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).
Five Way Split
An exciting modern jazz quintet featuring Quentin Collins (tpt), Vasilis Xenopoulos (sax), Rob Barron (keys), Matyas Hofecker (bass) and Matt Home (drums).
Note: 50% discount on ticket price for under 25’s
Art Themen: Thane and the Villeins.
Great band featuring Art on tenor and soprano saxes, Pete Whittaker on Organ and George Double on Drums.
Note: 50% discount on ticket price for under 25’s
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.
Roger Beaujolais (vibes) & Tommaso Starace (sax) – they’ve both played here before but never together, though they frequently share a stage at clubs & festivals across the UK & Europe.
Expect plenty of fireworks from these two superb musicians, in a quartet which also features ace double bass player Nigel Thomas & drum maestro Milo Fell.
The Nighthawks explore film in a jazz setting, from Legrand to Bacharach, & films such as Butch Cassidy & The Thomas Crown Affair, arranged by leader George Trebar (bass). They also play originals & an eclectic mix from the jazz canon.
Joining George are Roy Hilton (keys), Matt Wates (sax) & Joe Edwards (dms). Tonight their CD ‘Pages & Frames’ is launched.
The Brandon Allen Quartet. A master of the tenor sax and a regular side-man in Kyle Eastwood’s band. A charismatic character with a huge tone, Brandon goes from Muscular & robust to warm & soothing to high octane edge; he has it all. With him tonight are Tim Lapthorn (keys), Simon Thorpe (bass) & Pete Cater (drums).
The Andy Panayi Quartet – Flute to the Power of 4 – ALBUM LAUNCH GIG
Andy plays all the flutes – piccolo, flute, alto flute and bass flute. With him on the night are the other players on the album – Mark Edwards (keys), Oz Dechaine (bass) and Joe Edwards (drums).
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.