to jazz piano and after making his first recording with Martin Taylor and Buddy De Franco, was persuaded to move to London by his old Leeds College room-mate, Alan Barnes. Thanks to an award winning album with Scottish singer Carol Kidd, Newton gained a reputation as an accompanist for singers and as a direct result, has developed extraordinary insight and affinity with the Great American Songbook.
Newton has fifteen albums in his name and collaborated on over eighty with other artists. He was made a fellow of The City of Leeds College of Music in 2003 and has won the British Jazz Awards sixteen times.
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