Seven Arts Centre

Adam Fairhill and Johnny Hunter explore the repertoire and idiom of a neglected figure of 1950s British popular music, the Trinidadian pianist Winifred Atwell

Mark Armstrong trumpet James Wade-Sired trombone Tom Ridout reeds Will Barry piano James Owston bass Clark Tracey drums Clark Tracey is an excellent, highly experienced, award-winning drummer, bandleader, composer and arranger. He grew up in a jazz environment as the son of the late Stan Tracey and from an early age took…

The vignettes expose some of the often unseen layers under the surface of the individual - our inner complexities and contradictions as well as our hidden potential.

Bass guitarist Dave Edwards leads a quintet of Leeds finest players playing his own compositions. Dave Edwards (el bass) Alex Fisher (sax) Will Blackstone (tpt) Nico Widdowson (keys) Steve Hanley drums.

Greg Abate (sax) with the Pete Rosser Trio

New York Brass band are a powerful team of some of Yorkshire's finest musicians packing an arsenal of percussion, sax, trumpets, trombones and sousaphone with a varied repertoire from jazz to pop, reggae to funk and New Orleans to ska. Nicki Allan has been recording a new Christmas CD featuring some Christmas jazz tunes…

Doomtet bass guitarist Dave Edwards leads a quintet of Leeds finest players playing his own compositions.

Greg Abate is a US jazz saxophonist, flutist, composer and international jazz recording artist.

Munch Manship play the music of David Pell - West Coast Jazz.

Nishla Smith is a rising star jazz singer based in Manchester.

Celebrating their new collaborations with local playrights Nel Begley on vocals, Jamil Sheriff keyboards, Pete Turner bass, and Katie Patterson drums. a Jazz North Northern Line artist.

Universal Time is a collaboration between four musicians already well known to Northern audiences.

Canadian Leeds-based guitarist explores the soundscapes of contemporary jazz. Jeff Hewer guitar, Steve Hanley drums, Sam Quintana bass, Ben Powling sax

Jeremy Sassoon sings and plays the Ray Charles songbook. Jeremy Sassoon's tribute to the music of Ray Charles captures the imagination of Jazz, Blues and Soul audiences alike.

Some musicians are talented, some brilliant and a few just seem to be made out of music. Liane Carroll is one of these. Every phrase she sings sounds unstudied, fresh and somehow inevitable. It's best to experience her in person, so this concert will be much anticipated. It's hard to think of a better matched keyboard…

Featuring: Paul 'Silky' White, Nicky Bray, Emily Mercer, Danny Malone, and Dean (from Biscuithead and the Biscuit Badgers).

A jaw-dropping guitar player who has developed a unique percussive style, teamed up with a powerful show-stopping voice, and has been called 'The Welsh Springsteen'.

Michelle Plum and Nick Hall are an award-winning song-writing duo, who have built an enviable live reputation while releasing two highly acclaimed albums. They bring elements of folk, pop and Americana to their sound; yet remain truly unique with an attitude and style that is very much their own.

Tenor and alto saxophonist MUNCH MANSHIP leads a bevy of top-notch jazz musicians, all of whom are dedicated to keeping alive the cool jazz that came out of LA and San Francisco in the 1950s, epitomized by players like Shorty Rogers, Shelley Mann, Gerry Mulligan, Chet Baker and Paul Desmond.

he improvised murder mystery, Murder Inc. is a comedy murder mystery that is made to order.

 Nishla Smith is a rising star jazz singer based in Manchester. Her new album Friends with Monsters, is on Whirlwind records. Her quintet is Nishla Smith voice, songs, Aaron Wood trumpet, Richard Jones piano, Joshua Cavanagh-Brierley bass, Johnny Hunter drums.

Serving up comedy, science, fiction and a double helping of fear, Planet Lol is a myth for our times.

Instrumental music, dance and vocal music from different folk traditions of the world.

Celebrating their new collaborations with local playrights Nel Begley on vocals, Jamil Sheriff keyboards, Pete Turner bass, and Katie Patterson drums. a Jazz North Northern Line artist @Seven Arts 1.30-4pm  £10/8

The band performs the music of the American icon in the style of his Rolling Thunder Review. With support from The Union and Mulholland.

A new show: Comedy, Music & More.

Beautiful harmonies and big pop choruses brought to life with some of Leeds & Wakefields finest musicians. The State of Georgia band brings synth pop and emotive songs reminisent of Kate Bush.

In 2016, Thomas John’s debut EP, Easy Tiger was produced by renowned producer Paul Casey (Chris Rea, Paddy Nash, George Hutton) and features Liam Bradley (Van Morrison, Ronan Keating, The Blue Nile) on drums. To coincide with the release, Thomas John undertook his first Irish tour which included a performance at the…

The well-crafted, Proper Job Theatre use their visual and dynamic style to explore how our world of surveillance and digital dependency could play out.

Richard Jones - keys Jamie Taylor - guitar Richard Iles - flugelhorn Steve Hanley - drums Universal Time is a collaboration between four musicians already well known to Northern audiences for their diverse work with groups such as Paradise Trio, Beats & Pieces, and Perpetual Motion Machine, amongst many others.