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Member Since3/30/2007
Band MembersSteve Chadwick
Tony Ormesher
Andrzej Baranek
Nick Blacka
Rob Turner
Record LabelUnsigned


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   Upcoming Shows ( view all )
Aug 19 2009 8:30P
St.Mary’s Chambers Rawtenstall, Northwest
Sep 27 2009 8:00P
Stratford Jazz Society, White Swan Hotel Stratford Upon Avon, Midlands
Nov 7 2009 8:00P
Zefferellis Ambleside, Northwest
Nov 24 2009 8:30P
NWJS: Royal British Legion nr Wrexham, Wales
Nov 25 2009 9:00P
Dempseys: Cardiff Cardiff, Wales
Nov 26 2009 8:30P
NWJS: Victoria Hotel Menai Bridge, Wales
Nov 27 2009 9:00P
The Jazz Bar: Edinburgh Edinburgh, Scotland
Nov 28 2009 9:00P
The Jazz Bar: Edinburgh Edinburgh, Scotland
Nov 29 2009 1:00P
Wigan Jazz Club Lowton, nr Wigan, Northwest

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   About The Magic Hat Ensemble
Formed in early 2006 after a series of informal jam sessions at a house in Manchester, the Magic Hat have gone on to excite audiences throughout the UK.

The band endeavor to play wherever they can and have been seen recently in Edinburgh, London, Manchester, Liverpool, Nottingham, North Wales and Stratford Upon Avon. A new CD is in the the pipeline with a plan to release the debut studio album in 2009. The band will then be promoting the album with a UK tour late 2009.

"The Magic Hat Ensemble have built a solid name for themselves as a cracking live unit around the UK. Offering a youthful and often irreverent take on standards asserted through incredibly tight rhythmic playing and cheeky metric modulations the result is pulsating post bop given a refreshing boot up the behind. Led by Steve Chadwick on cornet with pianist Andrzej Baranek, guitarist Tony Ormesher, bassist Nick Blacka and drummer Rob Turner this is a dynamic and hugely listenable band worth catching live" - Jazzwise

"Magic Hat is a very tight unit with a dynamic approach and a totally appealing sound. A gem of a band, and quite rare with its stimulating nature, in our sometimes staid or over self-conscious home-grown UK jazz scene. They present an exciting, upbeat programme of very original, quirky and sometimes even hilarious re-arrangements of standards, as well as some neat originals. Great individual playing and a very cool ensemble sound indeed!" - Bill Kyle (The Jazz Bar)

'An extremely well-rehearsed band with an invigorating and unusual take on the repertoire, ably led by Steve Chadwick's gorgeous tone and precise articulation.' - Stuart Johnson (Zeferellis)

"Magic Hat was the most outstanding new band to appear at Stratford Jazz this year. They impressed with their new take on jazz standards coupled with stimulating tunes of their own. A tight, energetic and swinging band that is clearly going places." - Roy Stevens (Stratford Jazz)

"The Magic Hat Ensemble was a perfect opener for our 09 'Jazz on a Winter's Weekend'. Innovative, with tight and intriguing head arrangements of some well known standards and good soloing all round. Tony Ormesher's guitar work was particularly impressive on 'Darn That Dream'. A large proportion of the sell out crowd were not from the North West where the band is best known and we got lots of complimentary and 'who-are-they' comments after the gig." - Geoff Mathews (Southport Melodic Jazz Society)

“…it’s the spontaneity of the live show which makes this band special.” - Oundle Chronicle

“…breathtaking arrangements…” - Westmorland Gazette

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Rachael Gladwin





Sep 17 2008 11:29 AM

Hi magic hats! Greetings from harp land. x x
claire





Aug 12 2008 8:32 PM

hey guys, looking forward to seeing/hearing u all in edinburgh xx
Nick Blacka





Jul 29 2008 4:12 PM

Hey you guys are great! I particularly like the female vocalist.
Falk Bonitz - Jazzpiano





May 4 2008 11:02 AM

Nice sound! Thank you for beeing friends.
Greetings, Falk
JAN KOPINSKI





Apr 23 2008 9:31 PM

Great stuff - magicians!! Czesc Andrzej! Jan
Freedom Principle Music





Feb 27 2008 12:39 PM

Cheers for playing last night.

Sounded proper good!!

Hope to catch you all again soon...
Jo McCallum





Feb 13 2008 12:43 PM

hi the magic hat,

i'm in america, filling my evenings by drinking magic hat! it gets my brother's seal of approval. you're doing good work boys. top.

x
Welcome Home Sexy





Feb 6 2008 4:45 PM

The Simon Kaylor Quartet @ Welcome Home Sexy

Having studied under the jazz titan Jerry Bergonzi – Kaylor brings his no frills attached, straight down the line jazz genius to Welcome Home Sexy for a post Valentine’s Day jazz love in. Having performed with artists as diverse as Bob Mintzer, Joanna McGregor, Roy Wood (ELO, Wizard, The Move) & Marissa Price (Prince & Chaka Khan) Kaylor ploughs a musical furrow at once ancient & modern. He is more than loved up by the talents of Jamil Sherrif on the ivories - who regularly performs with the likes of Zoltan Dekany & Pat McCarthy in his acclaimed octet; Russ Pearson on Upright Bass who finds time to perform with the likes of Soweto Kinch, Joanna McGregor, & the Grand Union Orchestra as well as producing commissions for the BBC & Ch4 & finally Dave Walsh on Kit -a man equally at home playing jazz, Latin, drum 'n' bass or rock & who has bashed his pig skins with the likes of John Surman, Stan Sulzman, Jim Mullen amongst other. Lovely music, lovely guys, lovely groove. Lovely.

Fri 15 Feb - 8.30pm @ The New Beehive Inn, 171 Westgate, Bradford
6pac Jazz Sextet





Nov 7 2007 1:18 PM

Hi Magic Hat,
After a chat with Andre and Rob in M&P the other night, we posed the question of Northern Jazz Names to the audience at Bakers last night and came up with a few ideas...

See what you think!

Horwich Silver
Dexter Gorton
Disley Gillespie
Art Blakely
Bury Rich (said in northern accent!!)
Dinah Warrington
Stan Denton
Leeds Morgan

This has snowballed!!
Hope the tour goes really well.

Best,
Ben
John Kelly





Aug 14 2007 4:08 PM

Hi Steve & the guys...
Sounds fantastic!
Liam Asbridge





Jul 23 2007 8:09 PM

Hi guys, Thanks for the add. I saw the gig this morning in St Anns Square. Good stuff, really enjoyed it. Liam.
Nick Blacka





Jun 13 2007 11:44 PM

Why did we name the band after a Yank beer anyway?

Golden Best would have been a good band name. Can't beat Timothy Taylors.
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