Saxophonist Dan Newberry holds a Masters from the Royal Welsh College and is one of the brightest rising stars of the scene. He studied with sax great Iain Ballamy from an early age, and has acquired an appreciation of all styles of jazz sax, able to switch from 30s swing to the most contemporary sounds...
Ross Hicks is a young Cardiff based pianist who made a great impression on a short tour with saxophonist Simon Spillett in 2023 and played his debut trio gig at the Be-Bop Club in 2024. "Hicks was a revelation, ideas emerged and developed and injected drama even as the pieces unfolded at near terminal velocity"...
London-based saxophonist and Dankworth Prize-winning composer Matt Anderson released his fourth album, Live at Leeds Jazz Festival, in 2024 with his long-running quartet. This live recording from the middle of their May 2023 U.K. tour is a snapshot of the band at their best: stretching out on a set of original tunes with a characteristically...
Andy Urquhart is the power house trumpeter who has played at the club many times with Sound of Blue Note. Tonight he appears for the first time as band leader playing a set of standards and contemporary jazz tunes by current luminaries. Based near Blandford Forum, Andy has for many years led the house band...
Fini Bearman is a superb vocalist who took over from Brigitte Beraha as vocal tutor for the last few years of the Falmouth Jazz Summer School, and is Professor of Jazz Songwriting at London's Guildhall School. Visiting the club for the first time, she is touring nationally with her band of A-list London jazz musicians....
The Hopkins-Hammond Trio was formed in 2016 to explore the classic organ trio line-up popularised by Jimmy Smith of Hammond organ, guitar and drums. It was immediately apparent that the players generated a special chemistry, and they have gone on to become one of the hardest grooving bands on the Bristol scene, playing tunes by...
Andy Hague - trumpet, Ben Waghorn - tenor sax, Jim Blomfield - piano, Riaan Vosloo - bass, Mark Whitlam - drums Trumpeter Andy Hague returns from his summer break with the quintet to open the Be-Bop Club's 25/26 season. The music will be a mixture of tunes from quintet album Coming of Age , Andy's...
Kevin Figes - alto sax/flute, Dale Hambridge - piano, Matthew Read - bass, Andy Hague - drums Due to illness, poor Brigitte Beraha has had to cancel the first part of her tour, so many thanks for the musicians above for stepping in at short notice. The great thing about the Bristol scene is that...
Solo performance CRH Music invites you to a unique opportunity to experience a solo performance by Australian singer-songwriter / guitarist, Nigel Wearne. Marking a return to his roots as a folk songwriter, he launches his latest album, ‘The Lone Reckoning’. A raw, emotive, stripped-back rendition of his 2023 award-nominated album ‘The Reckoning’. Self-produced by Wearne,...
James Borland - trumpet, Nick Manz - piano, Ben Love - bass, Kai Chareunsy - drums. Trumpeter James Borland first visited the club in Nov 23 as part of the Birmingham based sextet Abacus led by Liam Brennan, and impressed greatly with his warm sound and inventive phrasing. James was recently seen in national media...
Greg Sterland - tenor sax, Pasquale Votino - bass, Paolo Adamo - drums This trio were heard recently hosting one of the jam sessions at the Stag and Hounds and impressed greatly with their well structured set and careful use of the chordless instrumentation. Very much a cooperative venture, the compositions developed as a group...
Dom Franks - saxophones, Matt Hopkins - guitar, Anders Olinder - organ, Andy Tween - drums Established in 2010 as a vehicle for the accessible, groove driven compositions of saxophonist Dom Franks, StrayHorn Quartet come to the club fresh from a UK tour and on the back of a glowing 4* Jazzwise review of their...
