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Dancing Jazz History: Black History Month 2024

Posted on October 4, 2024 by Annette
Poster for Dancing Jazz History event

‘Dancing Jazz History’ is an event celebrating Black women jazz dancers incorporating practice and theory with dance and music workshops, an exclusive presentation by Jreena Green, a panel discussion featuring Myrna Hague, and a jazz jam party hosted by Lee Payne. It is in London on 26 October 2024 which is Black History Month in Britain. The event is organised by PhD researcher, Annette Walker with AHRC-LAHP Student-Led Activities Award, and is supported by Coin Street, Jazz Dance Collective, Tap Dance Research Network UK and St John’s Waterloo.

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Jazz Dance Collective: Launch Event

Posted on January 14, 2024 by Annette
Jazz Dance Collective - Launch Event 14 Jan 2024

The Jazz Dance Collective is an organisation that is making JAZZ HISTORY the foundation of its practice. Jazz was created by African Americans, emerging at a period to liberate the people from the pain and inequality of the New World. It was born out of oppression but gave great freedom to the wider African diaspora, working through pain and hardship using skill and joy. Jazz enriches and frees the soul.

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Guildhall Improvisers’ Workshop: The Music of Geri Allen featuring Annette Walker

Posted on December 31, 2023 by Annette
Guildhall Improvisers' Workshop - Tuesday 5 Dec 2023

The Improvisers’ Workshop is a Guildhall School group focusing on creative jazz improvisation, approaching the jazz ensemble as a malleable vehicle for contemporary composition. This performance will feature tap dancer Annette Walker. Walker’s invitation to feature in this concert is inspired by Geri Allen’s composition ‘The Dancer’, and a live performance with Allen’s trio and tap dancer Maurice Chestnut in 2009 (Geri Allen & Timeline Live).

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Brecon Jazz Festival 2023

Posted on August 12, 2023 by Annette
Annette Walker presents Jazz Tap Dancing featuring Gary Crosby on bass

August 2023: Annette Walker (tap dancer, BBC Proms 2019) and the multi award-winning jazz bassist, Gary Crosby (Tomorrow’s Warriors) bring their eclectic blend of rhythms and jazz to Brecon Jazz

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LDIF23 Dance Inside the Music – World Premier

Posted on May 1, 2023 by Annette
Soweto Kinch, Lee Payne and Annette Walker - Serendipity Institute for Black Arts and Heritage

Catch Annette Walker holding her own on stage with Soweto Kinch, Lee Payne, Freddy Houndekindo and Cameron McKinney for the world premiere of Dance Inside the Music at launch of the Let’s Dance International Frontiers 2023 on 29 April 2023.

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Annette Walker and the Rhythmaticians

Posted on January 24, 2023 by Annette
Photo by Chris Horn

Accompanied by her wonderful band, the Rhythmaticians, Annette Walker brings the exciting improvisational atmosphere to the concert stage

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Swing Sister Swing

Posted on January 5, 2022 by Annette

Music Director for Swing Sister Swing’s Spring 2022 theatre tour

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Feel That Rhythm

Posted on December 12, 2021 by Annette

In the autumn of 2020, I worked with Swing Sister Swing and Young Music Makers on Feel That Rhythm, an exciting jazz dance and music project commemorating the 75th anniversary of the end of the Second World War.

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Marsden Jazz Festival 2021

Posted on October 15, 2021 by Annette
Annette Walker and Her Quartet at Marsden Jazz Festival 2021

Annette Walker and Her Quartet Sunday 10th October 2021 – Marsden Jazz FestivalAccompanied by her wonderful band, Annette brings the exciting, improvisational atmosphere to the performance stage. I brought my new, one hour jazz tap set to life on the…

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Review of Jazz in England

Posted on June 1, 2021 by Annette
appg - all party parliamentary group

I’m pleased to announce that I’m on the Advisory Panel for the Review of Jazz in England commissioned by the All Party Parliamentary Jazz Appreciation Group (APPJAG).

The Review has five questionnaires for jazz musicians, professionals in the jazz industry or jazz fans to be completed by midnight Monday 28 June 2021.

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