Darren Moore’s Jazz Quintet

On the 22nd November, 2008, we see and hear new compositions from resident player: Darren Moore.

The where: Blu Jaz Space – 3rd Floor
The when: 9pm onwards

The night will feature two sets of music performed by the Darren Moore Jazz Quintet.
All compositions are written by Darren and features leading lights of the singapore jazz scene.  The music can be describe as modern jazz, with elements of electronica and experimental.

Good Times! 7th November!

Bedsty Music presents…

GOOD TIMES x RBMA - NOVEMBER 7th | 9pm-3am | Blu Jaz Cafe (Level 2)

“Good Times” is an unique event where everybody is invited to let their guard down, shimmy on to good old school tunes, funky breaks, and boogie into the night as we up the tempo and beat.

“Good Times” is all for a night out with your best mates, filled with zany incidents and crazy antics. We invite you to rock up to a night where you are the master of the dance floor.

We’ll clear a space for you to bust your signature moves.

The night will feature a progressive mix of old school hiphop, breaks, electro, minimal, house dubstep, dnb and jungle provided by your favorite DJs…

DJ Rough &
featuring members from the Red Bull Music Academy;
Wayne the Insane
Debbie Chia
Aresha

This month, we start at 9pm, all the way to 3am!
So step on up and enjoy Good Times with us!

btw, did i mention, ENTRY IS FREE!
p.s. look out for special deals on Red Bull drinks through the night
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End Oct @ Blu Jaz

Groove Works return on Wednesday with some improv and a few beloved jazz selection. Led by Greg Lyons, Groove Works comprises musicians from other genres who have just fallen in love with jazz or have harboured the secret desire to break free and experiment.

Set starts at 9pm @ Cafe (1st Floor)

Halloween Night sees us well-founded Greg’s Monster Trio with lovely jazz pieces, perfect for those not into any strenuous form of trick or treating, save for raising a mug of beer or two. Set starts at 9:30pm.

OR if you feel like pumping up your Halloween, DO go up to the 2nd Floor with Pushin’On.  This Fri, we feature DJ Naz from Merlions of Hip-Hop (Tuckshop). Naz is like the best friend’s sister you wish was yours; sweet, caring and with a cool hip-hop record collection. We also have long-time collaborator Eeshaun on ‘live’ VJ. For the first time you can get down with ‘live’ visual projections from the artist behind some of the art at Blu Jaz Café and the first Pushin’On t-shirt. You got to have it.
9pm till there is light
feat. DJ Naz and Eeshaun on “live” visuals
with DJ Chunk, DJ Shellsuit & MC Masterpiece
Free entry & no dress code

Visit:
www.pushinon.com
www.myspace.com/pushinon
or join the group “Funk & Soul in Singapore” on Facebook

Aya is back! She graces us with her wild and crazy keyboard solos when the Wicked Boys take a breather in between… Aya + Wicked = sets you should not miss. It’s high energy, it IS fun and it is music to our ears. Set starts from 9:30pm onwards.

Upcoming Events in November

An exciting month for us at Blu Jaz. Aside from our talented resident artistes, we have a whole host of parties coming up….

First our regular players:

Omniform takes stage on Mondays from 9pm onwards

Groove Works (featured on LIFE!) play up some jazz and soul on Wednesdays from 9pm.

Greg’s Monster Trio brings us some great jazz on Fridays from 9:30pm

Ayaschool and the Wicked Boys bring us over the edge with funk and style on Saturdays from 9:30pm

Special events:

1st November:
Blu Jaz Lounge – 2nd Floor – featuring DJ Guna from 10pm
A little house, a little funk and a whole lotta dance….

6th November:
Blu Jaz Space – 3rd Floor – featuring Blue Print
An accoustic duo who has played at Tuckshop and Night and Day, they bring us popular chart hits as well as some of their favorite Indie songs. Set starts 8:30pm.

7th November:
Blu Jaz Lounge – 2nd Floor
GOOD TIMES x RBMA - NOVEMBER 7th | 9pm-3am | Blu Jaz Cafe (Level 2)

“Good Times” is a unique event where everybody is invited to let their guard down, shimmy on to good old school tunes, funky breaks, and boogie into the night as we up the tempo and beat.

“Good Times” is all for a night out with your best mates, filled with zany incidents and crazy antics. We invite you to rock up to a night where you are the master of the dance floor.

We’ll clear a space for you to bust your signature moves.

The night will feature a progressive mix of old school hiphop, breaks, electro, minimal, house dubstep, dnb and jungle provided by your favorite DJs…

DJ Rough &
featuring members from the Red Bull Music Academy;
Wayne the Insane
Debbie Chia
Aresha

This month, we start at 9pm, all the way to 3am!
So step on up and enjoy Good Times with us!

Blu Jaz Space – 3rd Floor
Kyoko’s Belly Dance Night -  her set starts from 9:30pm.

14th November
Blu Jaz Lounge – 2nd Floor
Pushin’ On is BACK with the Lion City Orchestra – live band with loads of kick: 9pm onwards

Blu Jaz space – 3rd Floor
Kyoko Belly Dance Night from 9:30pm onwards

22nd November
Blu Jaz Space – 3rd Floor – featuring Darren Moore’s quintet
Darren’s original composition ranging from modern jazz, peppered with electronica to something experimental.  Set starts at 9pm. Cover is SGD 15.

29th November
Blu Jaz Lounge – 2nd Floor: Therapyasia and Subvert presents DJ ZUL from 9pm
Exploring Drum N Bass, Hip Hop and rock, let DJ Zul bring you to your feet from nightfall to dusk…..

Jammed Pack mid Oct @ Blu Jaz

It’s a real gorgeous week with so many people coming together to our lil ole cafe…

15th October: Wed

@ Cafe – Grooveworks – Greg Lyons lead his students to the path of funky jazz, soulful jazz. Just Jazz.
9pm onwards

16th October: Thurs

@ Space (3rd Flr) , we welcome our visitor from Australia:  Trent Williams to showcase his stuff. Two accoustic sets to accompany you and your chilled mood….  meanwhile – here is a sample: www.trentwilliams.com.au

17th October: Friday

@ Cafe – Greg’s Monster Trio. Cool addiction. 9:30pm onwards. We only take reservations for those who come before 8pm, yo.

@ Lounge- Pushin’ On returns with “Bring on the Band” 9pm onwards

After 3 years of having you dance hard to good funk & soul, the Pushin’On crew brings a true “live” sound to the stage. The Lion City Orchestra debuts Fri 17th Oct with some of the tunes that have kept you dancing till the early hours of many Saturday mornings.

8 musicians tighten up in one solid hour of rare funk & soul.  Tasty drums, muscular bass, rhythmic guitars, driving horns and uplifting vocals come together for an exciting “live” night. Here’s the lowdown:

“Bring On the Band” starring  the Lion City Orchestra  & supported by Pushin’On DJs.

@ Space – Kyoko joins us to add some Middle Eastern flava with her belly dancing. 9pm onwards.

18th October: Sat

@ Cafe: Wicked Boys take a break and Mario Lopez teams up with Aya to form the band on Sat for a more Latin sounding twist. Starts 9:30pm onwards

@ Lounge: Right Time, Wrong Speed 2008 – Tribute to John Peel

After the success of the first Right Time Wrong Speed gig at another local indie club last year, the RTWS crew (led by diehard Peeli fan, eklektro) are back again to pay tribute to John Peel, the late great influential British DJ who was instrumental in shaping the global indie music scene into what it is today. In the freewheeling spirit of Peelie, the intrepid RTWS crew is set to spin the whole eclectic gamut from Americana and Afro-Pop to C86 to punk, to reggae and even Cajun Zydeco!

Presenting (non-) DJs:

The enigmatic “bearcanboogie” – a part time DJ who has played at such wonderful little clubs as Home Club, Bar Baa Black Chic and the legendary Cafe Cosmo. His earliest memory of the John Peel show includes the unexpectedness of hearing a Turkish rock song on the BBC. His taste of music comprises the choicest cuts of indie pop, electronica and just a little techno.

Omnipresence (a.k.a. Gerald Tan)…an embracer of genre-defying sorts and a huge sucker for big plastic discs, sets out to pay homage to a revered musicman who had in many ways sculpted the creative direction of many teenage lives… As the music plays on this night, so should the memory of this great man….  R.I.Peel

eklektro (a.k.a. Ivan Thomasz) was once very chuffed to hear his bearded hero play his request for Magazine’s “Shot by Both Sides” sometime in the 1990’s! eklektro first became involved with the local indie music scene writing for Singapore’s first rock magazine, BigO, back in 1988. Like many rock writers, he dabbled with the idea of starting his own band and was, at one point, lead singer for the Twang Bar Kings. In 2004, he found a way to spread his love of indie and classic rock at the Open-Deck nights at the now-defunct Café Cosmo. Currently the PR guy at a local recreation club, when he is not busy writing replies to disgruntled club members, eklektro can be found at record shops at Coleman Street searching for rare or obscure punk and new wave vinyl discs, or else at home trying to figure out how to mix The Fall’s “The Man Whose Head Expanded” with Allan Sherman’s “Hello Muddah, Hello Fuddah”.

Come and savour sounds hardly ever heard on Singapore’s airwaves.

This Week and more…

Omniform presented a great jazz set on Monday and for those who are new to us – Omniform comprises 10 Singapore residing jazz lovers who come together to play from passion, led by Greg Lyons. Sets are on Monday and they go from chill to far out so swing on by our way @ Blu Jaz Cafe if you need a pick-er up-per.

WEDNESDAY - 8th October

Greg takes his students through a journey of self discovery through music and we invite you to join us from 9pm onwards @ The Cafe.

FRIDAY - 10th October

Greg’s Monster Trio plays on… cool jazz, hot notes, inspired sounds

9:30pm till late.

Come.
SATURDAY - 11th October

AYASCHOOL returns for another brutal, kickin’ set on Saturday to bring you over the edge and then back to Mother Earth – anything is possible

Guests include Aidan, Budi, Hanafi and they are all members of Singapore’s own and one and only Batucada(Percussion) Group, WICKED AURA BATUCADA. Come down for some chilled Bossa Nova, spicy Samba and a little of everything else. The music is diverse – you can dance, you can sing along without knowing the lyrics, it has SAUDADE, a sentimentally longing feel which the word only exist in Brazil. Set starts at 9:30pm

Sawadeeka! If you’re in the mood for some eclectic mix, check out our Thai Band @ The Lounge (2nd Floor) Unpredictable and maybe just a little crazy, our Thai band seems to get the guests to sing along just fine. Set starts from 9pm

Upcoming…

Belly dance night with Kyoko on the 17th @ Space from 9pm onwards

Pushin’On Special on 17th @ Lounge from 9pm onwards

Oct Hafla on 25th @ Space from 9pm onwards