Gigs
Jazz at The Milk Bar | No Room For Squares | Reading
Wed 1 Feb | No Room For Squares | Jim Donovan presents jazz on vinyl from his archives | Reading | Milk Bar | 7.00pm | No Charge
The Colossal Perverts of Jazz | Reading
Thu 2 Feb | The Colossal Perverts of Jazz | Johnty (sax) & K Darling (bass/programming) | 35-39 London St, Reading RG1 4PS | Global Cafe | 8.30pm | Free
Johnty Wilks Spiritual Jazz | Reading
Sat 4 Feb | Johnty Wilks Spiritual Jazz | Johnty (alto & soprano saxes/keyboard/programming) & K Darling (bass/programming) | 21 South St, Reading RG1 4QU | South Street Arts Centre | 7.00pm | £17 in advance online / £20 on the door
Sunday Jazz | Stuart Henderson Trio | Reading
Sun 5 Feb | Sunday Jazz Trio | Stuart Henderson trumpet, piano & bass TBC | Reading | Abbot Cook | 1.30pm to 4.30pm | No charge
The Glenn Miller Orchestra / Sonning
Sun 5 Feb | The Glenn Miller Orchestra | The Mill | Sonning | Five saxophones, four trumpets, four trombones and three rhythm plus a male and female vocalist. The complete Miller Tribute | The Mill at Sonning | £51 including dinner | Dinner 6.15-8.00pm, Show 8.15pm
Pangbourne Jazz Club | Art Themen with the Terry Hutchins Quartet
Sun 5 Feb 2017 | Art Themen with the Terry Hutchins Quartet | Art Themen saxes, Terry Hutchins guitar, Malcolm Cliff piano, Keith Howard double bass, Matt Skeaping drums | Pangbourne Jazz Club | PWMC | 7.30pm | £7
Jazz at the Four Horseshoes | Sherfield-on-Loddon
Tues 7 Feb | Equinox with Leslie Hayworth | Leslie Hayworth vocals, Peter Bingham tenor sax, John Clarke guitar, Derek Alford bass, Paul Kaluza percussion | Sherfield-on-Loddon | Four Horseshoes | 8:00pm | No charge for admission (donations are welcomed)
Jazz at Burnham – Bob Christopher
Wed 8 Feb | Jazz at Burnham – Bob Christopher | Bob Christopher, saxes & vocals, Phil Craddock piano, Paul Read bass, Jim Wade drums | Burnham | Royal British Legion | 8:30pm | No charge
Jazz at the Magpie and Parrot – Patrick Moore Band | Shinfield
Thurs 9 Feb | Jazz at the Magpie and Parrot – Patrick Moore Band | Patrick Moore bass, Ewen Baird saxes, Kevin Armstrong guitar, Mike Goff drums | Shinfield | Magpie and Parrot | 8:00pm | £5
Bracknell Jazz – Simon Cook Trio with Sarah Dowling & Nigel Price
Fri 10 Feb | Bracknell Jazz – Simon Cook Trio with Sarah Dowling & Nigel Price | Sarah Dowling vocals, Nigel Price guitar, Simon Cook piano, Andy Masters bass, McGill Anderson drums | Bracknell | South Hill Park Jazz, Recital Room | 7.30pm | £10.00/£5 U18s
Gli Avanzi Jazz Quintet | Jolly Anglers | Reading
Sat 11 Feb | Gli Avanzi jazz Quintet | Lorenzo Todorow tenor, Martin Dix guitar, Chris Wagstaff trumpet, Jim Saunders bass, Andrew Last drums | Reading | The Jolly Anglers | 8.45pm | No charge
Sunday Jazz at Jagz | The Leon Greening Trio | Ascot
Sun 12 Feb | The Leon Greening Trio | Leon Greening piano, Adam King bass, Steve Brown drums | Ascot | Jagz | 12.30 to 3.30pm | £10
Sunday Jazz | Stuart Henderson Trio | Reading
Sun 12 Feb| Sunday Jazz Trio | Stuart Henderson trumpet, piano & bass TBC | Reading | Abbot Cook | 1.30pm to 4.30pm | No charge
Jam in Reading – Mark Burton Quartet | Reading
Tues 14 Feb | Jam in Reading – Mark Burton Quartet | Jam session with house band, open to singers and instrumentalists | Les Foden saxophone, Mark Burton keyboards, Nick Hill bass, Eddie Hall drums | Reading | Global Café | 8.30pm | No charge
Simon Spillett’s “Standard Miles” | Marlow
Tue 14 Feb | Simon Spillett’s “Standard Miles” | Simon Spillett sax, Henry Lowther trumpet, John Critchinson piano, Dave Green bass, Trevor Tompkins drums | Marlow | Royal British Legion | 8.30pm | £10
Yateley & Crowthorne Big Band Society (YCBBS) | Sandhurst
Tues 14 Feb | Yateley & Crowthorne Big Band Society (YCBBS) present two record recitals from the golden age of swing | Sandhurst Community Hall | 7.30pm | £3.50 | Meetings are held on the second Tuesday of each month | Further details from Kay Sealey 0252 661037)
Martin Shaw | Maidenhead
Fri 17 Feb | Martin Shaw trumpet, Piers Green sax and rhythm section headed by Clark Tracey drums | Maidenhead | Norden Farm Centre for the Arts, Courtyard Theatre | 8.00pm | £15 (£13 conc) (£5 under 16s)
Sunday Jazz | Stuart Henderson Trio | Reading
Sun 19 Feb | Sunday Jazz Trio | Stuart Henderson trumpet, piano & bass TBC | Reading | Abbot Cook | 1.30pm to 4.30pm | No charge
Stuart Henderson Quartet “Chet meets Clifford” | Reading
Tue 21 Feb | Stuart Henderson Quartet with a celebration of two of the twentieth century’s most iconic trumpet players, Chet Baker and Clifford Brown | Stuart Henderson trumpet, Graeme Taylor piano, Raph Misraki bass, Simon Price drums (and maybe guest Mike Booker baritone sax) | Henley Road, Playhatch, Reading | The Flowing Spring | 8.30pm | £5
Fleur Stevenson hosts Jazz Singers Night | Reading
Tues 21 Feb | Fleur Stevenson hosts Jazz Singers Night in Reading | Fleur Stevenson vocals, Maff Potts piano, Nick Hill bass, Ben Robins drums | Reading | Global Café | 9.00pm – jam from 9.30pm | No charge
Blues and Beyond: Jukes Blues | Arborfield
Tues 21 Feb | Blues and Beyond: Jukes Blues – a classic rhythm and blues band with soul | Arborfield | The Swan Inn | 8pm | £5
Jazz in Fleet at The Harlington
Tue 21 Feb | Andy Cleyndert Quartet | Andy Cleyndert bass, Martin Shaw trumpet, Colin Oxley guitar, Mark Edwards piano | Fleet | Fleet Jazz Club | The Harlington |8.00pm | £12
Jazz Jam in Reading: Ken Thompson Trio | Reading
Wed 22 Feb | Jam session with house band, open to singers and instrumentalists | Ken Thompson guitar, Phil Berry bass, Paul Glover drums | Reading | Global Café | 8:30pm | No charge
Brazilian music evening | Stanton St John
Wed 22 Feb | Brazilian music evening | Mischa Adams vocals & percussion, Tim Lapthorn piano, Tim Dawes bass, Nathan Allen drums | Stanton St John | The Talkhouse | 8.30pm | No charge
Stuart Henderson’s Remix Jazz Orchestra | Finchampstead
Fri 24 Feb | Stuart Henderson’s Remix Jazz Orchestra | Stuart Henderson trumpet, line up see web site | Finchampstead | Memorial Hall, RG40 4JU | http://www.remixjazzorchestra.co.uk/ | 8.30pm | Price TBC
Hungerford Jazz Forum Jam Session | Hungerford
Fri 24 Feb | Hungerford Jazz Forum Jam Session | Hungerford | Royal British Legion | 8.00pm | £2.00
Dinner jazz at The Angel – Lea Lyle Quartet | Woolhampton
Sat 25 Feb | Dinner jazz at The Angel – Lea Lyle Quartet
Lea Lyle vocals
Phil Craddock piano
Keith Howard bass
Jim Wade drums
Woolhampton | The Angel | 8pm | No charge
Sunday Jazz at The Retreat – Stuart Henderson, Toliy Vyacheslavov and the Simon Price Trio
Sun 26 Feb | Sunday Jazz at The Retreat | Stuart Henderson trumpet, Toliy Vyacheslavov sax and the Simon Price Trio | Reading | Retreat Pub | 3.30pm | No charge
Ade Holland Trio | Reading
Sun 26 Feb | Ade Holland Trio | Ade Holland guitar, John Aust clarinet, Keith Howard bass | Reading | Abbot Cook | 1.30pm | No charge
Sonning Mill | The 1930’s Jazz in New York
Sun 26 Feb | The 1930’s Jazz in New York | The Mill | Sonning | Enrico Tomasso trumpet, Keith Nicols piano/vocals, Martin Litton piano, Joan Viskant vocals, Ian Bateman trombone, Mattias Seuffert sax/clarinet, Mark Crooks sax, Thomas Langham guitar/vocals, Dave Chamberlain bass, Anthony Kerr vibes, Richard Pite drums | The Mill at Sonning | £41.00 including dinner | Dinner 6.15-8.00pm, Show 8.15pm
Bracknell Jazz – Young Musicians evening | South Hill Park
Mon 27 Feb | Bracknell Jazz – Young Musicians evening with the house band | Alex Hitchcock sax, Simon Cook piano, Rudy Cook bass, Charlie Hutchinson drums | Bracknell | South Hill Park, Wilde Upstairs performance space | 7.30pm | £10.00 (£8.00 in advance) and £5 U18s
A Chris Barber Special | Charity Jazz in aid of Basingstoke Stroke Support Group | Basingstoke
Mon 27 Feb | Chris Barber with an all-star traditional six piece line up featuring Cuff Billett (trumpet), Ron Drake (clarinet), Ray Smith (piano), Alyn Shipton (bass) and Emile Martyn (drums) | Charity Jazz in aid of Basingstoke Stroke Support Group | Basingstoke Irish Centre, Council Road RG21 3DH | 8.00pm | £20 from 0742 573 3935 or blackbird@waitrose.com
