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CLWYD ROOM
THEATR CLWYD
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Commencing 8.00pm
Clwyd Room, Clwyd Theatre Cymru
Admission £12,
Schoolchildren/Under 18s £5
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01745 812260
Dydd Mawrth 8 Hydref / Tuesday 8 October
Stellar jazz line up featuring saxmen
Toni Kofi & Brandon Allen
Ac yntau’n aelod o’r Kyle Eastwood Band byd enwog ac yn chwarae'n rheolaidd yng Nghlwb Jazz Ronnie Scott, daw’r trwmpedwr o Brydain, QUENTIN COLLINS i Theatr Clwyd gyda’i chwechawd newydd gwych fel rhan o daith o gwmpas y Deyrnas Unedig i nodi lansio’i albwm newydd, ‘Road Warrior’.
Ers ugain mlynedd, mae Quentin wedi ennill ei blwyf fel un o brif drwmpedwyr jazz y Deyrnas Unedig, gan chwarae gyda llu o artistiaid byd-enwog fel Gregory Porter, Roy Ayres ac Alicia Keys. Bu ganddo ran amlwg fel perfformiwr a chyfansoddwr ar sawl albwm gyda’r byd-enwog Kyle Eastwood Band, yn cynnwys The View From Here, Time
Pieces ac In Transit.
Gan fod Quentin yn awyddus i feithrin doniau newydd, aeth ati i sefydlu Ubuntu Music gyda Martin Hummel ac mae wedi goruchwylio gwaith y sacsoffonwyr addawol Camilla George a Leo Richardson gyda’u halbymau ‘Isang’ a ‘The Chase’.
Bydd rhai o sêr y byd jazz yn ymuno â Quentin - Tony Kofi (sacs tenor) a Brandon Allen (sacs alto).
Mae TONY KOFI yn offerynnwr sydd wedi ennill gwobrau lu ar ôl cychwyn ei yrfa gyda’r Jazz Warriors ddechrau’r 90au. Yn ogystal â pherfformio a recordio gyda bandiau Gary Crosby, Nu Troop a Jazz Jamaica, bu Tony’n cydchwarae â Courtney Pine, Donald Byrd, Harry Connick Jr, Ornette Coleman, Abdullah Ibrahim a’r Julian Joseph Big Band. Roedd yn un o gyd-sefydlwyr y Monk Liberation Front, grŵp teyrnged i gerddoriaeth
Thelonious Monk, ac ymhlith ei brosiectau diweddarach mae Tony Kofi and the Organisation y mae’n ei gydarwain ar y sacs bariton, a Portrait of Cannonball, sy’n deyrnged i gerddoriaeth Cannonball Adderley.
O Perth, Gorllewin Awstralia y daw BRANDON ALLEN ac fe symudodd i Lundain yn 2000. Yn ôl y cylchgrawn Jazzwise, gellir dadlau mai ef yw'r chwaraewr tenor mwyaf cyffrous ym Mhrydain heddiw. Ymhlith ei uchafbwyntiau jazz yn ddiweddar mae chwarae gyda Darius Brubeck, James Torme a Kyle Eastwood, ynghyd ag arwain ei chwechawd ei
hunan. Mae galw mawr am Brandon fel sacsoffonydd - mae wedi chwarae gyda phobl fel
Eric Clapton, Neil Diamond a Jools Holland ac wedi chwarae ar draciau sain y ffilmiau Alfie (2004) a
The Look of Love (2013).
Mae STEVE HAMILTON yn bianydd gyda’r gorau yn y byd. O Aberdeen y daw’n wreiddiol ac, ar ôl astudio yng Ngholeg Cerdd Berklee yn Boston, enillodd ei blwyf fel un o’r pianyddion gorau ar Arfordir Dwyrain America cyn symud i Lundain lle bu’n perfformio’n rheolaidd gydag artistiaid rhyngwladol fel Freddie Hubbard a Pee Wee Ellis.
Bu’n aelod o Earthworks, pedwarawd gwych y drymiwr anhygoel Bill Bruford.
LARRY BARTLEY (dwbl bas), sy’n arwain ei driawd ei hunan yng Nghlwb Jazz Ronnie Scott, a WINSTON CLIFFORD (dryms) yw aelodau eraill y chwechawd. Dyma ddau o gyfeilyddion gorau Prydain a, rhyngddynt, maent wedi chwarae gyda sêr di-ri o fyd jazz Prydain ac America yn cynnwys Courtney Pine, Stanley Turrentine, Art Farmer a llawer rhagor.
A member of the world-famous Kyle Eastwood Band and a regular at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club, UK trumpeter QUENTIN COLLINS comes to Theatr Clwyd with his outstanding new sextet as part of a UK-wide tour to mark the release of his new album, 'Road Warrior'.
For the last twenty years Quentin has established himself as one of the UK's foremost jazz trumpeters, playing with a host of internationally renowned artists including Gregory Porter, Roy Ayres and Alicia Keys. He features prominently as a performer and composer on several albums with the internationally-acclaimed Kyle Eastwood Band, including The
View From Here, Time Pieces and In Transit.
With an ambition of nurturing new talent, Quentin set up Ubuntu Music with Martin Hummel, and has overseen the recent debut releases from up and coming saxophonists Camilla George and Leo Richardson with their albums 'Isang' and 'The Chase'.
Presenting a stellar jazz line-up, Quentin will by joined by Tony Kofi (tenor sax) & Brandon Allen (alto sax).
TONY KOFI is a multi-award-winning instrumentalist who cut his teeth with the Jazz Warriors in the early 90s. As well as performing and recording with Gary Crosby's Nu Troop and Jazz Jamaica, Tony has also played alongside Courtney Pine, Donald Byrd,
Harry Connick Jr, Ornette Coleman, Abdullah Ibrahim and the Julian Joseph Big Band. A co-founder of the Monk Liberation Front, a group dedicated to the music of Thelonious Monk, more recent projects include Tony Kofi and the Organisation which he co-leads on baritone sax, and Portrait of Cannonball, dedicated to the music of Cannonball Adderley.
Originally from Perth, Western Australia, BRANDON ALLEN moved to London in 2000 and has been described by Jazzwise magazine as “arguably the most exciting tenor player in Britain today.” With recent jazz highlights including playing with Darius Brubeck, James Torme and Kyle Eastwood, as well as leading his own sextet, Brandon is also one of
the most in-demand saxophonists in the UK having appeared with the likes of Eric Clapton, Neil Diamond and Jools Holland, and has featured on the soundtracks to the films Alfie (2004) and The Look Of Love (2013).
STEVE HAMILTON is a world class pianist originally from Aberdeen who, after studying in Berklee College of Music in Boston, established himself as one of the premiere pianists on America's East Coast before moving to London where he performed
regularly with international artists like Freddie Hubbard and Pee Wee Ellis and became a
long standing member of legendary drummer Bill Bruford's acclaimed quartet, Earthworks.
LARRY BARTLEY (double bass) can be heard leading his own trio at Ronnie Scotts Jazz
Club, and with WINSTON CLIFFORD (drums) the quintet is completed by two of the UK's leading accompanists who, between them, have played with countless jazz stars from the UK and US including Courtney Pine, Stanley Turrentine, Art Farmer and many more.