
Concerts with the finest Jazz artists brought to your home
GMF ONLINE CONCERT SERIES
Solo Concerts with some of the finest artists in Jazz today
Each concert will be 30 minutes (approx) and will be followed by a Q&A session with the performing artist(s).
The concerts will be live on Zoom. We have done all we can to achieve the best possible audio experience but we can only work within the bounds of the technology available at present. We advise using headphones.
ADVANCE BOOKING ESSENTIAL
Last booking closes 30 minutes before the start of concert to allow time to process payments and send out the meeting ID and password. With the increased amount of traffic in cyberspace at this time some replies are being delayed. To ensure that you receive your meeting ID and password in time please book as far in advance as possible. The meeting ID will be sent to you approximately 1 hour before the concert starts.
NEL BEGLEY
THURSDAY OCTOBER 29
8.00 PM EUROPE / 7.00 PM UK / 3.00 PM NEW YORK
TICKET PRICE €10.00 / £10.00 / $13.00
Nel Begley…vocals Chris Bland…piano
Nel Begley is a rising star jazz vocalist and songwriter currently living in London and working and performing in the UK and Europe. She has performed at a large list of festivals including Manchester Jazz, Latitude, Bestival and Boom Town, and has appeared alongside Callum Au. She headlined at the Mas i Mas Festival Barcelona.
Her ever-growing love of music has led her around the world to pursue a passion to sing, and share her music making with an ever-growing audience.
Chris Bland has been involved with many award winning projects; performing with the National Youth Jazz Orchestra whom he now works for as an ambassador, composing for and leading educational programs in Wales and South East England.
At the Guildhall London, he has written and arranged music for the conservatoire’s Big Band and Jazz Singers for a concert celebrating the music of John Coltrane, performed by Steve Williamson and Cleveland Watkiss.
Chris plays regularly, on London’s rich music scene, at the capital’s most prestigious music rooms including Ronnie Scotts, Steinway Hall and The Vortex as a pianist and singer, and has shared the stage with Elliot Mason, Joe Stilgoe and Callum Gourlay. He now leads his own 12 piece band performing original songs: exploring a fusion of the double rhythm sections of Ornette Coleman
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Last minute booking will close 30 minutes before the start of concert to allow time to process payments.
“An intriguing combination of classic bebop laced with Irish folk melody… full of sublime lyrical moments” - Musicians Union Magazine
GUILLERMO ROZENTHULER
FRIDAY OCTOBER 30
8.00 PM EUROPE / 7.00 PM UK / 3.00 PM NEW YORK
TICKET PRICE €10.00 / £10.00 / $13.00
Guillermo Rozenthuler, voice & guitar Javier Fioramonti, acoustic-electric guitar
Two Argentines and a shared passion: Guillermo Rozenthuler and Javier Fioramonti uncovering the wonderful diversity of Argentina's Folkloric musical landscape.
Guillermo Rozenthuler is a versatile vocalist, guitarist and composer based in London. Since 2000, has been bringing together South American music and Jazz in his own projects, Rioplatenses and Candombe!, and in previous collaborations, albums and tours with the Orient House Ensemble, Tango Siempre, Tina May, Edward Simon and many others. He is about to release two new records in 2020, one with the London Tango Orchestra and the other with award -winning German ensemble Sexteto Cristal.
Javier "Chino" Fioramonti is a guitarist and bass player with a strong interest in Latin music. He has studied Tango and Folklore with some of the living masters of these styles such as Lucho Gonzalez and Anibal Arias. He’s performed in Roberto Pla’s and Alex Wilson’s bands, also with well- known Latin artists like Henry Fiol ,Azuquita , Maelo Ruiz. His playing is very rooted rhythmically and at the same time emotionally engaging. He has toured extensively over the UK and Europe with Salsa Celtica and is currently the composer/arranger and MD of his own project,The Mantecas.
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Last minute booking will close 30 minutes before the start of concert to allow time to process payments.
“Guillermo has rocked me with his amazing versatility. A true World Music journey!” - Mark Murphy, vocal jazz legend
ROZ MACDONALD, BÉLA MEINBERG & GUR LIRAZ
SATURDAY OCTOBER 31
8.00 PM EUROPE / 7.00 PM UK / 3.00 PM NY / 12.00 PM LA
TICKET PRICE €10.00 / £10.00 / $13.00
Roz MacDonald, bass Béla Meinberg, piano Gur Liraz, guitar
Roz Macdonald is a double bass player from Scotland, currently based in Berlin. She studied jazz at Leeds College of Music where upon graduating received
the Yamaha Jazz Scholarship in 2016. Since then she has been actively gigging on the vibrant jazz scenes in Berlin and the UK, both as a side-woman and with her own projects. She will play alongside two fantastic musicians also based in Berlin - Béla Meinberg on piano and Gur Liraz on guitar.
Béla, is originally from Hamburg, has worked with some of the finest jazz musicians around including Billy Hart, Seamus Blake, Doug Weiss and Chris Cheek. His playing characterises a lyrical approach, always swinging and with a good sense of humour.
Gur was born in Tel Aviv, Israel where he studied at the prestigious Thelma Yellin High School, and went on to become an integral part of the lively Tel Aviv jazz scene. In 2013, after spending half a year in New York studying with guitar legend Peter Bernstein, Gur moved to Berlin and became involved with its rapidly evolving jazz scene.
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Last minute booking will close 30 minutes before the start of concert to allow time to process payments.
HYUNA PARK
SUNDAY NOV 1
8.00 PM EUROPE / 7.00 PM UK / 3.00 PM NY / 12.00 PM LA
TICKET PRICE €10.00 / £10.00 / $13.00
Hyuna Park - solo piano
An award-winning jazz pianist, Hyuna Park’s musical universe is both deeply connected to New York and its vibrant jazz tradition while at the same time embracing her Korean and classical roots. She was the 2018 winner of the International Women in Jazz (IWJ) festival as well as the Jimmy Heath Award. She has graced the stage with Grammy award-winners such as Linda Oh, Luis Bonilla, Michael Mossman and Vincent Herring and performed at notable venues like the Kennedy Center and the French Embassy in Washington D.C., the Dizzy Gillespie Auditorium, and at the UN as well as a number of Embassies and Cultural Centers throughout NYC.
Hyuna formed a trio in 2018 with country/folk bassist Myles Sloniker and funk drummer Peter Traunmueller as a non-traditional band that infuses various styles and musical elements into their core jazz repertoire. Hyuna and her band are regulars at many of the more prestigious jazz venues in New York City such as Zinc bar, Iridium, Club Bonafide, The Metropolitan Room, and The Django.
“Hyuna Park is a beautiful new voice on the piano. She plays with a feeling and maturity that is rare.”
— Vincent Herring
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Booking closes 30 minutes before the start of concert to allow time to process payments and send passwords.
“Hyuna Park is a beautiful new voice on the piano. She plays with a feeling and maturity that is rare.” — Vincent Herring