August
14th Eddie Gripper with Dan Newbury and Greg Sterland saxes Ashley John Long bass
20th Rachel Starritt trio - with Liz Exel drums, Ursula Harrison bass an Rachel on piano https://www.rachelstarritt.com/jazz
27th Ben Thomas & Jim Barber Quartet - Ben Thomas trumpet, Jim Barber piano, Pasquale Votino double bass and Iolo Whelan drums be playing a selection of originals ( ben’s and Jim's) plus some of our favourites
September
4th Geoff Eales quartet - Geoff on piano, Ben Waghorn saxes, Ashley John Long bass and Liz Exel drums http://www.geoffeales.com
10th Joe Northwood Jam Session - Joe and his band start the gig off with a few numbers and thenthe stage is open to players who want to join in. Bring along your instruments and also some tunes that you want to play.
11th ATLANTIC ROAD TRIP - Chad McCullough-Trumpet (USA), Paul Towndrow - Alto SaxFlute,Whistles (Scotland), Miro Herak -Vibraphone (Slovakia/Holland),Alyn Cosker - Drums, (Scotland), Connor Murray- Bass (Ireland) Trans-national teamwork, it should be noted, can often lead to an impressive outcome, which is certainly true of ONE, an exemplary debut album by the masterful quintet Atlantic Road Trip.” All About Jazz https://atlanticroadtrip.net
18th Henrik Jensen Trio - Esben Tjalve - Piano, Henrik Jensen - Bass, Dave Smith DrumsSomewhere between the kind of mysteriously loose-swinging Miles quintet sound of the mid’ 60s the film-noir harmonies and majestic bass-playing of Charlie Haden, and the folksong like themes and patiently subtle impro of so much North European jazz of recent decades,comes the music of Henrik Jensen.’ (John Fordham) https://www.henrik-jensen.com
25th Florian Arbenz Trio - Florian Arbenz - Drums, Percy Pursglove - Trumpet, Jim Hart - Vibes/drums Bringing the essence of Latin American double percussion line ups to the contemporary jazz sphere, I just wanted to share an advance clip of the upcoming album featuring British trumpeter Percy Pursglove and drum/vibes wizard Jim Hart: https://florianarbenz.com