Adam Glasser Quintet – Adam (harmonica) started his career in jazz as a pianist but through the 1990s he began an increasing specialisation in the chromatic harmonica, which led to him filling in for Stevie Wonder twice. Adam’s South African roots and township rhythms are never far from his playing. His band at the Fishermen’s is Ant Law (guitar), Nigel Thomas (bass) and Paul Cavaciuti (drums) + Andy Panayi (sax/flute).
The Island Project featuring Shireen Francis (vox), Dominic Grant (gtr), Fergus Gerrand (perc) and jazz Steel Pan played by Adam Ouissellat. A combination of Caribbeanrhythms and contemporary Jazz harmony.
The Julian-Marc Stringle/Dominic Ashworth Quartet.
Julian-Marc (clarinet/sax) & Dominic (guitar) have played together every week for the past decade, and their repertoire of well-honed material spans blues, ballads, bebop, Latin-jazz and classic standards. With them tonight are Paul Morgan (bass) & Bobby Worth (drums).
The Nigel Price Organ Trio. Led by multi-award winning guitarist Nigel Price and featuring Ross Stanley (organ) and Joel Barford (drums). The trio tours extensively every year, playing to packed houses and getting great reviews like this: “This is just about as good as it gets, whether you’re into guitar, organ, sax, drums or simply great jazz.”
Featuring Count Basie’s music, Andy’s Big Band will be playing the iconic 1958 album ‘The Atomic Mr Basie’ in its entirety in the original arrangements. Taking over Basie’s piano stool is Roy Hilton, with Paul Whitten (bass), Phil Crabbe (drums), & vocalists Yvonne Lloyd & Dave Williams adding a little magic to more Basie classics.
The Andy Williams/Joss Peach Quartet. Local heros Andy (guitar) and Joss (keys) team up with Terry Pack (bass) and Angus Bishop (drums). A wide ranging mix of standards, Latin/contemporary tunes and a smattering of originals too, presented in a style of jazz with a more European vibe – plus a nod in the direction of Pat Metheny.
Alison Rayner (double bass) leads this multi-award winning quintet, which also features guitarist Deirdre Cartwright, both former members of the celebrated 1980’s Latin-jazz group The Guest Stars, alongside Diane McLoughlin (sax), Steve Lodder (keys) and Buster Birch (drums), ARQ play ‘songs without words’, creating a strong sense of narrative and cinematic quality.
The Xhosa Cole Quartet featuring award winning Xhosa on tenor sax with Josh Vadiveloo on guitar, Nathan England-Jones on bass and Steve Saunders on drums.
Thokozile – upbeat and exciting South African Jazz led by Dan Somogyi (keys, gtr), Terry Quinney (sax), Rob Palmer (gtr), Jack Shaughnessy (bass) and Neil Evans (drums).
Our Christmas Special concert this year is Simon Thorpe’s band Jivin’ Miss Daisy. With the wonderful Liz Fletcher (vox), the band also has a 4-piece horn section and a 4-piece rhythm section with some of the very best musicians anywhere in the world. They will be performing a combination of feel-good music from the 30’s & 40’s. It’s going to be a fun evening with Muld Wine and Mince Pies to help you get into the mood!