December 16 @ 8:00 pm – 10:30 pm GMT
Andy Panayi’s Big Band returns!
This time with Duncan Lamont’s suite ‘As If By Magic‘, written for the iconic 1970’s children’s TV show ‘Mr Benn’ and re-scored for jazz Big Band 20 years later. Plus a second set filled with the music of Elllington and Basie. Featuring special guests:
Duncan Lamont Jr & Robert Fowler (saxes/woodwinds) and Anthony Kerr (vibes/xylophone)
November 25 @ 8:00 pm – 10:30 pm GMT
Chris Coull’s ‘Porgy and Bess’
Chris’s band play a dynamic performance of timeless favourites alongside rediscovered gems. With interspersed narration from the opera, hard bop grooves, Latin rhythms and sumptuous ballads, this concert reimagines the Miles Davis–Gershwin masterpiece with both authenticity and invention — a spellbinding evening of world-class jazz.
Featuring Chris (tpt), Imogen Ryall (vox), John Turville (keys), Simon Thorpe (bass) & Matt Fishwick (drums)
October 28 @ 8:00 pm – 10:30 pm GMT
The Neal Richardson Septet
Neal’s new project ‘The Light Catcher’ features great new songs with his signature bluesy twist, presented by a seven-piece band ready to raise the roof and give you a great evening’s entertainment.
Neal (keys/vox), Sue Richardson (tpt), Jo Fooks (sax), Mark Nightingale (trombone), Luke Rattenbury (guitar), Miles Danso (bass) & Paul Cavaciuti (drums)
September 30 @ 8:00 pm – 10:30 pm BST
Five-Way Split
Hugely popular when they appeared here two years ago, the group is blazing a new trail in 2026 with their latest recording Modus Operandi, providing a continuation of the straight-ahead contemporary bop which was the hallmark of their standout debut album ‘All The Way’.
Quentin Collins (trumpet)
Vasilis Xenopoulos (sax)
Rob Barren (keys)
Matyas Hofeker (bass)
Matt Home (drums)
August 26 @ 8:00 pm – 10:30 pm BST
Lucy Pickering Band.
Lucy has been a professional singer for over 20 years. She has her own Joni Mitchell covers band, as well as singing in close harmony trio Cellophane Flowers, specialising in Beatles songs. But tonight we see her with her standards quartet, singing her interpretations of some of the best-loved jazz vocal classics. Featuring
Lucy (vocals)
Joss Peach (keys)
Terry Pack (bass)
Milo Fell (drums)
July 29 @ 8:00 pm – 10:30 pm BST
Edison Herbert (guitar).
Heavily influenced by the legends Wes Montgomery & Grant Green, and personally mentored by the iconic George Benson, Edison’s music sits at a sophisticated intersection of straight-ahead jazz, gospel, soul, & Caribbean rhythms. His band tonight:
Terence Collie
(keys)
Neville Malcolm
(bass)
Saleem Rahman
(drums)
June 24 @ 8:00 pm – 10:30 pm BST
Ben Crosland’s band ‘Threeway’ came into being 22 years ago, since when they have played all the major UK clubs and festivals many times over, and recorded several highly acclaimed albums. The trio features Ben (guitar), Steve Waterman (trumpet/flugelhorn) & Steve Lodder (keys). Together they play an attractive brand of melodic, fresh sounding, subtle jazz, the material largely written by all three band members. “…as near to perfection as anyone could want” Peter Vacher, Jazzwise.
May 27 @ 8:00 pm – 10:30 pm BST
Mark Nightingale & Freddie Gavita ‘Brass Generations’
Mark Nightingale’s (trombone) & Freddie Gavita’s (trumpet) quintet exclusively plays tunes composed by brass players. As well as Dizzy Gilespie, JJ Johnson & Clifford Brown, composers Sammy Nestico, Johnny Mandel & Thad Jones were all brass players too.This is a uniquely fresh programme performed by two of our very best brass players, with Jim Watson (keys), Dave Whitford (bass) & Matt Home (drums).
April 29 @ 8:00 pm – 10:30 pm BST
Zoe Gilby is a UK based jazz vocalist and winner of the Parliamentary Awards Jazz Vocalist of the Year 2019. ‘Pannonica’ is Zoe’s tribute to both the music of Thelonius Monk and the 1988 album from Carmen McRae, which featured lyrical interpretations of Monk’s quirky, complex compositions. Alongside Zoe are: Terence Collie (keys), Nick Lenner Webster (bass) & Ted Carass (drums).
March 25 @ 8:00 pm – 10:30 pm GMT
Andy Urquhart (trumpet) and Andy Panayi (tenor sax/flute) celebrate the partnership of Kenny Dorham and Joe Henderson with classic tunes from their early 1960’s Blue Note recordings. Joining them are Phil Doyle (keys), Oz Dechaine (double bass) & Angus Bishop (drums).