Gigs


Jazz at Progress | Clark Tracey’s The Jazz Champions

Clark Tracey

Fri 3 Jan |  Clark Tracey’s The Jazz Champions | Alan Barnes alto sax, Simon Allen tenor sax, Dave Newton piano, Andy Cleyndert bass, Clark Tracey drums | Progress Theatre, The Mount, Christchurch Road, Reading, RG1 5HL | Doors 7pm, Music 7:30pm | £19.00 (£17.00 concessions, £10 under 16) | Information and tickets | Photo by Steve Foster @jazzshots (Instagram & FB) 


Live Jazz at The Relais | Henley-on-Thames

Mike Goff

Fri 3 Jan | Live Jazz at The Relais: Mike Goff Quartet | Ewen Baird tenor sax, Martin Pickett piano, Steve Kershaw bass, Mike Goff drums | The Relais Henley, Hart St. RG9 2AR | 7 – 9:30pm | Free entry | Dinner reservations 01491 572161 or info@therelaishenley.com


Live Jazz at The Relais | Henley-on-Thames

Phil Craddock

Sun 5 Jan | Live Jazz at The Relais: Phil Craddock Trio | Phil Craddock piano, Howard King bass. Jim Wade drums | The Relais Henley, Hart St. RG9 2AR | 12:30 – 3pm | Free entry | Lunch reservations 01491 572161 or info@therelaishenley.com


Jazz@PJC – Pangbourne Jazz Club

Sun 5 Jan | Special Guests The Big Colors Big Band with the Terry Hutchins Qrt featuring: Terry Hutchins guitar, Jim Pollard, piano, Andy Crowdy, double bass and Brian Greene drums | Pangbourne WMC, 1 Whitchurch Rd, Pangbourne, Reading RG8 7BS | 7:30 – 10pm | £12.50 card/cash on the door, or online in advance. Https://pangbournejazzclub.com


Jazz at The Four Horseshoes | ‘Front and Centre’

Tues 7 Jan | Equinox Quartet – ‘Front and Centre’ | 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)


Bracknell jazz @ South Hill Park | Sarah Jane Eveleigh & Guys

Fri 10 Jan | Sarah Jane Eveleigh – vocals, Jonny Ford – sax, Simon Cook – piano, Rudy Cook – bass, Andrew Eveleigh – drums | South Hill Park Arts Centre, Ringmead, Bracknell, RG12 7PA RG1 7DS | 7:30 –9:45 pm | £8.50 -£18.00 Box Office 01344 484123


Goring Jazz | Singer Debby Bracknell with Stuart Henderson

Fri 10 Jan | Goring Jazz | Singer Debby Bracknell with Stuart Henderson | Goring Village Hall, High Street, Goring, RG8 9AG | Doors 7:30. 1st set 8pm | £12 | Tickets


Live Jazz at The Relais | Henley-on-Thames

Fri 10 Jan | Live Jazz at The Relais: Robert Otwinowski Trio  | Robert Otwinowski guitar, Brian Throup bass, Fabio Iacono drums | The Relais Henley, Hart St. RG9 2AR | 7 –  9:30pm | Free entry | Dinner reservations 01491 572161 or info@therelaishenley.com 


Live Jazz at The Relais | Henley-on-Thames

Sun 12 Jan | Live Jazz at The Relais: Simon  Cook Trio | Simon Cook piano, Lawrie Wright bass. Jim Wade drums | The Relais Henley, Hart St. RG9 2AR | 12:30 – 3pm | Free entry | Lunch reservations 01491 572161 or info@therelaishenley.com


Marlow Jazz Club | Brandon Allen Quartet


Guildford Jazz | Dave Limina & Ross Stanley Hammond Organ Duo

Ross Stanley

Fri 17 Jan | Guildford Jazz at The Stoke | Dave Limina & Ross Stanley Hammond Organ Duo | Stoke Road, Guildford GU1 4JN | Jazz from 20:00 to 22:15 | Tickets £20 (Discounts for Members and Students) from here

Dave Limina, Hammond organist and Chair of the Piano Department at Berklee College, meets UK pianist and organist Ross Stanley who is the two times winner of a British Jazz Award. Dave has performed and recorded all over the world with Blues Music Award winners Ronnie Earl and the Broadcasters. Ross Stanley was awarded an organ scholarship at Marlborough College. He is a regular member of the Jim Mullen Organ Trio, the Mark McKnight Organ Quartet and the Jacqui Dankworth band.


Live Jazz at The Relais | Henley-on-Thames

Fri 17 Jan | Live Jazz at The Relais: Peter Bingham Quartet | Peter Bingham tenor sax, Simon Cook keyboards, Lawrie Wright bass, Jim Wade drums | The Relais Henley, Hart St. RG9 2AR | 7 –  9:30pm | Free entry | Dinner reservations 01491 572161 or info@therelaishenley.com |


New Music | Oxford


Live Jazz at The Relais | Henley-on-Thames

Sun 19 Jan | Live Jazz at The Relais: Simon  Cook Trio | Simon Cook piano, Marianne Windham bass. Jim Wade drums | The Relais Henley, Hart St. RG9 2AR | 12:30 – 3pm | Free entry | Lunch reservations 01491 572161 or info@therelaishenley.com


Ewen Baird / Brian Throup / Tom Neill / Mike Goff | Windsor Jazz Club

Sun 19 Jan | Mellow jazz standards from this Oxford-based master of music | Ewen Baird Saxophones, Brian Throup Double Bass, Tom Neill Piano, Mike Goff Drums | Windsor Jazz Club, at The Hope, 7 Ward Royal Parade, Alma Road, Windsor  SL4 3HR | Doors 7.30pm | Music 8 – 10pm | £10 | For further information and tickets please visit https://windsorjazzclub.uk/


Guildford Jazz |  Davison & Callum Au Quintet

Thu 23 Jan | Guildford Jazz at the Cricket Pavilion | James Davison & Callum Au Quintet | Woodbridge Road, GU1 4RP | Food and Drinks from 19.15  Jazz from 20:00 to 22:15 pm | Tickets £20 (Discounts for Members and Students) from here

An exciting quintet led by two award-winning jazz musicians, trumpeter James Davison and trombonist Callum Au, with an evening of music bringing the atmosphere of 50’s and 60’s jazz to life. Inspired by the music of the 1960s Clark Terry/Bob Brookmeyer Quintet, the band plays a selection of originals and covers of some of the best of their repertoire. With the Sam Watts on piano and Matt Skelton on drums, and Marianne guesting on bass.


Live Jazz at The Relais | Henley-on-Thames


Fri 24 Jan | Wood and Steel | Jon Walsh guitar, Brian Throup bass | The Relais Henley, Hart St. RG9 2AR | 7 – 9:30pm | Dinner reservations 01491 572161 or info@therelaishenley.com


Dinner Jazz at The Angel | Sarah-Jane Weston

Sat 25 Jan | Sarah-Jane Weston Quartet | Sarah-Jane Weston vocals and piano, Phil Craddock piano, Phil Berry bass, Jim Wade drums | The Angel, Woolhampton RG7 5RT | Music from 8pm | Free entry. Call 0118 971 3827 to make dinner reservations.


Crowmarsh Jazz | Polly Gibbons Quartet

Sat 25 Jan | Polly Gibbons Quartet | Polly Gibbons (vocals), Tim Dawes (bass), Tim Lapthorn (piano) and Saleem Raman (drums) | Crowmarsh Jazz, Crowmarsh Village Hall, Benson Lane, Crowmarsh Gifford, OX10 8ED | Bar and pizza available | £18 standard ticket price. £5 for anyone living or working in adult social care and anyone in receipt of benefits. www.crowmarshjazz.co.uk


Live Jazz at The Relais | Henley-on-Thames

Sun 26 Jan | Live Jazz at The Relais: Lawrie Wright  Trio | Lawrie Wright piano, Phil Berry  bass. Jim Wade drums | The Relais Henley, Hart St. RG9 2AR | 12:30 – 3pm | Free entry | Lunch reservations 01491 572161 or info@therelaishenley.com


Jazz @ The Retreat | Reading

Sun 26 Jan | Jazz @ The Retreat Reading | Vasilis Xenopoulos – sax, Stuart Henderson – trumpet, John Cooper  – piano, Stuart Barker – bass, Elliot Toms – drums | The Retreat , 8 St Johns St , RG14EH |15.30 | Free entry | Donations appreciated


Jazz at The Fisherman’s Cottage | Mike Goff Trio with Special Star guest Debby Bracknell

Tues 28 Jan | Jazz at The Fisherman’s Cottage | Debby Bracknell vocals, Nick Hill piano, Howard King bass, Mike Goff drums | Fisherman’s Cottage, Kennet Side RG1 3DW | Music from 8pm | Free entry, donations welcomed.

Every four weeks; next date Tuesday 25 February.

Live music. Free entry. Excellent food and drink. And a lot more space than the late-lamented Global Cafe.  Who could ask for more? Parking at The Fisherman’s Cottage, on surrounding streets or take 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