Monthly Archives: November 2018
Mike Miller Trio | Sandhurst
Sun 4 Nov | Mike Miller Trio with John Monney double bass, Nick Monnas drums, Mike Miller guitar | Sandhurst | Wellington Arms |
3:00 pm | Free admission
Pangbourne Jazz Club | Amy Roberts with the Terry Hutchins Quartet
Sun 4 Nov | Amy Roberts saxes, clarinet and flute, Terry Hutchins guitar, Andrew Clancy piano, Julian Bown drums, Keith Howard double bass | Pangbourne | PWMC | 7.30pm | £7.00
Miller Plays the Musicals | Reading
Sun 4 Nov | Miller Plays the Musicals | Astor Big Band | Reading | Hexagon | 3:30pm | Information and tickets from the theatre box office 0118 960 6060 or here | All profits, and a collection at this performance, go to the Royal British Legion to support their work with PTSD sufferers.
Phil Mason Trio | Caversham
Sun 4 Nov | Phil Mason Trio | Phil Mason guitar/voc, Gordon Johnson keys/voc, Phil Berry bass | Caversham | The Griffin | 3.30 pm | No charge
Jazz at the Four Horseshoes | Sherfield-on-Loddon
Tues 6 Nov | Equinox with Andy Walls | Andy Walls piano, 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)
Bracknell Jazz – Young Musicians evening | South Hill Park
Wed 7 Nov | Bracknell Jazz – Young Musicians evening with the house band | Tom Barford sax, Simon Cook piano, Rudy Cook bass, Ted Hayes drums | Bracknell | Tickets – South Hill Park Arts Centre | Bracknell Jazz website | 7.30pm | £10.50 and £5.50 U18s
The very best Trad Jazz at Reading Rugby Club | Sonning Lane
Wed 7 Nov | Traditional New Orleans – Dixieland style Jazz | New Orleans Heat | Reading Rugby Club, Holme Park, Sonning Lane, Reading RG4 6ST | 7.00pm to 10.30pm | £10.00
Jazz at The Milk Bar | No Room For Squares | Reading
Wed 7 Nov | No Room For Squares | Jim Donovan presents jazz on vinyl from his archives | Tonight celebrating Blue Note Record Label – tunes from this iconic label | Reading | Milk Bar | 7.00pm | No Charge
Duncan Lamont Jnr & Stuart Henderson | Hedsor
Thur 8 Nov | Duncan Lamont Jnr sax, Stuart Henderson trumpet/flugelhorn, Nigel Fox keyboard, Steve Riddle bass, Martin Hart drums | Hedsor | Hedsor Social Club | 8:30pm | £7 on the door | free parking
The Gap Gig | The Pete Oxley/Meier Guitar Project
Fri 9 Nov | The Pete Oxley/Meier Guitar Project| Pete Oxley guitars, Nicolas Meier guitars, Raph Mizraki bass, Paul Cavaciuti drums | Goring Village Hall, Goring on Thames | Doors 7.30pm | Music 8pm | £15 | Ring 01491 874492 to book seats.
The Gill Love Band | Sunninghill
Fri 9 Nov | The Gill Love Band | In support of the Hope Trust charity | Sunninghill | Cordes Hall | 7.30pm | £15 | Ticket information: www.hopetrust.org.uk 01276 785178
Purdy | Wallingford
Sat 10 Nov | Purdy | Rebecca Poole vocals, Hugh Turner guitar, Stuart Henderson trumpet, flugelhorn & percussion, Raph Mizraki bass | Wallingford | Corn Exchange | 7:45pm | £12 | Book online at www.cornexchange.org.uk or at 01491 825000 (Fri & Sat 10am – 2pm and evenings 7-8pm)
Mike Miller Trio | Rotherwick
Sun 11 Nov | Mike Miller Trio with David Chedgey double bass, Nick Monnas drums, Mike Miller guitar | Rotherwick | Tylney Hall | 2:30pm | Jazz Afternoon Tea £36 per person
Gin and Jazz at the Three Guineas | Reading
Sun 11 Nov | Gin and Jazz at the Three Guineas | Julia Titus vocals, Matt Foster guitar | Reading | Three Guineas | From 2pm | No charge and tonic is free with all gins | In collaboration with Jazz in Reading
Lea Lyle Quartet with guest Annie Parker | Reading
Sun 11 Nov | Lea Lyle Quartet | Lea Lyle vocals, Annie Parker flute, Nick Hill piano, Terry Davis bass, Jim Wade drums | Reading | The Global Cafe | 5pm | No charge
Alan Barnes, with two USA Guests: Greg Abate & Phil DeGreg | Marlow
Tue 13 Nov | Alan Barnes saxes, Greg Abate saxes, Phil DeGreg piano, Dave Green bass, Steve Brown drums | Marlow | Christ Church | 8.30pm | £10
Jam in Reading – Mark Burton Quartet | Global Cafe | Reading
Tues 13 Nov | 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
Silver Heels Swing Jive Jazz Band | Global Cafe | Reading
Thur 15 Nov | Silver Heels Swing Jive Jazz Band | Live Swinging Jazz Juice with plenty of dancing room for all you Katz | Reading | Global Café | 9.00pm – 11.00pm | No charge
The Clive Burton Celebration Band | Hedsor
Thur 15 Nov | The Clive Burton Celebration Band | Lester Brown trumpet, Robert Goodhew sax, Nigel Fox keyboard, Steve Riddle bass, Martin Hart drums | Hedsor | Venue | 8:30pm | £7 on the door | free parking
Jazz at the Magpie and Parrot – New Jazz Sextet | Shinfield
Thurs 15 Nov | New Jazz Sextet | Ross Law trombone, Leon Vince tenor sax, Andy Townsend trumpet, Nick Hill piano, Brian Throup bass, Mike Goff drums | Shinfield | Magpie & Parrot | 8pm | £5
Hugh Turner Heavy Funk Quartet | Global Cafe | Reading
Sat 17 Nov | Come and watch electrifying guitarist Hugh Turner and his quartet with Frankie Tontoh (drums), Anatoliy Vyacheslavov (tenor saxophone) and Stefan Redtenbacher (bass) at the Global Café in Reading. Always a cool hang and full of vigour funk explorations! | Reading | Global Café | 10.00pm – 01.00am | £5.00
The Definite Collective | Global Cafe | Reading
Tue 20 Nov | The Definite Collective, transform often well known and popular Jazz, Latin, Pop, Fusion and Funk tunes, into obscure musical explorations. Jamie Howell guitar, Matthew McNaughton sax, James Newman bass, Tony Imbierski organ, Monte Hall percussion, Paul Glover drums | Reading | Global Café | 9:00 – 11.00pm | No charge
The Clive Burton Celebration Band | Hedsor
Thur 22 Nov | The Clive Burton Celebration Band | Max Brittain guitar, Alan Graham vibes, Nigel Fox keyboard, Steve Riddle bass, Martin Hart drums | Hedsor | Venue | 8:30pm | £7 on the door | free parking
Fleur Stevenson hosts Jazz Singers Night | Global Cafe | Reading
Thur 22 Nov | Fleur Stevenson hosts Jazz Singers Night in Reading | Fleur Stevenson vocals, Maff Potts piano, Nick Hill bass, Paul Glover drums | Reading | Global Café | 9.00pm – jam from 9.30pm | No charge
Jazz at Progress | Steve Fishwick Quintet with special guest from New York, Grant Stewart | Buy tickets
Fri 23 Nov | Progress Theatre, Reading | 7:30pm | £17.00 (£15.00 concessions) plus maximum 5% booking fee
Steve Fishwick trumpet, John Pearce piano, Jeremy Brown bass, Matt Fishwick drums and Grant Stewart tenor saxophone saxophone Read more…
Bracknell Jazz – Steve Waterman & Jo Fooks | South Hill Park
Fri 23 Nov | Bracknell Jazz – Steve Waterman & Jo Fooks | Steve Waterman trumprt, Jo Fooks sax, Simon Cook piano, Andy Masters bass, Martin Pyne drums | Bracknell | Tickets – South Hill Park Arts Centre | Bracknell Jazz website | 7.30pm | £12.00/£5.50 U18s
Art Themen Quartet | Norden Farm, Maidenhead
Fri 23 Nov | Art Themen Quartet | Art Themen sax, Alex Hutton piano, Andy Cleyndert bass, Clark Tracey drums | Maidenhead | Norden Farm Centre for the Arts, Studio | 8.00pm | £15/£13/£5
Jazz at Progress | Steve Fishwick Quintet with special guest from New York, Grant Stewart | Buy tickets
Fri 23 Nov | Progress Theatre, Reading | 7:30pm | £17.00 (£15.00 concessions) plus maximum 5% booking fee
Steve Fishwick trumpet, John Pearce piano, Jeremy Brown bass, Matt Fishwick drums and Grant Stewart tenor saxophone
UK trumpet star Steve Fishwick will be joining forces with special guest from New York, Grant Stewart to present an evening of swinging, straight-ahead, polished and powerfully expressive jazz, which bears the influence of their great heroes, Kenny Dorham, Sonny Rollins and Dexter Gordon. John Pearce, Jeremy Brown and Steve’s twin-brother Matt will round off this impeccable quintet.
Steve Fishwick is considered to be one of the best jazz trumpet players ever to come from the UK, and is rapidly gaining a global reputation thanks to his flawless technique and beautifully flowing, harmonically rich improvisations. He lists the late great Kenny Dorham as the key influence on his playing and Art Farmer, Miles Davis and Woody Shaw amongst his favourite players, but his style is very much his own.
‘Steve has his own style,’ remarked no less a giant of the trumpet than Wynton Marsalis. ‘He plays from the bottom to the top of the horn whilst maintaining the integrity of the chords. I can’t think of another trumpet player that can do what he does.”
‘Where has Fishwick been hiding?’ asked legendary Jazz critic Ira Gitler. ‘… when Steve lights his wick he becomes a flying fish, soaring above the waves, totally in control!’
Voted a ‘rising star on the tenor’ in the Downbeat critics’ poll between 2008 and 2015, Grant Stewart has toured internationally and released sixteen albums as a leader. Drum legend Jimmy Cobb described him as ‘One of my favourite tenor players in the world.’
Born in Toronto, Canada on 4 June 1971, Grant moved to New York at the City at the age of nineteen studying with masters such as Donald Byrd and Barry Harris. He has performed internationally with Jimmy Cobb, Harold Mabern, Louis Hayes, Curtis Fuller, Renee Fleming, Clark Terry, Bob Mover, Etta Jones, Bill Charlap, Lewis Nash, Peter Washington, Brad Mehldau, Russell Malone, Larry Goldings, Peter Bernstein, Harry Connick, Mickey Roker, Jimmy Lovelace, Cecil Payne, Dick Hymen, Herb Geller and was a member of the last Al Grey Sextet.
A winner of the prestigious Downbeat Award for the ‘rising star on the tenor’, Grant has toured internationally, recorded 16 albums as a leader, and appeared on many other recordings as a sideman.
‘Powerful in a form that combines tension and relaxation like that of Sonny Rollins and Dexter Gordon, Grant is one of the most powerful stylists and one of the most under-estimated on the scene. His sincerity, demonstrated in his straightforward, honed music, affirms completely his power of expression.’ – Jazz Hot Magazine, France.
John Pearce, piano, celebrates fifty years as professional musician, having begun his career as a member of ‘Geraldo’s Navy’ aboard a Cunard ocean liner in 1968. He has since become one of the UK’s most versatile and respected musicians, whose CV reads like a Who’s Who of jazz greats. He has also worked with singers Anita O’ Day, Peggy Lee, Mark Murphy, Annie Ross and Elaine Delmar, and has been a member of Scott Hamilton’s Quartet since 2000.
Jeremy Brown, bass,is one of the UK’s foremost bass players. He was a founding member of the John Wilson Orchestra, and is a member of the BBC Big Band, the Syd Lawrence Orchestra and Skelton-Skinner All Stars. He has recorded extensively with Anita Wardell, Kate Williams, Claire Martin, Chris Garrick and Chris Biscoe amongst many others. He has performed in the UK and Europe with many visiting artists including Brad Melhdau, Charles McPherson, Art Farmer, Jon Hendricks, Benny Golson, Red Holloway and Johnny Griffin.
Jeremy is professor of Jazz Double Bass at the Royal Academy of Music, he teaches on residential summer courses for the Global Music Foundation and Loire Music and acts as an external examiner for Trinity-Laban.
Matt Fishwick, drums,has been active in jazz since his early teens and is one of the first-call drummers in London. He met like-minded musicians Tom Cawley, Gareth Lockrane and Osian Roberts whilst a student at the Royal Academy of Music and has played with such giants of UK jazz as Mike Carr, Dave Cliff and Jim Mullen, as well as visiting stars including Scott Hamilton, Kenny Davern, Howard Alden and Ken Peplowski. Since returning in 2009 from a four year sojourn in New York, where he worked with Frank Wess and Anita O’Day amongst many jazz greats, Matt has led his own quartet and co-led a quintet with brother Steve.
Dinner Jazz at The Angel – Yvette Byrne | Woolhampton
Sat 24 Nov | Dinner Jazz at the Angel – Yvette Byrne | Yvette Byrne vocals, Gareth Chelley tenor sax, Phil Craddock piano, Barrie Griffin bass, Jim Wade drums | Woolhampton | The Angel | 8pm | No charge
Sunday Jazz at Jagz | Nigel Price Organ Trio plus Vasilis Xenopoulos | Ascot
Sun 25 Nov | Vasilis Xenopoulos sax, Nigel Price guitar, Ross Stanley organ, Winston Clifford drums | Ascot | Jagz | 12.30 to 3.30pm | £10
Sunday Jazz at The Retreat – Stuart Henderson with Piers Green and the Simon Price Trio
Sun 25 Nov | Sunday Jazz at The Retreat | Stuart Henderson trumpet/flugelhorn, Piers Green sax, Pete Billington piano, Esther Ng bass, Simon Price drums | Reading | Retreat Pub | 3.30pm | No charge
Mike Miller Trio | Basingstoke
Sun 25 Nov | Mike Miller Trio with David Chedgey double bass, Nick Monnas drums, Mike Miller guitar | Basingstoke | Tea Bar | 1:00 pm | Free admission | Tea for two £25
The Clive Burton Celebration Band | Hedsor
Thur 29 Nov | The Clive Burton Celebration Band | Frank Griffith sax plus another guest tbc, Nigel Fox keyboard, Steve Riddle bass, Martin Hart drums | Hedsor | Venue | 8:30pm | £7 on the door | free parking
Hungerford Jazz Forum Jam Session | Hungerford
Fri 30 Nov | Hungerford Jazz Forum Jam Session | Hungerford | Royal British Legion | 8.00pm | £2.00
Stuart Henderson’s Remix Jazz Orchestra with Tina May | Finchampstead
Fri 30 Nov | Stuart Henderson’s Remix Jazz Orchestra | Stuart Henderson trumpet with guest Tina May vocals and the Remix Jazz Orchestra | Finchampstead | Memorial Hall, RG40 4JU | http://www.remixjazzorchestra.co.uk/ | 8.30pm | Price TBC
