Gigs
Back To Blue Note | Marlow Jazz Club
Tues 19 Oct | “Back To Blue Note” | Stuart Henderson trumpet, Ollie Weston tenor, Tom Berge piano, organ, Raph Mizraki bass, Simon Price drums | Marlow Jazz Club. The Royal British Legion Hall SL7 1NT | 8.30pm | £10 | Pay at the door, but might be best to reserve a seat in advance as capacity is still slightly limited – phone 01628 486571 | Brilliant quintet on tour with their new CD celebrating the world’s most famous jazz label.
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Sat 16 Oct | Hot Biscuits Jazz Show | www.fc-radio.co.uk | 11pm |an insight into the sounds of Terry Pack’s Trees, a jazz ensemble. Also included are pieces from Ofer Shapira and Robert Castelli amongst others.| Archives
Rhythms at the Yurt – Julian Marc Stringle | Didcot
Fri 15 Oct | Julian Marc Stringle clarinet, saxophone, vocals, Dominic Ashworth guitar | Didcot | Rhythms at the Yurt | Haddon Acre, Sires Hill, North Moreton, Didcot OX11 9BG | 8.00pm | Tickets for seats or streaming
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Thurs 14 Oct | Hot Biscuits Jazz Show | www.fc-radio.co.uk | 9pm |an insight into the sounds of Terry Pack’s Trees, a jazz ensemble. Also included are pieces from Ofer Shapira and Robert Castelli amongst others.| Archives
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Wed 13 Oct | Hot Biscuits Jazz Show | www.fc-radio.co.uk | 9pm |an insight into the sounds of Terry Pack’s Trees, a jazz ensemble. Also included are pieces from Ofer Shapira and Robert Castelli amongst others.| Archives
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Sat 9 Oct | Hot Biscuits Jazz Show | www.fc-radio.co.uk | 11pm |a live set from Johnny Hunter with the Kyran Matthews Quartet marking the reopening of the Creative space at the Slug & Lettuce Didsbury. We also have jazz from Wendy Kirkland with her recent single release, the big band sound of Linton Jazz and two songs from Stephan O Goodson | Archives
Cafe Zazous swing gypsy jazz quartet | Reading
Sat 9 Oct | Cafe Zazous swing gypsy jazz quartet | HBmore guitar, David Stamper guitar, Phil Berry double bass, David Ahmed guitar | Reading | The Retreat | 8:30pm till 11pm | Donations gratefully received
Jazz at the Queens Head – Gareth Chelley Quartet | Reading
Sat 9 Oct | Jazz at the Queens Head – Gareth Chelley Quartet | Gareth Chelley tenor sax, Phil Craddock piano, Mike Bennett bass, Jim Wade drums | Reading | Queens Head | 8pm | Free entry
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Thurs 7 Oct | Hot Biscuits Jazz Show | www.fc-radio.co.uk | 9pm |a live set from Johnny Hunter with the Kyran Matthews Quartet marking the reopening of the Creative space at the Slug & Lettuce Didsbury. We also have jazz from Wendy Kirkland with her recent single release, the big band sound of Linton Jazz and two songs from Stephan O Goodson | Archives
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Wed 6 Oct | Hot Biscuits Jazz Show | www.fc-radio.co.uk | 9pm |a live set from Johnny Hunter with the Kyran Matthews Quartet marking the reopening of the Creative space at the Slug & Lettuce Didsbury. We also have jazz from Wendy Kirkland with her recent single release, the big band sound of Linton Jazz and two songs from Stephan O Goodson | Archives
Art Themen & Friends | Wokingham
Tues 5 Oct | Art Themen & Friends | A musical extravaganza in aid of Wokingham in Need | The Whitty Theatre, Luckley House School RG40 3EU | 7:30pm | £19 | Tickets
Jazz at the Four Horseshoes | Sherfield-on-Loddon
Tue 5th Oct | Equinox and Friends | Peter Bingham tenor sax, John Clarke guitar, Derek Alford bass, Alan Harvey drums and guest vocalist Debby Bracknell | Four Horseshoes pub, Sherfield-on-Loddon | 8pm to 10.30pm | Four Horseshoes | No charge for admission (donations are welcomed)
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Sat 2 Oct | Hot Biscuits Jazz Show | www.fc-radio.co.uk | 11pm |A fairly chilled out broadcast next week from Hot Biscuits with pieces from the Nghia Duong Trio, Anthony Jeffrey Roberts and the Mark Lawrence Quartet, a few jazz standards and a feature with Polish guitarist Czesław Kazimierek | Archives
Neale meets Steele | Bracknell
Fri 1 Oct | Alison Neale alto sax, Nat Steele vibes with the Simon Cook Trio | Bracknell | South Hill Park Arts Centre Recital Room | 7:30pm | £16.00 Under 18s £8.00 | Tickets | Safe distancing will be implemented. Early booking recommended.
John Horler – A Tribute to Bill Evans | Norden Farm
Fri 1 Oct | John Horler – A Tribute to Bill Evans | John Horler piano, Alec Dankworth bass, Ronnie Jones drums | Norden Farm Centre for the Arts, Altwood Rd, Maidenhead SL6 4PF | 7.30pm | | £15 (£13 conc) | Tickets 01628 788997
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Thurs 30 Sep | Hot Biscuits Jazz Show | www.fc-radio.co.uk | 9pm |A fairly chilled out broadcast next week from Hot Biscuits with pieces from the Nghia Duong Trio, Anthony Jeffrey Roberts and the Mark Lawrence Quartet, a few jazz standards and a feature with Polish guitarist Czesław Kazimierek | Archives
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Wed 29 Sep | Hot Biscuits Jazz Show | www.fc-radio.co.uk | 9pm |A fairly chilled out broadcast next week from Hot Biscuits with pieces from the Nghia Duong Trio, Anthony Jeffrey Roberts and the Mark Lawrence Quartet, a few jazz standards and a feature with Polish guitarist Czesław Kazimierek | Archives
Clare Teal and Her Trio | The Haymarket, Basingstoke
Sun 26 Sep | Clare Teal and Her Trio | The Haymarket, Wote Street, Basingstoke RG21 7NW | 7:30pm | £25 (includes £3 booking fee) | Tickets from the Box Office on 01256 844244 or book online here
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Sat 25 Sep | Hot Biscuits Jazz Show | www.fc-radio.co.uk | 11pm | Hot Biscuits takes a look at the life and story of Billie Holiday. | Archives
Lea Lyle Quartet | Woolhampton
Sat 25 Sep | Lea Lyle Quartet | Lea Lyle, vocals, Phil Craddock piano, Mike Bennett bass, Jim Wade drums | The Angel, Woolhampton RG7 5RT | Music from 8pm | Free entry. Call 0118 971 3827 to make dinner reservations.
Rhythms at the Yurt – Art Themen Trio | Didcot
Fri 24 Sep | Art Themen Trio | Art Themen saxophones, Frank Harrison keyboard, Mark Hodgson bass | Didcot | Rhythms at the Yurt | Haddon Acre, Sires Hill, North Moreton, Didcot OX11 9BG |8.00pm | Tickets for seats or streaming
The New Jazz Sextet | Stoke Row
Fri 24 Sep | The New Jazz Sextet | Andy Townsend trumpet & flugelhorn, Ewen Baird saxes, Ross Law trombone, Nick Hill piano, Brian Throup bass, Mike Goff batterie | Cherry Tree GastroPub Stoke Row RG9 5QA | 8pm | Free entry
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Thurs 23 Sep | Hot Biscuits Jazz Show | www.fc-radio.co.uk | 9pm | Hot Biscuits takes a look at the life and story of Billie Holiday. | Archives
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Wed 22 Sep | Hot Biscuits Jazz Show | www.fc-radio.co.uk | 9pm | Hot Biscuits takes a look at the life and story of Billie Holiday. | Archives
Tunes on the Terrace: Fleur Stevenson Quartet | Fawley nr Henley
Sun 19 Sep | Fleur Stevenson Quartet | Fleur Stevenson vocals, Hugh Turner guitar, Simon Price drums, Andy Crowdy bass | Oaken Grove Vineyard, Benhams Lane, Fawley, Henley-on-Thames RG9 6JG | 3 – 6 pm | Tables for 2 – 6 people: £30 – £90 | Tickets
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Sat 18 Sep | Hot Biscuits Jazz Show | www.fc-radio.co.uk | 11pm | Hot Biscuits returns with an interview and music featuring vocalist Beverley Beirne and the compositions from Jamil Sheriff known as the Ilkley Moor Suite. Hear about the river gods and giants of Ilkley Moor, Yorkshire | Archives
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Thurs 16 Sep | Hot Biscuits Jazz Show | www.fc-radio.co.uk | 9pm | Hot Biscuits returns with an interview and music featuring vocalist Beverley Beirne and the compositions from Jamil Sheriff known as the Ilkley Moor Suite. Hear about the river gods and giants of Ilkley Moor, Yorkshire | Archives
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Wed 15 Sep | Hot Biscuits Jazz Show | www.fc-radio.co.uk | 9pm | Hot Biscuits returns with an interview and music featuring vocalist Beverley Beirne and the compositions from Jamil Sheriff known as the Ilkley Moor Suite. Hear about the river gods and giants of Ilkley Moor, Yorkshire | Archives
Jazz at the Pavilion | Lea Lyle and Her Trio
Sat 11 Sep | Lea Lyle and Her Trio | Lea Lyle vocals, Phil Craddock piano, Phil Berry bass, Jim Wade drums | Jubilee Pavilion, Kidmore End Cricket Club, The Hamlet, Gallowstree Common RG4 9BU | 7:30 pm | £10 online here or £12 by card on the door.
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Sat 11 Sep | Hot Biscuits Jazz Show | www.fc-radio.co.uk | 11pm | lost tapes from a series of 3 concerts featuring local musicians Hugh Lawrence, Joe Higgs, Steve Chadwick, Edward Barnwell, Andrzej Baranek, Matt Owens and Edward Toots Kainyek. Collectively performing under the name of Liminal. Also featured is Roger Alexander Lewin with a couple of pieces by Carole King. Not to forget one from Lloyd Ryan’s jazz force.. The broadcast opens with a track from Bluesy Susie | Archives
The Dee Gees (Denny Ilett/ Maff Potts/ Paul Jefferies) | Wallingford
Sat 11 Sep | Bluesy swing meets the birth of bop | Denny Illet guitar, Maff Potts piano, Paul Jefferies double bass, Fleur Stevenson vocals | Crowmarsh Village Hall, Benson Lane, Crowmarsh Gifford, OX10 8ED | Following Government COVID guidelines | Doors 6.45pm, show 7.30pm | Tickets £15 here
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Thurs 9 Sep | Hot Biscuits Jazz Show | www.fc-radio.co.uk | 9pm | lost tapes from a series of 3 concerts featuring local musicians Hugh Lawrence, Joe Higgs, Steve Chadwick, Edward Barnwell, Andrzej Baranek, Matt Owens and Edward Toots Kainyek. Collectively performing under the name of Liminal. Also featured is Roger Alexander Lewin with a couple of pieces by Carole King. Not to forget one from Lloyd Ryan’s jazz force.. The broadcast opens with a track from Bluesy Susie | Archives
Hot Biscuits Jazz Show | www.fc-radio.co.uk
Wed 8 Sep | Hot Biscuits Jazz Show | www.fc-radio.co.uk | 9pm | lost tapes from a series of 3 concerts featuring local musicians Hugh Lawrence, Joe Higgs, Steve Chadwick, Edward Barnwell, Andrzej Baranek, Matt Owens and Edward Toots Kainyek. Collectively performing under the name of Liminal. Also featured is Roger Alexander Lewin with a couple of pieces by Carole King. Not to forget one from Lloyd Ryan’s jazz force.. The broadcast opens with a track from Bluesy Susie | Archives
Clive Fortune Big Band September Songtime | Burghfield Village
Sun 5 Sep | Live music, including jazz standards, big band classics and contemporary arrangements for big band in a beautiful garden setting. Note this is a lunchtime event this year | Raffle, bar and hog roast available | Little Manor, Church Lane, Burghfield Village,
RG30 3TG | 12 noon | £10 in advance (call 0118 9832569) or £12.50 on the door, under 16’s free
Simon Allen, Mark Nightingale | Bracknell
Fri 3 Sep | Simon Allen sax, Mark Nightingale trombone with the Simon Cook Trio | Bracknell | South Hill Park Arts Centre Recital Room | 7:30pm | £16.00 Under 18s £8.00 | Tickets | Safe distancing will be implemented. Early booking recommended.
Paul Jones’ Big Band Blues Bash – Dinner and Show | Marlow
Paul Jones
Thurs 2 Sep | 3 Course Dinner – Table Service | Paul Jones vocals, harmonica (Manfred Mann, The Blues Band, BBC’s The Blues Show) | With the Denny Ilett Big Band | Marlow | The Jazz Experience at Monkton Barn | 7pm | £90 | Tickets
Jazz at Oaken Grove Vineyard | Art Themen Trio
Mon 30 Aug | Art Themen Trio | Art Themen saxes, Pete Whittaker organ, George Double drums | Oaken Grove Vineyard, Benhams Lane, Fawley, Henley-on-Thames RG9 6JG | Gates midday, jazz from 3pm | Tables for 2-6 people, £30 to £90 per table | Information and tickets
Baron Mara | The Angel, Woolhampton
Sat 28 Aug 2021 | Baron Mara | Jonathan Judge tenor sax, Ruben Berrios piano, Howard King bass, Tony Lyons drums | The Angel, Woolhampton RG7 5RT | Music from 8pm | Free entry. Call 0118 971 3827 to make dinner reservations
Formed in 2016, Baron Mara play in all styles of jazz, specialising in Bebop and Modal. They played at the Cork Jazz Festival in 2017 and gig in the Reading-Windsor-Oxford area. The band is currently recording an album of original compositions in Windsor.
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Sat 28 Aug | Hot Biscuits Jazz Show | www.fc-radio.co.uk | 11pm | Next week’s broadcast looks at the contemporary guitar, organ and drums Trio of Svarc Hanley Longhawn We also feature an interview and music from Helen Pillinger about her encounter with the Welsh harp. The broadcast opens with a track from Bluesy Susie .| Archives
Charity jazz | Gallowstree Common
Sat 28 Aug | Bob Christopher Quartet | Bob Christopher sax and vocals, Phil Craddock piano, Phil Berry bass, Jim Wade drums | Kidmore End Cricket Club, The Hamlet, Gallowstree Common RG4 9BU | Free entry | Music from 7pm
Background: On 2nd June 2021, local NHS psychologist, Dr Tom Crossland pictured) set off from Kidmore End Cricket Club to run 1,900 miles around the coast of England and Wales. Supported by a small number of friends and family, his goal is to raise £20,000 for TRIBE Freedom Foundation to help end modern slavery. He will finish this epic run on 28 August at the Club at 4:15pm. As well as the music, the event features tea and cake, cricket , the Pavilion Bar and Jez’s Fabulous Street Food.
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Thurs 26 Aug | Hot Biscuits Jazz Show | www.fc-radio.co.uk | 9pm | Next week’s broadcast looks at the contemporary guitar, organ and drums Trio of Svarc Hanley Longhawn We also feature an interview and music from Helen Pillinger about her encounter with the Welsh harp. The broadcast opens with a track from Bluesy Susie .| Archives
Special Concert livestreamed | Newton, Cleyndert, Oxley
Wed 25 Aug
A very special concert recorded at Herts Jazz in collaboration with Guildford Jazz, featuring the ever popular multi-award winning pianist David Newton, with Andrew Cleyndert on double bass and Colin Oxley on guitar, and a set that includes a selection of standards, a Chopin prelude, an original tune by Eddie Harris and a beautiful melody by composer Nelson Cavaquinho! The concert is followed by an entertaining interview by Marianne Windham with David Newton about his life and career in music.
Can’t make the date? No problem – the link will stay active for a week after the performance date.
7.30pm | £6 | Book here, and the performance link will be emailed to you | Watch trailer
Hot Biscuits Jazz Show | www.fc-radio.co.uk
Wed 25 Aug | Hot Biscuits Jazz Show | www.fc-radio.co.uk | 9pm | Next week’s broadcast looks at the contemporary guitar, organ and drums Trio of Svarc Hanley Longhawn We also feature an interview and music from Helen Pillinger about her encounter with the Welsh harp. The broadcast opens with a track from Bluesy Susie .| Archives
Karen Sharp & Art Themen | Marlow
Tues 24 Aug | Karen tenor & baritone, Art tenor & soprano, Frank Harrison piano, Denis Smith drums, Andy Crowdy bass | Royal British Legion Hall Marlow SL7 1NT | 8.30pm | £10 | New date for the gig in June that had to be cancelled. Pay at the door, but reserving a seat or table is very strongly advised – 01628 486571
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Sat 21 Aug | Hot Biscuits Jazz Show | www.fc-radio.co.uk | 11pm | Next week’s broadcast looks exclusively at the jazz scene in Vietnam with assistance from Hanoi jazz lover Hoang Minh Chau.| Archives
Rhythms at the Yurt – American Sector | Didcot
Fri 20 Aug | American Sector | Duncan James – guitar, Samuel Fisht – drums, Steve Brundish – bass| Didcot | Rhythms at the Yurt | Haddon Acre, Sires Hill, North Moreton, Didcot OX11 9BG | 8.00pm | Tickets for seats or streaming
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Thurs 19 Aug | Hot Biscuits Jazz Show | www.fc-radio.co.uk | 9pm | Next week’s broadcast looks exclusively at the jazz scene in Vietnam with assistance from Hanoi jazz lover Hoang Minh Chau.| Archives
Hot Biscuits Jazz Show | www.fc-radio.co.uk
Wed 18 Aug | Hot Biscuits Jazz Show | www.fc-radio.co.uk | 9pm | Next week’s broadcast looks exclusively at the jazz scene in Vietnam with assistance from Hanoi jazz lover Hoang Minh Chau.| Archives
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Sat 14 Aug | Hot Biscuits Jazz Show | www.fc-radio.co.uk | 11pm | Features the guitar compositions of Tony Heiberg Also included is a clip of music featuring the bagpipes, music from Django Reinhart and Barney Kessel, digital music and samples from the 8 Bit Big Band, the Ezra Jazz Collective and the zany Billy Jenkins to finish| Archives
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Thurs 12 Aug | Hot Biscuits Jazz Show | www.fc-radio.co.uk | 9pm | Features the guitar compositions of Tony Heiberg Also included is a clip of music featuring the bagpipes, music from Django Reinhart and Barney Kessel, digital music and samples from the 8 Bit Big Band, the Ezra Jazz Collective and the zany Billy Jenkins to finish| Archives
