Jazz Sundays

Popular Jazz evenings in Le Bar. Please book early to secure your places.

Performance dates are as follows:

Sunday, 5th September
Sunday, 3rd October
Sunday, 7th November

Sunday, 5th September

Nadim Teimoori, Saxophone + Matt Robinson, Keyboard

Matt Robinson grew up in Wakefield and began studying piano from an early age. He was first introduced to jazz while at school and at the local jazz club. Matt began having lessons with Jamil Sheriff in Leeds and played in various school and youth bands including performing at the Royal Albert Hall and at the Houses of Parliament with the Doncaster Jazz Association. Since moving to London in 2008, Matt has studied at the Royal Academy of Music with Tom Cawley, Gwilym Simcock and Nikki Iles and played at several jazz venues across London.

Saxophonist Nadim Teimoori is currently studying Jazz in the second year at the Royal Academy Of Music where he is being taught under the guidance of saxophonists Iain Ballamy (Django Bates and Hermeto Pascoal) and Martin Speake (Paul Motian and Bobo Stenson). He is also studying theory and composition with Pete Churchill and Nikki Iles, not to mention receiving tuition from visiting Musicians at the Academy such as Will Vinson and Mark Turner. Whilst being at the Royal Academy Of Music, he has been involved in projects with Pete Saberton, Mark Lockheart, Henry Lowther and Gerard Presencer. Nadim has performed at such UK venues as The Houses of Parliament, The 606 Club and Sheffield Arena. Nadim has been influenced by modern saxophonists such as Chris Potter, Mark Turner, Joshua Redman and, Seamus Blake as well as the all time Greats such as Sonny Rollins, John Coltrane, Johnny Griffin and many others.

Sunday, 3rd October

Jack Davies, Trumpet + Thomas Taylor, Piano

Having completed his classical training at the Royal Northern College of Music, Jack is currently studying jazz trumpet at post-graduate level at the Royal Academy of Music in London. Jack studies jazz trumpet with Gerard Presencer, Nick Smart and Pete Churchill. At the RNCM, he was a regular member of the RNCM Big Band with who he played with such figures as Norma Winstone, Colin Towns, and Chris Potter. In his second year at the RNCM he won the college's solo brass competition, the Goronwy Evans Brass Prize, and in his third year was awarded with the Terence Greaves Prize for Big Band Composition (for his work with The Sound of the North Big Band). In 2008 Jack also led The Sound of the North Big Band to the final of the MBF's Peter Whittingham Award for Innovation in Jazz Music. Jack was recently awarded the Principal's Prize for Improvisation in a competition judged by Sir John Dankworth.

Tom is a Jazz/Classical pianist currently based in London. He gigs with various ensembles including Southbound, The Sound of the North Big Band, The Big Little Band, and the Booth Street West Jazz Sextet. He is in the first year of postgraduate studies at Trinity College of Music, where he studies Jazz with Simon Purcell, Nick Wheldon, Julian Siegel, Martn Speake and Liam Noble. Previous to this Tom completed his classical training at the Royal Northern College of Music, where he studied with Paul Janes. Through the RNCM Big Band Tom had the opportunity to perform with Gerard Presencer, Tim Garland, Alex Wilson, Colin Towns, Pete Long, Jacqui Dankworth, Tina May, Digby Fairweather, Dennis Rollins, Mark Nightingale, Stan Sulzman, Victor Mendoza, Huw Warren, Chris Potter, Norma Winstone and John Dankworth. Tom has won the Bruntwood Improvisation Prize in two consecutive years and as part of The Sound of the North Big Band was shortlisted for the Peter Whittingham Award for Innovation in Jazz Music. As well as this Tom won the Alfred Clay Scholarship for Pianoforte in his final year at the RNCM.

Sunday, 7th November

Sandy Suchodolski, Bass + Sam Miles, Saxophone

Sandy Suchodolski and Sam Miles are currently studying a BMus in jazz at the Royal Academy of Music, London. Sandy plays regularly with the National Youth Jazz Orchestra, Five Star Swing and the Adam Saunders Trio. He also works with the Artie Zaitz & Laura Jurd Quartet and is set to launch a new and exciting quintet later this year. Between the two of them, they have been lucky to work with artists such as Karen Sharp, Kenny Wheeler, Stan Sulzmann, Digby Fairweather and at many major UK and international venues.