Gigs


Simon Cook Trio | Queens Head, Reading

Sat 1 July | Simon Cook Trio | Simon Cook piano, Phil Berry bass, Jim Wade drums | Queens Head 54 Christchurch Rd, RG2 7AZ | 8pm | Free entry

 


Regatta Jazz Lunch | The Relais, Henley-on-Thames

Sat 1 July | Regatta Jazz Lunch | Martin Pickett Quartet | Mike Wilkins tenor sax, Martin Pickett piano, Brian Throup bass, Mike Goff drums | The Relais Henley, Hart St. RG9 2AR | 1 – 4pm | Lunch reservations 01491 572161 or info@therelaishenley.com


The Ray Charles Project – The Jeremy Sassoon Quintet | Dorchester on Thames

Sun 2 July |The Ray Charles Project – The Jeremy Sassoon Quintet  | Jeremy Sassoon – Piano/Vocals, Paul Booth – Saxophone, Nick Fitch – Guitar, Pat Illingworth – Drums. Thomas Stieger – Bass | Bishop’s Court Farm, 91 High St, Dorchester on Thames OX10 7HP | Doors: 6pm Show: 7-9pm | £20 | Tickets

‘Exhilarating!’ London Jazz News. Jeremy Sassoon has won huge acclaim over recent years with his astonishingly authentic homage to Ray Charles. Together with his drum-tight quintet, Sassoon swings his way through the Ray Charles songbook on a magical journey that goes from Hit The Road Jack and What’d I Say to Unchain My Heart and Georgia On My Mind. Whether he’s playing R&B, soul, country or blues, Jeremy Sassoon somehow manages to get to the very heart of Brother Ray’s unique music.

 


The Pete Allen Jazz band | Newbury


Regatta Jazz Lunch | The Relais, Henley-on-Thames

Ewen Baird

Sun 2 July | Regatta Jazz Lunch | Ewen Baird Quartet | Ewen Baird tenor sax, Rory McInroy piano, Brian Throup bass, Mike Goff drums | The Relais Henley, Hart St. RG9 2AR | 1 – 4pm | Lunch reservations 01491 572161 or info@therelaishenley.com


Budapest Café Orchestra of Hungary | The Crooked Billet, Stoke Row


Mon 3 July | Budapest Café Orchestra of Hungary | The Crooked Billet, Stoke Row RG9 5PU | Arrive between 6.30 – 7.00 pm ( pre show dinner ) on stage 8.30pm | £30 | Tickets & table reservations 01491 681048

The Budapest Café Orchestra of Hungary, a gypsy jazz quartet on steroids. Performing rollicking dances from Romania and Moldova. Bitter sweet Jewish laments. Impassioned Hungarian Czardas. Evoking vivid images of Tzigane fiddle maestros, Budapest café life and gypsy campfires. They’ll make you want to book a holiday along the Danube.  A 4-piece acoustically electrifying orchestra playing the hottest gypsy fiddle, squeezebox, double bass & Django Maccaferri guitar with a sole mission: to entertain and enchant audiences, leaving them grinning like monkeys.


Graeme Hewitt’s High Society Jazz Band | Theale


Jazz at The Four Horseshoes | Sherfield-on-Loddon

Tues 4 Jul | Equinox Quintet with Alex Forsyth | Alex Forsyth sax and flute, Peter Bingham tenor sax, John Clarke guitar, Derek Alford bass, and Paul Kaluza drums | Four Horseshoes pub, Sherfield-on-Loddon RG27 0EX | 8pm to 10.30pm | Four Horseshoes | No charge for admission (donations are welcomed)


Live Jazz, Blues and more | Reading

Tues 4 Jul | Live Jazz, Blues and more | Fisherman’s Cottage, Kennet Side RG1 3DW | Music from 7:30 | Free entry, donations welcomed

Every other Tuesday  | 4, 18 Jul | 1, 15, 29 Aug

Live music. Free entry. Excellent food and drink. And a lot more space than the late-lamented Global Cafe.  Who could ask for more?

The Fisherman’s Cottage is reached by an easy stroll along the Kennet from the Queen’s Road car park – park for just £3.60 for the evening. More parking information here

Musicians: if you’d like to take part, call one of the following and we’ll do our best to accommodate you: Ian Germer 07866 251216 / Jim Wade  07788 666608


FSJB@The Butler, Reading | 5th Frame

Thurs 6 July | 5th Frame | Paul McCarten keyboards, Leslie Kett trumpet, flugel & hand percussion, Danny Reuben tenor, soprano sax, bass clarinet & flute (ex Brand New Heavies and Kirsty McColl), Howard King double & electric bass, Mike Goff drums | The Butler 85-91 Chatham St, Reading RG1 7DS | 7:30 – 11.00pm | £7 on the door.

After an absence from the local scene, urban jazz quintet 5th Frame are back playing hard bop. With DJ support from David Crocker. More details here


Evening Jazz | The Relais, Henley-on-Thames


Fri 7 Jul | P’Jam | Annie Parker jazz flutes, Phil Craddock piano, Phil Berry bass, Jim Wade drums | The Relais Henley, Hart St. RG9 2AR | 5 – 8pm | Dinner reservations 01491 572161 or info@therelaishenley.com | Photo by Anna Lambert


Pigfoot Plays Ellington | Bracknell

Fri 7 Jul | Bracknell Jazz | Chris Batchelor, Liam Noble, James Allsopp, Paul Clarvis | South Hill Park, Bracknell RG12 7PA | 7:30 pm | Tickets £16.50 (£8 under 18s) here

Pigfoot Play Ellington is an imaginative reworking of a range of Duke Ellington’s iconic compositions, from the early Cotton Club blues material to Swing hits and through to the exotica that was inspired by Ellington’s extensive travels. The members of Pigfoot are all devotees of the Ellington sound – the muted rasp of trumpeter Cootie Williams, the poised grace of Harry Carney’s baritone, the dense crunch of Duke’s piano voicings and the buoyant bounce of drummer Sonny Greer are all reflected in the engaging and individual approaches of Batchelor, James Allsopp, Liam Noble and Paul Clarvis. An entertainingly riotous, swinging, delicate, gnarly account of Ellington’s legacy is promised.  www.bracknelljazz.co.uk


Baron Mara | Woodcote Rally

Sat 8 July | Baron Mara | Saskia McNamara vocals, Ruben Berrios keyboard | Woodcote Rally North-West of Reading on the A4074 Tidmore Lane RG8 0PH | 5.30pm | Tickets  | Info


Saturday Sundown Jazz river cruises | Fleur Stevenson / Hugh turner duo

Sat 8 July  | Saturday Sundown Jazz river cruises | Fleur Stevenson / Hugh Turner duo | Jazz Vocals and guitar accompaniment |Caversham Princess, Caversham Bridge. Reading | 6-8pm | Book at Thames River Cruise


Jazz Lunch | The Relais, Henley-on-Thames

Brian Throup

Sun 9 July | Jazz Lunch: Brian Throup Trio | Henry Whitby piano, Ed Adams guitar, Brian Throup double bass | The Relais Henley, Hart St. RG9 2AR | 1 – 4pm | Lunch reservations 01491 572161 or info@therelaishenley.com


Music by the River: Annie Parker Quartet | Henley

Sun 9 Jul | Music by the River: Annie Parker Quartet | Annie Parker flutes, Phil Craddock piano, Marianne Windham bass, Jim Wade drums | Mill Meadows Bandstand, Henley  RG9 1BF | 2 – 4pm | Free entry


Jenny Bell and Hugh Turner duo | Oxford

Sun 9 July | Jenny Bell and Hugh Turner duo | Joe’s Bar, Summertown Oxford | 6.30 till 9pm | Free entry


Baron Mara | Woodcote Rally

Sun 9 July | Baron Mara | Jonathan Judge saxes, Ruben Berrios keyboard, David Honour bass, Tony Lyons drums | Woodcote Rally, North-West of Reading on the A4074 Tidmore Lane RG8 0PH | 12.00pm | Tickets  | Info


Magoos Jazz Jam | Henley

Wed 12 Jul | Magoos Jazz Jam | Magoos, 22 Hart Street, Henley RG9 2AU | Second Wednesday of the month | All instruments and levels of experience welcome  From 7:30pm | All welcome to listen, please contact bryanmccrae@gmail.com in advance if you’d like to play | Free entry


Evening Jazz | The Relais, Henley-on-Thames

Fri 14 Jul | P’Jam | Annie Parker jazz flutes, Phil Craddock keyboards, Brian Throup bass, Jim Wade drums | The Relais Henley, Hart St. RG9 2AR | 7 – 10pm | Dinner reservations 01491 572161 or info@therelaishenley.com


Ewen Baird/Kevin Armstrong | Goring Community Jazz Club

Fri 14 July | Ewen Baird saxes Kevin Armstrong guitar Nick Hill piano, Howard King bass, Mike Goff drums | Goring Community Jazz Club, Station Road Goring | 7pm doors 7:30 start | Tickets from TicketSource £10 or Inspiration The Arcade Goring, or cash or card on the door | Bring your own drinks or drink at the Catherine Wheel a few metres away.


Jazz Lunch | The Relais, Henley-on-Thames

Phil Craddock

Sun 16 July | Jazz Lunch: Phil Craddock Trio | Phil Craddock piano, Brian Throup double bass, Jim Wade drums | The Relais Henley, Hart St. RG9 2AR | 1 – 4pm | Lunch reservations 01491 572161 or info@therelaishenley.com

 


The Music Of Bill Evans Featuring The Paul Edis Trio with Special Guest Noa Levy | Dorchester on Thames

Sun 16 July | The Music Of Bill Evans | Paul Edis – MD/Piano, Noa Levy – Vocals, Matt Home – Drums, Adam King – Bass | Bishop’s Court Farm, 91 High St, Dorchester on Thames OX10 7HP | Doors: 6pm Show: 7-9pm | £20 | Tickets

Nobody sounds quite like Paul Edis or transports you to the places he travels to with his meditative music. Having received unanimous critical acclaim for his last studio album, The Still Point Of The Turning World, Edis has immersed himself in the exquisite work of Bill Evans – widely considered to be the most important and influential pianist in the history of jazz. This very special show will feature the sublime voice of acclaimed San Franciscan singer, Noa Levy, who will be performing a selection of standards which were a vital part of Bill Evans’ repertoire.


Wood Street Jazz Festival | Guildford


Sun 16 Jul | Wood Street Jazz Festival | Wood Street Village Green, Guildford GU3 3EU | Jazz from 12.30 to 17.30 | Tickets £25 (discounts for members and students) from here

In aid of Challengers the artists include the leader of the Ronnie Scott’s Big Band Pete Long on alto sax and trumpeter Ryan Quigley with 1960’s Soul Jazz- The music of Horace Silver and the Adderley Brothers“ Redtenbacher’s Funkestra featuring Jana Varga, and The Somethin’ Else Big Band and special guest Martin Shaw. Plus support acts featuring local talented jazz musicians, a superb Indian meal, a licenced bar and free parking.


Live Jazz, Blues and more | Reading

Tues 18 Jul | Live Jazz, Blues and more | Fisherman’s Cottage, Kennet Side RG1 3DW | Music from 7:30 | Free entry, donations welcomed

Every fourth Tuesday  | 18 Jul | 15 Aug | 12 Sep | 10 Oct | 7 Nov | 5 Dec

Live music. Free entry. Excellent food and drink. And a lot more space than the late-lamented Global Cafe.  Who could ask for more?

The Fisherman’s Cottage is reached by an easy stroll along the Kennet from the Queen’s Road car park – park for just £3.60 for the evening. More parking information here

Musicians: if you’d like to take part, call one of the following and we’ll do our best to accommodate you: Ian Germer 07866 251216 / Jim Wade  07788 666608


Karen Sharp, Art Themen | Marlow

Tues 18 July | Marlow Jazz Club | Karen Sharp tenor, baritone, Art Themen tenor, soprano, Frank Harrison piano, Andy Crowdy bass, Elliot Toms drums | Royal British Legion Hall SL7 1NT | 8.30pm | £10

​​​​​​​One of the Club’s favourite “Double Acts” the award- winning Karen alongside Art, a quite unique musician. They enjoy appearing together and usually pull a good crowd so might be best to phone 01628 486571 and get a seat or table reserved.


Summer Gin and Jazz Garden Party | The Relais, Henley


Thurs 20 Jul | Summer Gin and Jazz Garden Party | P’Jam | Annie Parker jazz flutes, Lawrie Wright piano, Brian Throup bass, Jim Wade drums | The Relais Henley, Hart St. RG9 2AR | 6 – 10pm | £45 to include a gin cocktail – to buy your ticket please email salon@therelaisretreats.com | Photo by Steve Foster – @jazzshot on Instagram

Join us for an evening of gin cocktails, BBQ and jazz in The Relais’ Courtyard


Evening Jazz | The Relais, Henley-on-Thames

Andy Kennedy

Fri 21 Jul | Andy Kennedy and Friends | Andy Kennedy saxes, Tony Imbierski keyboards, Brian Throup bass, Mike Goff drums | The Relais Henley, Hart St. RG9 2AR | 7 – 10pm | Dinner reservations 01491 572161 or info@therelaishenley.com


Keith Faibairn’s Cubano Soul | Crowmarsh Jazz, Wallingford

Sat 22 July | Keith Faibairn’s Cubano Soul | Keith Fairbairn percussion, Anatoliy Vyacheslavov sax, Maff Potts piano, Drew Milloy double bass, Charlie Stratford drums | Crowmarsh Jazz Club, Crowmarsh Crowmarsh Village Hall, Benson Lane, Crowmarsh Gifford, OX10 8ED | Bar available | Doors 6.45pm, show 7.30pm | £15: https://crowmarshjazz.co.uk


Jazz Lunch | The Relais, Henley-on-Thames

Brian Throup

Sun 23 July | Jazz Lunch: Brian Throup Trio | Robert Otwinowski guitar, Brian Throup double bass. James Avison drums | The Relais Henley, Hart St. RG9 2AR | 1 – 4pm | Lunch reservations 01491 572161 or info@therelaishenley.com


Guildford Jazz at the Cricket Pavilion


Wed 26 Jul | Guildford Jazz at the Cricket Pavilion | Allison Neale Quartet | Woodbridge Road, Guildford GU1 4RP | food and drinks from 7.15 pm Jazz from 8.00 pm | Tickets £20 (discounts for members and students) from here

American-born Allison Neale’s alto saxophone sound is is widely regarded as one of the finest exponents on today’s scene of the West Coast “cool jazz” style of Paul Desmond. “Art Pepper, Paul Desmond, early Lee Konitz hover around the edges of her playing” Melody Express.  With Alex Bryson – piano, Matt Fishwick – drums and Marianne Windham – bass.


Evening Jazz | The Relais, Henley-on-Thames

Photo by Martin Breschinski

Fri 28 Jul | P’Jam | Annie Parker jazz flutes, Phil Craddock keyboards, Marianne Windham bass, Jim Wade drums | The Relais Henley, Hart St. RG9 2AR | 7 – 10pm | Dinner reservations 01491 572161 or info@therelaishenley.com


Fleur Stevenson / Hugh Turner duo | Didcot

Fri 28 July | Fleur Stevenson / Hugh Turner duo | Jazz Vocals and guitar accompaniment  | Cornerstone Arts Didcot | 5-7pm | Free entry


Josephine Davies Quartet | Norden Farm, Maidenhead

 Josephine Davis by Tor Hills

Fri 28 Jul | Josephine Davies Quartet | Josephine Davis tenor sax. Alex Hutton piano, plus bass and drums | Norden Farm, Maidenhead | 8pm | £16 | Book online here or call the Box Office: 01628 788997


Henley Jazz Workshop | Now in its 10th year!

Mon 24 – Fri 28 July | Henley Jazz Workshop | Tutors: Andy Crowdy, Denny Ilett, Steve Waterman, Karen Sharp, Thomas L’Etienne, Alex Clarke | Held at Valley Road School, Henley on Thames 10am – 4pm | Performance Fri 28 July 7pm at Oaken Grove Vineyard, Fawley | £395 (half price for 18-25s) | Booking form and full details are available here.

How much experience do I need to have? The workshop is aimed at improvers / intermediate level musicians, as well as technically able musicians who want to learn more about jazz. You do need to be able to find your way around your instrument (so equivalent to Grade 3 level for those who have done grades). All groups are mixed ability. The tutors arrange the music so that everyone can play at their level and be stretched. Whether you are a classical genius, rock god, jazz baby or any other musical genre come and learn something new. Our tutors are chosen because they are well-respected practising jazz musicians, excellent tutors and exceptionally lovely human beings! Please note: Guitar and keyboard places are full.


Jazz at the Queen’s Head | Peter Bingham Quartet

Sat 29 Jul | Peter Bingham Quartet | Peter Bingham tenor sax, Simon Cook piano, Marianne Windham bass, Jim Wade drums | Queens Head 54 Christchurch Rd, RG2 7AZ | Music from 8pm | Free entry


Jazz at the Hope & Anchor: P’Jam


Sun 30 July | Jazz at the Hope & Anchor: P’Jam | Annie Parker flutes, Phil Craddock piano, Lawrie Wright bass, Jim Wade drums | Hope & Anchor, Station Rd, Wokingham RG40 2AD | 5:30 – 7:30pm | Free entry | Photo by Steve Foster – @jazzshot on Instagram


Jazz at The Retreat Pub | Reading

Sun 30 Jul | Stuart Henderson trumpet, with Jez Cook guitar, John Cooper piano, Paul Jefferies bass, Simon Price drums | 3.30 -5.30 | The Retreat, St. John’s Street, Reading RG1 4EH | Free entry – donations


Hugh Turner & Lizzie Cummings | Wokingham

Sun 30 July | Lizzie Cummings & Hugh Turner | Lizzie Cummings vocals, Hugh Turner guitar | Chalk, 31 Broad St, Wokingham RG40 1AU | 4pm-6pm | Free entry | More info and tickets

Set in Chalk’s beautiful courtyard, Lizzie’s lively presence and playful engagement of jazz swing covers makes for the perfect Sunday afternoon, with just the right amount of pathos for a ballad or two.  Backed by Hugh Turner, one of the region’s finest Jazz guitarists, it’s a musical event not to be missed.


Marlow Jazz Club | Esta B Daley & The Stings

Sun 30 Jul | Esta B Daley & The Stings | Esta B Daley vocals, Jo Hutchins piano, Simon Lenton bass, Esther Ng drums, Phil Chaundry saxes | Marlow Jazz Club, The Royal British Legion Hall SL7 1NT | 12.30pm to 3pm | £5

​​​​​​​A jazz/soul singer and her band with a growing reputation on the London scene. Hopefully this might see the return of regular Sunday lunch gigs at the Club. If you want a good seat reserved please phone 01628 486571


Jazz Lunch | The Relais, Henley-on-Thames

Simon Cook

Sun 30 July | Jazz Lunch: Simon Cook Trio | Simon Cook piano, Rudy Cook double bass, Fabio Iacono drums | The Relais Henley, Hart St. RG9 2AR | 1 – 4pm | Lunch reservations 01491 572161 or info@therelaishenley.com