mjf @ First Street: Rory A. Green, Paint or Pollen and J2oh

mjf @ First Street (Garden Stage)

First Street, Garden Stage

1.45pm – 2.30pm / Rory A. Green
3.15pm – 4pm / Paint or Pollen
4.45pm – 5.30pm / J2oh

Tickets: FREE entry to all events

Where is First Street? Click here to see…

ARTIST INFO

Rory A. Green

Rory Green guitar / Eleanor Colee tenor saxophone / Ada Francis harp / Nathan McKenzie keyboards / Alice Phelps double bass / Giovanni Bustacchini drums

Rory A. Green is a Manchester-based guitarist and composer. He draws his inspiration from the worlds of jazz and folk music and focuses his compositions around dynamics, feel and spaces within music to tell stories about growing up mixed race, mental health and other personal topics.

Paint or Pollen

Sarah Heneghan drums / Lili Holland-Fricke cello / Antigoni Anastasiadou keyboards

Paint Or Pollen are a new mystical trio with influences from folk, minimalist, and contemporary European jazz. An unusual combination of cello, drums, and keys provides music that is immersive and pensive, yet at times, driving and suspenseful. The trio consists of emerging keys player Antigoni Anastasiadou, cellist Lili Holland Fricke (Manchester Jazz Festival ‘Soundcheck’ artist), and drummer Sarah Heneghan (Power Out, Manchester Jazz Festival hothouse artist, Serious Music Take Five artist).

J2oh

Jemma Freese synth, vocals / Jenny Walinetski drums

J2oh are a hybrid-jazz duo. Their energetic and emotionally epic sound comes from a hybrid of hiphop/trap/dnb/electronic and contemporary jazz, using cross signatures, melodic phrasing, rhythmical hooks, complex harmony and vocal soundbites to create their sound. Each composition is rooted in improvisation, which is part of their creative process and is also how the two met. Influences include; Floating Points, Gretchen Parlato, Yussef Kamaal, Portico Quartet, Slowly Rolling Camera and Richard Spaven. Performance highlights include; Leeds Jazz Festival, Band on the Wall, Low Four Studios and supporting K.O.G. and Franz Von (Nubiyan Twist) in Sheffield. In 2022 they received a placement on Sage Gateshead’s Summer Studios scheme.

Date: sunday 21 may

Time: 1:45 pm - 5:30 pm

Price: Free

mjf @ First Street: Apollo House, Nasa Parka and Moby Dickless

mjf @ First Street (Garden Stage)

First Street, Garden Stage

This afternoon we showcase three bands featuring young artists from across Greater Manchester who’ve graduated from our soundcheck artist development programme and are now making their mark on the wider Manchester music scene – you heard them first at mjf!

2.15pm.- 3.10pm / Apollo House
4.30pm – 5.25pm / Nasa Parka
6.45pm – 7.40pm / Moby Dickless

Tickets: FREE entry to all events

Where is First Street? Click here to see…

ARTIST INFO

Apollo House

Louis Reilly drum kit / Matthew Hodson saxophone / Finlay Mactaggart piano / Vivien Griffin electric bass

Apollo House are a four-piece jazz ensemble that formed at the Royal Northern College of Music in 2021. Made up of all Northern musicians, they take inspiration from the thriving UK jazz scene and fellow Northern artists GoGo Penguin, Matthew Halsall and Jasmine Myra by combining elements of improvised ambient music, drum and bass and electronica. This ethereal and mesmerising music culminates in a genre they call Space jazz. Exploring sonic landscapes through the medium of composition and improvisation, Apollo House create a unique and engaging live experience.

Nasa Parka

Nasa Parka are a four-piece band not quite belonging to one particular genre. The band is comprised of Nat, Rhys, Rosie and Bryce, collectively reigning from Manchester, London and Sheffield. Their influences range from Bowie to Wolf Alice with references to various genres within our set including alt-rock, dark pop and blues.

Moby Dickless

Mat Woods bass, vocals / Maria Rocha guitar, vocals / Freddie Hunter drums, vocals

Laced with unchained, angular harmonies and vivid story telling, Moby Dickless are a band set on breaking the mould. Consisting of John Sloth, Maria Rocha and Freddie Hunter, they met while studying at university and bonded through their love for improvisation. The band soon started playing gigs, and have rapidly established a reputable, highly energetic and immersive live performance in which they consistently challenge the very definition of genre. Their previous two releases, Life Aquatic EP and Live in the Boat Room, have explored a bold blend of jazz, punk and trip hop with future endeavours promising to push the boundaries further than ever before. “You’ll not come across many bands that sound like Manchester’s Moby Dickless” – Analogue Trash

Date: saturday 20 may

Time: 2:15 pm - 7:40 pm

Price: Free