Gigs
Guildford Jazz at the Guildford Cricket Pavilion | Robert Fowler Quintet
Wed 3 Dec | Guildford Jazz at the Guildford Cricket Pavilion | Robert Fowler Quintet | Guildford Pavilion, Woodbridge Rd GU1 4RP | Jazz from 20.00 to 22.30 | Tickets £20 (Discounts for Members and Students) from here
Starting his professional career in 1986 with the Pasadena Roof Orchestra, tenor saxophonist Robert Fowler has gone on to play with a wide variety of leading jazz musicians as well as touring with rock singer Brian Ferry. Robert’s quintet, which includes Colin Oxley (g) and Robin Aspland (p), will be celebrating the music of the legendary songwriters Rodgers and Hart.
Jazz at Progress | Janette Mason – Rewired
Fri 5 Dec | Janette Mason – Rewired | Janette Mason keyboard, Tom Mason bass, Eric Ford drums | Progress Theatre, The Mount, Christchurch Road, Reading, RG1 5HL | Doors 7pm, Music 7:30pm | £20.00 (£18.00 concessions, £10 under 16) | Information and tickets
Janette Mason, a nominee for Jazz Instrumentalist of The Year in The Parliamentary Jazz Awards is a jazz pianist, a composer for film and TV, an arranger and producer of all genres from jazz to soul to pop, and a dedicated and heartfelt musical communicator.
Cafe Zazous Hot Club gypsy jazz quartet | Reading
Friday 5 Dec | Cafe Zazous | Hot Club gypsy jazz quartet | HB more guitar, Phil Berry double bass, David Ahmed guitar, Frank Biddulph violin | Reading |The Lyndhurst Arms | 8.45 pm – 11pm | Donations gratefully received | Balboa and Lindyhop dancers welcome!
Guildford Jazz at The Guildford Institute | Stuart Henderson and Dave Newton
Mon 8 Dec | Guildford Jazz at The Guildford Institute | Stuart Henderson and Dave Newton | Guildford Institute, Ward St, GU1 4LH | Jazz from 14.00 to 15.00 | Tickets £12 (Discounts for Members and Students) from here
Sixteen times winner of the British Jazz Award for best pianist, Dave Newton has worked with a galaxy of jazz stars from Alan Barnes to the great American clarinettist Buddy de Franco while Stuart Henderson, formerly principal trumpet of The Scots Guards, has also become a leading figure on the UK jazz scene. Marianne Windham completes the lineup on bass.
Guildford Jazz at St John’s Church | The Christmas Project
Fri 12 Dec | Guildford Jazz at St John’s Church | The Christmas Project | St John’s Church, St John’s St, Farncombe GU7 3EJ | Jazz from 20.00 to 22.30 | Tickets £20 (Discounts for Members and Students) from here
The Christmas Project is an exciting international band led by two of the Netherland’s leading jazz musicians Henk Kraaijeveld and Jan Willem van Delft with Guildford’s Marianne Windham (Winner of the 2025 Parliamentary Jazz Award for ‘Services to Jazz’) on bass and Steve Brown on drums plus special guest, leading UK vocalist Clare Wheeler.
Crow Jazz Christmas Cracker | Crowmarsh Gifford
Sat 13 Dec | Crowmarsh Village Hall, Benson Lane, Crowmarsh Gifford, OX10 8ED. Plenty of free parking is available | There is a bar and pizza available, provided by local pub The Queens Head |Doors 6.45pm, show 7.30pm | £18 standard ticket price. Tickets are reduced to £5 for anyone living or working in adult social care and anyone in receipt of benefits from DWP – please get in touch for details: email fleur@fleurstevensonjazz.co.uk or phone (07795974223)
Paul Higgs, trumpet with Terry Hutchins Qrt | Pangbourne
Sun 14 Dec | Pangbourne Jazz Club @PWMC | Rosewood Hall, 1 Whitchurch Rd Pangbourne, RG8 7BS | Doors at 645pm Jazz from 730pm | Tickets £12.50 https://www.Pangbournejazzclub.com/
New venue! Jazz at The Swan: Sheena Caprice and Friends | Three Mile Cross
Wed 17 Dec | Jazz at The Swan: Sheena Caprice and Friends | Sheena Caprice vocals , Phil Craddock piano, Brian Throup bass, Jim Wade drums | The Swan, Basingstoke Road,Three Mile Cross RG7 1AT | 8 –10pm | Come early for Happy Hour until 7:30pm | Free entry | Book places by email or call 0118 334 6151
Sheena Caprice in an inspiring jazz vocalist, who began singing at the age of four. Her passion for Jazz was heavily influenced by greats such as Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald, Betty Carter and Nina Simone. Her performances also reflect more contemporary artists such as Rachelle Ferrell and Dianne Reeves. Sheena has performed at various venues, including Sky Lounge at Castle View Windsor.
