Hen & Chicken

Jazz: Martin and Andy Play The Real Book
2026-09-24 20:00 - 22:00 UTC | Chicken Shed
To launch the 26/27 season, we start with the front-line pairing of saxophonist Martin Kern and trumpeter Andy Hague. For tonight’s gig, they will be ditching the printed arrangements and playing a selection of standards and Blue Note era classics they both know from memory, in homage to the famous Real Books. For the non-players out there, the Real Books are collections of jazz tunes used for repertoire by many jazz musicians since the early 1980s.
Martin Kern grew up in Bülach near Zürich in Switzerland and later studied in Paris at the Cèntre d´’Information Musicale and at the Swiss Jazz School in Bern before spending some time in New York. He then moved to Berlin where he became a part oft he vibrant jazz scene. It was there that he recorded his first albums as a bandleader, “Visions” and “Now Is The Music”. He later moved to Vienna where he recorded his most recent CD “Live At The ORF”, a live radio concert at the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation. Martin’s music is a striking blend of bebop, hard bop and contemporary jazz, his sound reflecting those of legendary saxophonists Sonny Rollins, Dexter Gordon and others.
Pianist Tom Berge is a graduate of Leeds College and besides being incredibly busy with live jazz gigs is building a career as a composer, having written music for the BBC, Sky, ITV and other production companies.
Will Harris holds a Masters in jazz bass from the Royal Academy, but is also a medical doctor. We’ve seen a little less of drummer Ryan Thrupp recently since he is now based in London, so great to have him back for this opening gig.

Bristol jazz saxophonist Martin Kern – www.martinkernmusic.com

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Jazz: Sam Glaser Quintet
2026-10-01 20:00 - 22:30
For our first touring band of the season we’re pleased to present for the first time saxophonist Sam Glaser, with a band of current London luminaries who between them have been performing with artists such as Alex Hitchcock, Emma Rawicz, Ant Law, Kit Downes and more.
Sam Glaser is an alto saxophonist, composer and bandleader based in London, UK. He is a virtuosic improviser and a unique voice on the UK jazz scene, and his warm and distinctive saxophone sound, paired with lyrical, energetic, and emotive playing, have led to renown amongst musicians and listeners alike. Sam’s saxophone playing is firmly grounded in the history of jazz music but takes great inspiration from modern masters including Will Vinson, Chris Potter, Kurt Rosenwinkel, and Ben Wendel.
Sam graduated from the Royal Academy of Music in 2016 with a 1st class honours degree in jazz saxophone, where he studied with some of the UK’s leading jazz musicians including Julian Siegel, Iain Ballamy, Nikki Iles, James Allsopp, Gareth Lockrane, and Tom Cawley. He was also a member of the National Youth Jazz Orchestra between 2013 and 2018, where he held the principle alto chair for two years and during which time performed with artists including Gregory Porter, Clare Teal, Zoe Rahman, and Jason Yarde. He was also a featured soloist on the studio album “NYJO 50”, released on Whirlwind Records in 2015.
Highly sought after, Sam has performed with leading musicians and bands including the Tom Smith big band, Patchwork Jazz Orchestra, the Gareth Lockrane Big Bang, Adam Woodcock’s Meridian, and the Tom Niblock big band. He was a featured soloist on Stan Sulzmann’s “Mon Ami”, released in 2021, and recorded for Slowly Rolling Camera on their record “Juniper”, released on Edition Records in 2018.
Read more here: Sam Glaser Music

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Jazz: From A to Z – The music of Al Cohn and Zoot Sims
2026-10-08 20:00 - 22:30
Al Cohn and Zoot Sims were one of the great tenor sax partnerships in jazz. In a series of albums beginning in the late fifties, along with regular spots at the Half Note in New York, they developed a quintet sound based on a joyful approach to performing, rooted in swing, informed by bebop and growing from their experiences together in the Woody Herman band. Al Cohn’s arrangements are super hip and not performed all that often. They often create the feeling of a ‘mini-big band’, with driving swing and tight ensemble playing, along with space for the soloists to shine individually and in duet. This is an exciting challenge for a band and a hugely enjoyable experience for the audience.
For this brand-new project, Luke Annesley has assembled some great musicians, all well-known to Bristol audiences (and beyond), to recreate Cohn’s arrangements, which he has meticulously transcribed. With Ruth Hammond alongside Luke himself on tenor saxes, the band also features Tom Berge on piano, Riaan Vosloo on double bass and Scott Hammond on drums. Luke has a story about meeting Zoot Sims when he was 14 which he’ll bend your ear about given an opportunity, but probably even better just to sit back and enjoy an evening’s homage to the music of Al and Zoot!
Read more about the music of Al Cohn & Zoot Sims here: https://nationaljazzarchive.org.uk/explore/interviews/1634252-al-cohn-and-zoot-sims

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Music: Sarah Yeo - Joan Baez And Me
2026-11-18 19:45 - 22:15
One of the UK’s high rising songwriters Sarah Yeo took the UK by storm earlier in 2026 with her sell out tour of the Music Of Joan Baez’ She is returning again to perform this material in her own “beautiful voice” (BBC) from Joan’s early career from the first recording, ‘Harvard Square’ and onward through her lengthy journey to date, telling pivotal stories and singing key songs from the Newport Festival days, her years in Nashville, activism around the world, her relationship both on and off the stage with Bob Dylan, and her love of recording just great songs.
The set list takes note of the current political climate and includes self penned songs ‘Diamonds and Rust’, ‘The Winds of the Old Days’, Dylan greats such as ‘Love Is Just A Four Letter Word’, ‘There But For Fortune’, ‘Farewell Angelina’ and the wonderful catalogue from songwriters Stevie Wonder, Phil Ochs, Janis Ian and not forgetting the early Folk covers, ‘The Banks of the Ohio’, ‘House of the Rising Sun’ and many more hits.
This time this singer and acoustic guitarist will include a small selection of her own beautiful compositions during the evening from her recent highly acclaimed album releases ‘The Wisdom Of The Wind’ and ‘The Circles Of The Grain’
Sarah, a recent finalist in the ‘International songwriting competition’, also delves into the Spanish language repertoire Joan loved so much.
Sarah’s ‘warm rich voice’ with sweet higher notes, lends itself perfectly for this special evening of songs and stories.
As Sarah learns more about Miss Baez’s life and career, she feels she can relate to her in many ways, making the project a very personal, interesting and inspiring experience.
Learn more about Sarah Yeo here: Songwriter | Sarah-yeo-singer | England

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