Gigs

POSTPONED | Julia Titus (“Ma Bessie”) & the Pigfoot Band | Marlow

It is with great regret that Marlow Jazz Club has announced that this event is postponed due to the current situation | Tues 17 Mar | Julia Titus (“Ma Bessie”) & the Pigfoot Band | Julia’s new show: the songs of Nina Simone, Ella Fitzgerald. Billie Holiday amongst others | Marlow Jazz Club | The Royal British Legion Hall SL7 1NT | 8.30pm | £10 on the door or phone 01628 486571 to reserve a seat or table

Sad Announcement: Trad Jazz at Theale Village Hall | Theale

Tue 17 Mar | Graeme Hewitt, leader of the High Society Jazz Band, has made the sad announcement that after nearly fifty years of the band playing at Theale Village Hall, next Tuesday, 17 March, will be the last Trad jazz evening for the time being | Theale Village Hall, Englefield Rd, Theale, Reading RG7 5AS | 8.00 | £10

Jam Doughnuts – a jazz-funk jam night | Global Cafe | Reading

CANCELLED

• As normal life returns, you’ll be considering catching up on missed celebrations by holding a party. Make sure yours goes with a swing – see our Book A Party Band service.

• Read here Simon Spillett’s tribute to jazz pianist and Marlow Jazz Club stalwart Frank Toms (1937 – 2021).

• Read Trevor Bannister’s review of the recent livestream from the Boileroom (in collaboration with Guildford Jazz) of the Dave and Judith O’Higgins. Here

• Read all about jazz at the University of Reading between 1951 and 1984 in Trevor Bannister’s well-researched article Varsity Jazz

• Tubby Hayes was in in Reading more often than you might have thought – read more here

• For the latest in an occasional series of pieces about jazz in the greater Reading area Trevor paid a visit to a Mongolian yurt near Didcot and learned how George Melly’s liking for brandy nearly ruined a live recording session. Read the story here.

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Gigs

POSTPONED | Julia Titus (“Ma Bessie”) & the Pigfoot Band | Marlow

Sad Announcement: Trad Jazz at Theale Village Hall | Theale

Jam Doughnuts – a jazz-funk jam night | Global Cafe | Reading

CANCELLED

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