Fleet Jazz Club
Lunchtime Jazz
Alan Barnes
October 3rd
Doors: 11:20am / Bar: 11:20am / Show: 12:00pm noon
Tickets: £10 (cash or card) on the door only
Alan Barnes is one of the UK’s best-loved and most distinguished saxophonists. The recipient of more than 30 British Jazz Awards, he has twice been named BBC Jazz Musician of the Year and his many highlights include numerous tours of the US and collaborations with the likes of Michel Legrand, Jamie Cullum & Van Morrison. He is without doubt a distinguished member of an elite group of British jazz musicians and his unique musicianship, indefatigable touring, and warm rapport with audiences have made him uniquely popular in British jazz.
More Information
Alison Rayner Quintet
October 15th
Doors: 7.15pm / Bar: 7:15pm / Show: 8.00pm
Tickets: £20 Cabaret Reserved
Led by bassist and composer Alison Rayner, multi award-winning quintet ARQ are widely celebrated from several years of extensive UK and European touring – and critically acclaimed for their three album releases August (2014) , A Magic Life (2016) and Short Stories (2019). Their latest album, “ARQ at Ten-Semaphore” was recorded live at the Vortex earlier this year.
With Alison Rayner on Bass, Buster Birch on drums, Deirdre Cartwright on guitar, Diane McLoughlin on Saxophone and and Steve Lodder on piano.
More Information
Lunchtime Jazz
Mark Nightingale
November 7th
Doors: 11:20am / Bar: 11:20am / Show: 12:00pm noon
Tickets: £10 (cash or card) on the door only.
Multi-award winning jazz trombonist Mark Nightingale is a firmly established favourite on the UK jazz scene, with a reputation as one of the top-flight jazz trombonists in Europe and worldwide. He has had longstanding musical associations playing in bands lead by John Dankworth, Cleo Laine, Stan Tracey, Kenny Wheeler, Alan Barnes and many more and also fronts various small groups and a big band of his own, featuring his own compositions and arrangements.
Mark is also a busy studio musician in London and has played on hundreds of movie soundtracks, and has played and recorded with some of the greats in all genres of music, including Ray Brown, Clark Terry, Scott Hamilton, James Morrison, Bill Holman, Frank Sinatra, Charlie Watts, Sting and Steely Dan.
More Information
Pete Oxley & Nicolas Meier Guitar Project
November 12th
Doors: 7.15pm / Bar: 7:15pm / Show: 8.00pm
Tickets: £20 Cabaret Reserved
Expect a dazzling display of contemporary fare, ranging from Turkish panache to soundscapes of latin America to English pastoralism. Hear this played on nylon string, steel string, electric, 12-string, fretless, slide, guitar-synth, glissentar guitars and more!
For their live gigs, the Oxley-Meier Guitar Project aim to entertain by playing with a spontaneity and an intuitive interplay between them that keeps them fresh and fired up from gig to gig. The quartet therefore comes to the performance with what they hope are the audience’s anticipations: to expect the unexpected!
With drums tbc and Marianne Windham on bass.
More Information
Jazz at the Movies presents: A Swinging Christmas
December 3rd
Doors: 7.15pm / Bar: 7:15pm / Show: 8.00pm
Tickets: £25 Cabaret Reserved
An all-star line-up for our end of season show celebrating some of the ‘Vintage Vegas’ sounds that have inspired Georgina’s unique talent. From Louis and Ella to Ray Charles, Sinatra and Adele, expect a velvet voiced ‘pick and mix’ of swinging, bluesy, balladlike iconic songs alongside a hefty dose of sizzling brass!
Georgina has made regular appearances with the Ronnie Scott’s Jazz orchestra for the last 10 years, featured on both high-powered trumpet-led numbers, swinging vocals and the occasional comedic turn! She has also been featured at the BBC Proms, had her own Peggy Lee tribute radio show on Radio 2, been a special guest on trumpet festivals across the world and is in high demand with her one woman show on the world’s most prestigious ocean liners.
With Craig Wild on Trumpets, Michael Feltham on Trombone, Karen Sharp on Tenor Saxophone, Jim Watson on Piano, Sebastiaan De Krom on Drums and Marianne Windham on bass.
More Information