Wednesday 9th April - Lyn Fairbanks

 Lyn sings jazz standards with Norman Bolton (piano), Pete Willmott (bass) & Paul Turner(drums)

More at ... http://lynfairbanks.com/home/ 

Wednesday14th May - Swing City Trio

A tribute to the Swing era in Manhattan. 

Steve Andrews (sax and clarinet), Roly Veitch (guitar) & Roy Cansdale (bass) **CD Launch**

Celebrating the launch of their first CD, the Swing City Trio demonstrate the art of New York's small groups in a cross section of popular songs of the 30's and 40's that became synonymous with the Swing era and a new voice for the clarinet, saxophone, guitar, and double bass!

Wednesday 11th June - Sue Parish

With Vinny Parker ~ Piano, Dave Turner ~ Bass and Tim Franks ~ Drums

Sue Parish is a spellbinding vocalist with a passion for jazz singing. Her three octave vocal range, and her ability to perform in every style from the subtlest of whispers, via a highwire scat vocal through to a fullthroated blues roar make for exciting gigs and delighted audiences and bookers.

Sue's varied vocal career has encompassed everything from trad jazz to barbershop quartet work. Her current focus is exploring classic standards, inspired by her favourite singers Ella Fitzgerald, Peggy Lee, Anita O'Day and Blossom Dearie. She sings songs from the last century, particularly the 30s, 40s and 50s, from bright and breezy swing to sultry latin and all points in between. Her extensive repertoire of over 200 songs includes many classics from the Great American Songbook, but also lesser known material, and pieces not normally performed in a jazz style. She can deliver a torch song with the best of them, but is particularly fond of joyful songs that make you glad to be alive, and send you home dancing.

Wednesday 9th July - Aaron Weinstein

Jazz violinist from USA

More here ... http://www.aaronweinstein.net 

Wednesday 13th August - Jake Fryer & The London Be Bop Collective

Jake Fryer - Alto Saxophone
Rodney Mendoza - Piano
Nick Pugh - Double Bass
John Sergeant - Drums

The fantastic playing of Bird, Clifford Brown, Dexter Gordon and Johnny Hodges amongst others had a strong impact on Jake from a young age .
Soon after graduating in music he began playing lead alto in the Stan Reynolds and Bill Geldard Big Band.Working alongside such musicians as Jackie Armstrong and Derek Healey.
This in turn lead to function and recording work with t.v. musical director Don Hunt,and fellow jazz musicians Frank Griffith,Simon Carter and Janusez Carmella.
His playing is strongly rooted in the Be Bop/Hard Bop idiom and his greatest influence is the American alto star Phil Woods.Jakes full,passionate tone and driving sense of swing is frequently commented upon admiringly ."It's important to be a passionate player"Jake comments,"thats the great tradition of making music,make it come from the voice.No matter where the venue or size of the crowd blow it as if it's the last chorus you'll ever take."
Jake has enjoyed great sucsses with groups in the U.K. playing venues including The National Theatre, The Criterion Theatre and a residency at the Bulls Head.He has also played abroad in Canada and most recently at the Duc des Lombards jazz club in Paris.Jake also played at the 2006 London Jazz festival at the Pizza Express Dean Street Club with Malene Mortenson supporting Stan Tracey and Guy Barker.He has also guested with Karen Lane at Pizza on the Park playing alongside pianist Tom Cawley.
The release of his album "On Our Terms" with his latest band "The London Be Bop Collective" boasts a line up of some of the top names on the UK jazz scene .It has lead to an invite to headlinig apperances at the Jazz Utsav in Delhi and the Bandra festival in Mumbai.Following this his band will be touring India in Calcutta ,Bangalore and Puna.There is a UK tour planned for mid 2008 with venues up and down the country from Scotland to the Channel Islands.
As well as performing with his own jazz group Jake has played lead alto with the legendry motown group the Four Tops.He has also performed in musicals up and down the country as well as Londons West End and composed various pieces of music for television.

More at ... http://www.myspace.com/londonbebopcollective 

Wednesday 10th September - John Hallam & House Band

Clarinets & Saxophones

"...an individual style characterised by an airy swing, a lyrical approach to improvising,an unflagging dynamism and prevailing good taste" Chris Lee - Manchester Evening News

1999 - John formed his own Jazztet to play and record the music HE wanted to play.

The instruments he regularly plays are:-

Bflat, Eflat and Bass Clarinets; Flute;
Soprano, Alto, Tenor and Baritone Saxophones

Being so versatile, John is equally at home with any type of music, and his innovative and sensitive playing has made him a firm favourite with all audiences, especially on the jazz scene.

INFLUENCES
Clarinet:- Benny Goodman; Artie Shaw; Barney Bigard; Ed Hall; Pee Wee Russell; Eddie Daniels; Sandy Brown; Archie Semple; Dave Jones and Acker Bilk.

Saxophones:- Eddie Mellor; Lester Young; Ben Webster; Stan Getz; Paul Desmond;
Art Pepper; Lennie Niehaus and Gerry Mulligan.

Wednesday 8th October

Tim Kliphuis

A welcome return for Tim who will be accompanied by Roly Veitch, guitar & Roy Cansdale, bass. 

Since he embarked on a solo career in 2004, Kliphuis has performed with such world-renowned jazz players as Les Paul, Bob Wilber, Herb Geller, Bucky Pizzarelli and Stochelo Rosenberg. He has played jazz festivals all over the world, including North Sea Jazz, La Villette (Paris), Edinburgh Jazz Festival, Djangofests in Seattle, Chicago and Philadelphia and clubs such as Ronnie Scott’s, Pizza Express (London) and Iridium Jazz Club (New York).

With his new London-based Quartet, featuring Len Skeat, Mitch Dalton and James Pearson, he recorded The Grappelli Tribute (2005) which was released to rave reviews. This line-up enables Tim to fuse more and more of his classical background into jazz.

Tim's Grappelli Workshops often accompany concerts on tour. He is now working his broad teaching experience into a violin tuition book about Stéphane Grappelli's style.

Tim Kliphuis plays Artiste strings by John Pearse. 

On the web... www.timkliphuis.com

 £7.50 on the door

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Wednesday 12th November

Mike Hope (tenor sax) with the Mike Reynolds Trio

 £7 on the door

Wednesday 10th December

Alan Barnes & The Steve Chadwick Quartet

Yes, we finally convinced him!

A very warm welcome return to Alan who has supported

and delighted our club over the years.

The quartet is Steve Chadwick - Cornet

Dan Whieldon - Piano

Gavin Barras - Double Bass

Hugh Lawrence - Drums

& of course the inimitable

Alan Barnes - Alto, Baritone, Clarinet

You know the score - a night not to be missed!

£10

On the web... www.alanbarnesjazz.com