To ease us in to the new year we launch with Andy Hague's Double Standards, focusing on some less commonly played melodic standards with maybe a couple of originals thrown in for variety. A rare appearance at the club for pianist Dale Hambridge who is always super busy - he has previously played at the...
Amazing new line-up put together by phenomenal saxophonist Alex Merritt. Back in 2016 Alex’s debut album ‘Anatta’, featuring legendary American drummer Jeff Williams, received critical acclaim as a “promising debut, of striking quality” from the Guardian’s John Fordham and was praised as “one of the best UK jazz recordings I’ve heard this year” by Marlbank’s...
Saxophonist Sam Crockatt returns to the club with his new trio line-up. 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 a Parliamentary Jazz Award later that year. Flood Tide followed commended by The Guardian for...
Since their previous visit in Feb 2023 the Jon Lloyd Quartet have released their album Earth Songs, which has been met with huge critical acclaim and has achieved close to a million worldwide track streams. “The interplay between the quartet members is magical, instinctive… creating music of often startling beauty.” - Peter Vacher, Jazzwise magazine,...
Adrian Cox Trio | Makin' Runs | SPECIAL ft. Live Illustration with Con Mchugh In association with the Bristol Jazz Festival "Makin' Runs," the latest project by internationally acclaimed clarinetist Adrian Cox, delves into alternative ragtime repertoire from the early jazz era, aiming to capture and express the timeless essence of the music. According to...
The Be-Bop Club presents Kieron Garrett Quartet Pianist Kieron Garrett has been well known on the London circuit for many years and has performed at some of the UK’s most famous venues including Ronnie Scott’s, 606 Club, the Jazz Café, Pizza Express Jazz Club and the Royal Albert Hall. He has shared stages with some...
The Be-Bop Club presents the Aidan Pope Quartet Aidan is a guitarist, composer and educator based in the midlands. During his time studying at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Aidan was awarded the Phil Miller solo guitar prize and was noted as having a strong improvisation aesthetic by British guitar legend John Etheridge. He has recorded...
The Be-Bop Club presents the Dave Jones Quintet Spring 2024 saw the Dave Jones Quintet touring to mark the occasion of Dave's 60th birthday, performing a mixed programme of Dave's original compositions alongside those of Kenny Garrett. The tour included a return visit to London's Pizza Express Soho, where the band had recorded their live...
The Be-Bop Club presents The Alex Clarke & Eddie Gripper Quartet After a short stint of gigs in 2023, the quartet reunites for a swift, heavy hitting UK tour of hard-bop and feel good swing. As a finalist in the BBC Young Jazz Musician of the Year 2020, winner of the Rising Star category in...
