Andy Hague - trumpet, Ben Waghorn - tenor sax, Jim Blomfield - piano, Chris Jones - bass, Lisa Cherian - congas, Mark Whitlam - drums Trumpeter Andy Hague ran his popular salsa/jazz octet Conjunto Gringo from 2010 to 2018, and now presents a slimmed down sextet version to play rearranged versions of the Conjunto repertoire,...
Sophie Stockham - saxes, Adam Stokes - guitar, Ruth Hammond - organ, Matt Brown - drums The Sophie Stockham Quartet pay tribute to the great Hard Bop saxophonist Lou Donaldson. Known for his soulful bluesy approach to the saxophone, Donaldson was one of the pioneering voices in Hard Bop during his time with Art Blakey and The Jazz...
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,...
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...
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,...
Phonseca launch their first new music in 5 years with their new album Everything Lasts Forever. With excellent support from Alex Comaish and DJ Chris Faulkner. Phonseca is the Synthpop/Ambient/Electronica project, which brings together Bristol’s much respected keys/synth player, classically trained pianist Matthew O’Connor and brilliant Swedish vocalist Kristina Sheppard. Matthew has a rich musical...
John Law - piano, Sam Crockatt - tenor saxophone, Nick Pini - bass, Alex Goodyear - drums This is the same rhythm section that played with saxophonist Jon Lloyd in a completely sold-out gig back in January, so hopefully another highly popular gig in the offing. Pianist John Law takes over band-leader and compositional duties...
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...
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...
Jake McMurchie - tenor sax, Huw Warren - piano, Henrik Jensen - bass, Andy Hague - drums
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...
Adam, from Seville in Spain, comes to the UK for the first time to promote his third CD of self-composed songs and tunes. Expect an evening mix of blues, ragtime and folk mixed in with Spanish and spaghetti western influences and a hint of pink Floyd …. With superb musicianship ….Intrigued? Tickets are priced so...
