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...
Jake McMurchie - tenor sax, Huw Warren - piano, Henrik Jensen - bass, Andy Hague - drums
Dee Byrne - alto sax, Nick Malcolm - trumpet, Tom Ward - clarinets, Rebecca Nash - piano, Olie Brice - bass, Andrew Lisle - drums Dee Byrne has a powerful and innovative sound on alto sax, and is a very creative and original composer. Her album Outlines was released on Whirlwind Recordings in June 2023 and...
Jim Blomfield - piano, Jonny Bruce - trumpet, Martin Kern - tenor sax, Roshan 'Tosh' Wijetunge - bass, Jon Clarke - drums, Lisa Cherian - congas Recognised as one of the UK's finest Latin jazz and salsa pianists, Jim Blomfield has worked with such legends of the genre as Roberto Pla, Henry Fiol and Asere...
John Donegan - piano, Andy Hague - trumpet, Luke Annesley - alto sax, Ben Waghorn - tenor sax, Riaan Vosloo - bass, Ryan Thrupp - drums. Pianist John Donegan provided stand-out gigs in 2023 and 2024, and returns to present a new CD and batch of compositions. For his new album "We Will Meet Again,...
Our special guest soloist tonight is Simon Spillett, who over the past twenty years or so has established himself as one of the UK's pre-eminent saxophonists. Simon is a firm advocate of straight ahead hard-swinging modern jazz, and his lack of pretention has made him a huge hit with the UK jazz audience, although he sometimes...
Daan Temmink - piano, Duncan Kingston - bass, Rob Brian - drums The Daan Temmink Trio blends cinematic classical and jazz colours with sophisticated, emotive melodies and harmonies. Pianist and award-nominated film composer Daan Temmink, Grammy-winning drummer Robert Brian (Siouxsie Sioux, Loreena McKennitt), and Bristol-based bassist Duncan Kingston (Matt Owens) bring years of playing together,...
