Jazz Night with the Ben Crossland Quartet
April 30 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pm
8.15pm start – Free admission, Collection towards the band taken; Please be generous if you can…
BEN CROSLAND QUARTET
‘Wooltown Reflections‘ tour
Featuring special guest, trumpeter Steve Waterman
Celebrating 20 years since the band was formed, the band is still made up of Rod Mason saxophones, Dean Stockdale piano, & Dave Tyas drums, all leading figures on the northern jazz scene.
The band will feature material by contemporary composers including Jaco Pastorius, Bob Mintzer, Mike Mainieri and Don Grolnick as well as originals penned by Crosland, including several of his arrangements of the iconic songs of the legendary Kinks’ songwriter Ray Davies featured on his album ‘The Ray Davies Songbook’.
The band will feature material by contemporary composers including Jaco Pastorius, Bob Mintzer, Mike Mainieri and Don Grolnick as well as originals penned by Crosland, including several of his arrangements of the iconic songs of the legendary Kinks’ songwriter Ray Davies featured on his album ‘The Ray Davies Songbook’.
“…the album swings consistently…with this sharp, cogent collection, a dedicated follower of Ray Davies has made him a well-respected jazz composer too.’ The Times
‘Excellent bassist/bandleader’ – The Guardian
‘Fluid and inventive contemporary bassist’ The Independent
‘His compositions are colourful, beguiling and thoroughly musical’ Mark Gilbert, Jazz Journal International
‘An unaffectedly lyrical composer of direct and evocative melodies that draw in the uninitiated and jazz cognoscenti alike’ – John Fordham. London Jazz News
Trains:
If you’re travelling towards Halifax / Bradford / Leeds, the last train leaves Sowerby Bridge at 00.03.
If you’re travelling towards Halifax / Bradford / Leeds, the last train leaves Sowerby Bridge at 00.03.
If you’re travelling up the Calder Valley, and onwards to Manchester, the last train leaves Sowerby Bridge at 23.22.
Please allow 15 minutes to walk from the pub to the station, and please check, on the day of travel, that the times have not changed, or that strike actions are being planned.
Bus:
There’s a 579 bus to Halifax that leaves Station Road at 23.48, just a few minutes’ walk from the Pub, however, give yourself plenty of time, as it’s the last bus, it can be pretty sharp in setting off.
There’s a 579 bus to Halifax that leaves Station Road at 23.48, just a few minutes’ walk from the Pub, however, give yourself plenty of time, as it’s the last bus, it can be pretty sharp in setting off.