Press Release
Billy Jenkins' Songs Of Praise
REVIEW: "danger, danger, high-voltage." The Press, 10.10.06
A forward-looking retrospective and (50th birthday) celebration of the music of Billy Jenkins. Songs Of Praise brings together personnel and instrumentation capable of merging the myriad strands of Jenkins' musical and performing career into a fast-flowing, spontaneous and joyful celebration. High-octane blues-seared hardcore jazz from the entertaining edge of the avant-garde. Songs Of Praise, indeed!
NEW CD: Billy Jenkins' Songs Of Praise LIVE!
Featuring:
Billy Jenkins - guitar, shouting and singing
Nathaniel Facey - alto saxophone
Dylan Bates - violin
Gail Brand - trombone
Oren Marshall - tuba
Charles Hayward - drums
Tour dates 2007:
Thursday 1 November - BELFAST FESTIVAL - SPIEGELTENT
belfastfestival.com
Sunday 15 July - MARGATE - Jazz Festival
Tour dates 2006:
Friday 6 October - SHEFFIELD, Millennium Hall (Presented by Sheffield Jazz)
0114 2767093 sheffieldjazz.org.uk
Saturday 7 October - GATESHEAD, The Sage
0191 4434661 thesagegateshead.org
Sunday 8 October - NORTH YORKSHIRE, The Shed SOLD OUT
01653 668494 theshed.co.uk
Wednesday 11 October - LEEDS, The Wardrobe (Presented by Leeds Jazz)
0113 2694077 thewardrobe.co.uk
Sunday 12 November - LONDON, The Spitz (London Jazz Festival)
020 73929032 spitz.co.uk
"The wayward master of the woebegone"
Rob Adams, Glasgow Herald
"Next to Jenkins, chroniclers of modern Britain such as Pulp seem like feckless dilettanti."
Richard Cook, New Statesman
"If Clapton is God then Jenkins is the giant turtle upon whose back the entire universe stands."
Stewart Lee, Sunday Times
LISTEN: myspace.com/billyjenkinssongsofpraise
Musician biographies here:
Billy Jenkins' biography here:
Billy Jenkins' publicity photos (300dpi):
For more information please contact Simon Thackray at The Shed:
Telephone: 01653 668494 or email: simon@theshed.co.uk
Supported by Arts Council England and Ryedale District Council.
Photo © Tony Bartholomew
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