Spitz Jazz every Friday, 6pm - 9pm
Kings Place foyer, free
future lineups

90 York Way, N1 9AG   Station: Kings Cross

"...sharp, soulful...Spitz Jazz Collective lick the blues like there's no tomorrow" - The Guardian

'Vive la Spitz' - Time Out, 2008

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SPITZ EVENTS

Coming this Autumn Spitz Festival shows at Kings Place....


 


Spitz@ Kings Place atrium...

SPITZ JAZZ

Every Friday, 6pm-9pm

Kings Place continues to host Friday evening Spitz Jazz in the building's popular atrium (foyer).

 

Friday 30th July

Michael Mwenso Trio (voice, piano, double bass)

 

and in August in The Rotunda Restaurant:

Friday 6th August

  • Bruno d'Ambra – piano
  • Ben Hazleton – double bass
  • Brian Edwards – sax

Friday 13th August

  • Ben Hazleton – double bass
  • Shabaka Hutchings – sax
  • tbc – piano

Friday 20th August

  • Jonathan Gee – piano
  • Karl Rasheed Abel – double bass
  • Jay Phelps – trumpet

Friday 27th August

  • Matthew Bourne – piano
  • Pete Wareham – sax

"beautifully dark and exciting tangos"

 

 

Past lineups

 

Spitz@ Kings Place
90 York Way, N1 9AG
Station: Kings Cross
6pm - 9pm
Free


Listen to Kings Place's audio recording of John Crampton's entire performance at their Spitz Blues evening on 4 Sept 2009:

Or sample the same wonderful evening via video clips of John Crampton and Sister Mary & the Choir Boys:

The Spitz Blues evening featured John Crampton, Tom Rodwell, Sister Mary & the Choir Boys, and Mr Black and Blues

photos by Christopher Tribble


A sample from the film Polar Bear Live at The Spitz:

Polar Bear - TOMLOVESALICELOVESTOM (a Rub Recordings Production, 2009)
myspace.com/rubrecordings

SPITZ RECORDS

MR BLACK AND BLUES

Spitz Records in partnership with Breakneck Records present his new album, The Morning Light.

Available from:

PARKBENCH: "VERSUS BLACKOUT"

Spitz Records' first release.

Available from:

More details
> read Time Out's review

JOE WILKES

Spitz Records' latest, out on 11 October 2010, Looking for the Grave of Garcia Lorca, Joe Wilkes's much-anticipated third album.

Wilkes's third album and his first on Spitz Records. Characteristically original and shot through with the politics of resistance, the ten original songs that comprise Lorca arc across history, including everything from the demise and rediscovery of the eponymous Spanish poet, to late modern parables straight from the streets of South London. A popular fixture at Spitz, Wilkes's new offering is not just a songwriting tour de force; it's a tour d'horizon of the future of acoustic music

"Finally getting some serious attention"
- Acoustic Magazine

"Wilkes is a major talent"
- Rock 'n' Reel Magazine

"Instantly memorable" - Maverick Magazine

"A name to look out for" - Blues Matters

"His music gets under your skin"
- The Morning Star

"One of those all-too-rare musicians who make you believe in them instantly"
- Americana UK

A Great Night In The Spitz

a film documentary
52min | UK | 2008 | Dir: Gea Russell & Ken Kamanayo

The Spitz music venue opened in 1996. Over 11 years The Spitz hosted more than 3000 concerts featuring the best in cutting edge music. It was forced to close in 2007 due to re-development of Old Spitalfields Market. This is a music documentary of the last ever event held at the Spitz on 27th September 2007; a concert over two floors featuring some of the best of London's contemporary music scene... A Great Night In The Spitz.

A Great Night In The Spitz was inspired by Art Kane's 1958 photo A Great Day In Harlem which featured the top jazz musicians of 1950s New York. A Great Night In The Spitz was shot entirely over the last 48 hours of The Spitz's existence and portrays some of London's top musicians with a special focus on the elite of London's Black jazz musicians.

Director Jane Glitre said: 'So much of The Spitz was about to become an invisible, silent memory. I felt it was essential to try and encapsulate some of that spirit by documenting the last night in 109, Commercial Street.'

Based around an open live concert, key members of the UK's music community dropped by to pay their last respects and to celebrate 11 years of great music.

Featured artists include: The Spitz Jazz Collective, Soweto Kinch, Gwyneth Herbert, Seb Rochford and Terry Edwards.

'MOJO magazine is distraught at the thought of the Spitz closing its doors for good and all. It has served a world of vibrant, genuinely alternative music virtually single-handed.' MOJO

 

See a slideshow of the last night at The Spitz on YouTube » www.youtube.com/gideonmendel

SPITZ RECORDS



 


Check out the first commercial release on Spitz Records,
PARKBENCH: "VERSUS BLACKOUT", released on June 30th, 2008.

"Darkly sophisticated slabs of sax-seared lonesomeness ... this is the first commercial release from Spitz Records, a label whose advent can only mean great things for London's leftfield acts." - TIME OUT > read review

Treasured by many and missed by even more since its epic closing night bash on 27th Sept 2007 featuring the likes of Beth Orton, Terry Edwards, Seb Rochford and Gwyneth Herbert, the SPITZ has been working away to ensure that the many years of graft, grind and damn fine times do not go to waste. Now, to add to their regular gigs in other East London venues under the 'Spitz presents' moniker, comes the first in a series of releases by artists related to the legendary venue.

PARKBENCH is basic, original, earnest song-craft informed by an unflinching devotion to the spirituality of every day events; universal, human emotions; moods and moments burning bright or smouldering quietly; words liike white-hot cinders stoked by the tension and drama of real life situations; and the unique and creative force of a trapped, self-reflective, curious and longing soul.

Expressed honestly, without agenda or pretence, PARKBENCH heralds a return to the simple and beautiful classic songwriter criteria – compositions of inspired subject matter and creative survival techniques (how to get by life using the power of your own imagination to transform negative energy and draw good things from bad; and how to conjure up psychological imagery that is ultimately more functional and satisfying in describing 'the truth' than style pieces about individual love sickness or ready-made, borrowed genre thematics. The PARKBENCH modus operandi is in a sense a way of life, yet it is rendered with moderation and humility, an approach perhaps similar to the line infamously engraved upon Charles Bukowski's tombstone in Rancho Palos Verdes: "Don't Try."

"An outfit blending pastoral strumming and jazzy urbanity with the timelessly stylish blues gloom of Michael J Sheehy." - TIME OUT

Buy PARKBENCH: "VERSUS BLACKOUT" from:

myspace.com/parkbenchfromthechinamen

Dhafer Youssef playing at the Spitz.

What the critics said about The Spitz

"Always on the out-there side of cutting edge" - Independent on Sunday

"Tomorrow's lineups today." - flavorpill

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Book a Spitz artist or DJ for your event

We would like to initiate a new relationship with our old customers. Although we have had to work things around a new variety of settings and events, the high standard and concept of the original Spitz ethos still exists. Through the extensive Spitz music archive and contact lists, we successfully offer:

  • live performers and bands of every size and musical description
  • eclectic DJs tailoring a vast variety of music to cater for every need
  • logistical and operational support for any eventuality
  • a unique vision for and appreciation of individual requirements across the board

If you or your company are interested in any of our roster acts, or want to book our DJs so as to include a Spitz element in your event - please get in touch. Should you have something specific in mind, we can tailor make an event for you from our extensive data-base of artists, bands and DJs. Just give us a ring or shoot us a mail, and we 'll get things moving! Contacts below...



Yours Sincerely


Jane Glitre, Director (mail2010@spitz.co.uk)


Live Music & DJ Categories

Spitz Jazz Collective
 (duo, trio, quartet, quintet etc.)

 Spitz Blues
 (solo, one-man-band, duo, trio, quartet)

 Folk, Alt. Country, World Music
 (solo, duo, full band)

 Cuban
 (trio, sextet)

Spitz Records
 Up and coming signed indie acts (solo, full band)

 Spitz Records
 Up and coming unsigned indie acts (solo, full band)

 Spitz DJs
 Dub, Electro, Dancehall, Global fusion
Reggae, World, Soul
Folk, Alt. Country, Blues
1920s Swing, Surf fusion, Early Jazz, Beat
Contemporary underground
(All Spitz DJs categories available in one booking)


Tuition & Workshops
 Jazz
Folk/Blues Guitar
Singing
 Song Writing
Jazz Improvisation
(see Spitz website for details)


Bookings Contact & Further Information (rates, news, etc.)
Email
Jane Glitre mail2010@spitz.co.uk
martin.wissenberg@gmail.com
Phone
Jane – 0771 3266467
Martin – 0779 0938900

 

 

 

 

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