8.30 - 11.00pm
£7 on the door
"Alan
Barnes is the most reliably entertaining, multi-skilled reed virtuoso
on the UK scene" - John Fordham, Guardian. Alan has enjoyed a prolific
career, playing and recording for many bands. He has dominated the
British Jazz Awards over the years, having won the alto sax section in
1993, 95, 97 & 99, the clarinet award for 94, 96 & 98
and being voted the top baritone player in 98, 2000 & 2002. In
2001 and 2006 Alan received the prestigious BBC Jazz Instrumentalist of
the Year award and in November 2003 was made a fellow of the Leeds
College of Music. 2003 also saw the inception of Alan’s own record label
Woodville Records. Alan is joined by the co-leader of his award-winning
quintet - trumpeter par excellence Bruce Adams, himself a previous
winner of the top trumpet prize at the British Jazz Awards.
8.30 - 11.00pm
