Dave Jones - piano, Andy Hague - trumpet, Ben Waghorn - tenor sax, Ashley John Long - bass, Ryan Thrupp - drums We end our 22/23 season as we started it, with the Dave Jones Quintet playing the music of saxophonist Kenny Garrett. When the band performed back in September 22 it was one of...
A special co-promotion between the Jazz Defenders and The Be-Bop Club to launch new single "Rolling On A High" featuring guest vocalist Doc Brown. Please note that this gig is on Wednesday not our usual Thursday, and will be in the Hen and Chicken's larger upstairs Studio room. Doors open 7.45 pm, band onstage at...
daoud is a trumpet player, record producer, mixer, songwriter, and composer based in France - he visited the UK last year for a short tour which produced some very well-received gigs. For tonight's appearance, he is joined in the front-line by Dan Newberry on sax, a favourite at the club whose mature playing belies his...
Trumpeter Andy Hague reunites the line-up which recorded his Coming of Age CD back in 2018, this will actually be only the band's second appearance since Covid struck. The music will be a mixture of tunes from Coming of Age and some of Andy's earlier albums. “So impressed with this record, wow, it’s current, it’s...
Saxophonist Duncan Anselm was a prominent member of Bristol's jazz community through the 1990s before he moved out of the city. Whilst in Bristol Duncan was a member of the fondly remembered Charles Mingus tribute Mingus Fingers, a septet led by bassist Dave Griffiths. He now revisits the Mingus repertoire with a new quintet. Bassist...
The Be-Bop Club is delighted to welcome one of the UK's finest jazz trumpeters to appear alongside some of Bristol's best-known players in a quintet specially formed for the evening. Quentin Collins has performed, toured, and recorded with a plethora of internationally renowned artists across many genres including Fred Wesley, Gregory Porter, Mark Ronson, Omar,...
The melodic and inventive guitar playing of Matt Hopkins has been featured in groups as stylistically diverse as Andy Sheppard’s Hotel Bristol, Emily Wright & The Royals, and the Hopkins-Hammond Trio. He also takes the lead role in the “Music of Pat Metheny” project alongside pianist Dave Newton. Matt is also known as an instructor...
Benn Clatworthy is a truly impressive modern jazz tenor saxophonist who was rated by the late Ronnie Scott as one of the best UK players that he had heard. Although born in London Benn has been resident in California since 1980, but returns to perform in the UK on a regular basis - however, due...
Pianist Dave Jones closed off our summer season with his quintet playing the music of Kenny Garrett, but for tonight he returns to his original quartet format to play the music of Dave Jones, with Andy Hague returning to the drum chair instead of his trumpet role in the quintet. Dave is a classically-trained pianist...
Saxophonist Sam Crockatt returns to the club as band leader, with a formidable line-up all of whom lead their own projects and are recognised as fine composers. Having graduated from the Royal Academy, Sam Crockatt formed a band with Gwilym Simcock, Oli Hayhurst, and Ben Reynolds leading to debut recording Howeird in 2008, which won...
Abacus is a project run by Birmingham-based saxophonist, composer, and improvisor Liam Brennan. Formed in 2022, the project concept was heavily influenced by Omer Avital’s Asking No Permission which featured a 4-horn frontline. The music aims to combine concepts from both the jazz small group tradition as well as the big band lineage. It features...
Jakub Klimiuk Quintet is a new project combining modern jazz with influences from Scandinavian improvised music, Eastern European folk and contemporary classical pieces. The resultant repertoire, consisting of original compositions, is a highly energetic mix of scripted forms and free improvisation, drawing from various genres but at the same time staying deeply rooted in the...
