Gigs


Hot Biscuits Jazz Show | www.fc-radio.co.uk

Sat 1 May | Hot Biscuits Jazz Show | www.fc-radio.co.uk | 11pm | Join me in a few nostalgic moments from the Hilary Step with a foursome of unused materials from previous live recordings played out in earlier broadcasts. The four include, Jonathan Draper’s swinging Ocarina Bebop, Jonny Gleave in Wigan based fusion band, Jazz Measure, the Freddy Garner Quartet and the guitar led Trio of Svarc Hanley Longhawn. | Archives


Deirdre Cartwright: Art of the Guitar | Livestream from Watermill Jazz

Tues 4 May | Deirdre Cartwright: Art of the Guitar | Livestream from Watermill Jazz | 8:30 – 9:30PM | £5 | Tickets


Hot Biscuits Jazz Show | www.fc-radio.co.uk

Wed 5 May | Hot Biscuits Jazz Show | www.fc-radio.co.uk | 9pm | A rich variety of sounds this week including a review of CHBO Drums, 0419NY forwarded by Brant Tilds Trumpets, an open and improvisatory approach that is less prescriptive and conventional in its approach than mainstream jazz. Also included is Jazz from Wales with three pieces from James Kilby Chadwick, jazz guitarist & Educator, in solo, duo and trio format. Mark Toomey shares a tribute to Charlie Parker and Mark Lawrence Quartet plus Anthony Jeffrey Roberts with a sample of live jazz in Bristol. | Archives


XPQ: Vasilis Xenopoulos & Nigel Price Quartet | Livestream from the Boileroom, Guildford

Wed 5 May | XPQ: Vasilis Xenopoulos & Nigel Price Quartet | Vasilis Xenopoulos tenor sax, Nigel Price guitar, Dario Di Lecce bass, Winston Clifford drums | Livestream from the Boileroom, Guildford | 7:30om | £10 | Tickets

“When the players are Vasilis Xenopoulos and Nigel Price … the outcome is downright irresistible …” – The Guardian

“Irrepressible swing and drive, and inventiveness” – Trio Records

 


Hot Biscuits Jazz Show | www.fc-radio.co.uk

Thurs 6 May | Hot Biscuits Jazz Show | www.fc-radio.co.uk | 9pm | A rich variety of sounds this week including a review of CHBO Drums, 0419NY forwarded by Brant Tilds Trumpets, an open and improvisatory approach that is less prescriptive and conventional in its approach than mainstream jazz. Also included is Jazz from Wales with three pieces from James Kilby Chadwick, jazz guitarist & Educator, in solo, duo and trio format. Mark Toomey shares a tribute to Charlie Parker and Mark Lawrence Quartet plus Anthony Jeffrey Roberts with a sample of live jazz in Bristol. | Archives


Hot Biscuits Jazz Show | www.fc-radio.co.uk

Sat 8 May | Hot Biscuits Jazz Show | www.fc-radio.co.uk | 11pm | A rich variety of sounds this week including a review of CHBO Drums, 0419NY forwarded by Brant Tilds Trumpets, an open and improvisatory approach that is less prescriptive and conventional in its approach than mainstream jazz. Also included is Jazz from Wales with three pieces from James Kilby Chadwick, jazz guitarist & Educator, in solo, duo and trio format. Mark Toomey shares a tribute to Charlie Parker and Mark Lawrence Quartet plus Anthony Jeffrey Roberts with a sample of live jazz in Bristol. | Archives


Josephine Arthur Sings at The Shed (of Steele) | Livestream

Mon 10 May | Josephine Arthur Sings at The Shed (of Steele) | Josephine Arthur vocals, Alex Steele piano, Paul Jefferies bass | Livestream | 7pm | View here

 


Hot Biscuits Jazz Show | www.fc-radio.co.uk

Wed 12 May | Hot Biscuits Jazz Show | www.fc-radio.co.uk | 9pm | While the return of live jazz gets ever closer, catch up with some live music from past days of the Hilary Step with John Settle drums, Stuart Mc Donald sax and Ed Harrison Bass, as the No Idea Trio. Also included, a track from R n B Stevie Oakes Solo Tunes, a solo harmonica blues piece from Mat Walklate, a Latin jazz piece from Bluesy Susie and her band, finishing with an extended syncopation with Kurt Ellington and the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra | Archives


Hot Biscuits Jazz Show | www.fc-radio.co.uk

Thurs 13 May | Hot Biscuits Jazz Show | www.fc-radio.co.uk | 9pm | While the return of live jazz gets ever closer, catch up with some live music from past days of the Hilary Step with John Settle drums, Stuart Mc Donald sax and Ed Harrison Bass, as the No Idea Trio. Also included, a track from R n B Stevie Oakes Solo Tunes, a solo harmonica blues piece from Mat Walklate, a Latin jazz piece from Bluesy Susie and her band, finishing with an extended syncopation with Kurt Ellington and the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra| Archives


Hot Biscuits Jazz Show | www.fc-radio.co.uk

Sat 15 May | Hot Biscuits Jazz Show | www.fc-radio.co.uk | 11pm | While the return of live jazz gets ever closer, catch up with some live music from past days of the Hilary Step with John Settle drums, Stuart Mc Donald sax and Ed Harrison Bass, as the No Idea Trio. Also included, a track from R n B Stevie Oakes Solo Tunes, a solo harmonica blues piece from Mat Walklate, a Latin jazz piece from Bluesy Susie and her band, finishing with an extended syncopation with Kurt Ellington and the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra | Archives


Hot Biscuits Jazz Show | www.fc-radio.co.uk

Wed 19 May | Hot Biscuits Jazz Show | www.fc-radio.co.uk | 9pm | Hear the story of composer, arranger and pianist who blended bebop with big band to create the new cool in jazz, Gill Evans. A jazz story in twelve pieces | Archives


Hot Biscuits Jazz Show | www.fc-radio.co.uk

Thurs 20 May | Hot Biscuits Jazz Show | www.fc-radio.co.uk | 9pm | Hear the story of composer, arranger and pianist who blended bebop with big band to create the new cool in jazz, Gill Evans. A jazz story in twelve pieces | Archives


Guitar day with Clement Regert | Livestream

Thurs 20 May | Guitar day with Clement Regert | Clement Regert guitar, Nicolas Meier guitar| 5pm show | 8pm show


Oxley – Meier Guitar Project | Livestream from Rhythms at the Yurt

Fri 21 May | Oxley – Meier Guitar Project | Pete Oxley – guitar, Nicolas Meier – guitar | Livestream from Rhythms at the Yurt | 8.00pm | Donate here | View here


Hot Biscuits Jazz Show | www.fc-radio.co.uk

Sat 22 May | Hot Biscuits Jazz Show | www.fc-radio.co.uk | 11pm | Hear the story of composer, arranger and pianist who blended bebop with big band to create the new cool in jazz, Gill Evans. A jazz story in twelve pieces | Archives


Nicolas Meier | Special Sunday “Stories” | Livestream

Sun 23 May | Special Sunday “Stories” | Nicolas Meier guitar | 5pm show


Hot Biscuits Jazz Show | www.fc-radio.co.uk

Wed 26 May | Hot Biscuits Jazz Show | www.fc-radio.co.uk | 9pm | A cosmopolitan display of jazz in next weeks broadcast with an insight into Jazz fusion from Japan kindly sent in by Mitsuhiro Ono and a feature from Gary Heywood-Everett who goes the `Full Circle` with the Peter Moc Group and Lage Lund, guitarist whilst Siobhan Soraghan and Andy Faulkner take us on a Sentimental Journey between them.| Archives


Music of Joe Henderson | Kelvin Christian

Thurs 27 May | Music of Joe Henderson | Kelvin Christian sax, Nicolas Meier guitar, Marianne Windham acoustic  bass | 2pm show | 5pm show


Hot Biscuits Jazz Show | www.fc-radio.co.uk

Thurs 27 May | Hot Biscuits Jazz Show | www.fc-radio.co.uk | 9pm | A cosmopolitan display of jazz in next weeks broadcast with an insight into Jazz fusion from Japan kindly sent in by Mitsuhiro Ono and a feature from Gary Heywood-Everett who goes the `Full Circle` with the Peter Moc Group and Lage Lund, guitarist whilst Siobhan Soraghan and Andy Faulkner take us on a Sentimental Journey between them.| Archives


Jazz Singers’ Night in Reading | The Butler

Thurs 27 May | Jazz Singers’ Night in Reading | Fleur Stevenson vocals/host, Simon Feast piano, Nick Hill double bass, Paul Glover drums | The Butler, 85-91 Chatham St, Reading RG1 7DS | 8pm | Free admission


Hot Biscuits Jazz Show | www.fc-radio.co.uk 

Sat 29 May | Hot Biscuits Jazz Show | www.fc-radio.co.uk | 11pm | A cosmopolitan display of jazz in next weeks broadcast with an insight into Jazz fusion from Japan kindly sent in by Mitsuhiro Ono and a feature from Gary Heywood-Everett who goes the `Full Circle` with the Peter Moc Group and Lage Lund, guitarist whilst Siobhan Soraghan and Andy Faulkner take us on a Sentimental Journey between them.| Archives


Jazz at Oaken Grove Vineyard | Sweet Chorus – A Tribute to Stephane Grappelli

Mon 31 May | Sweet Chorus – A Tribute to Stephane Grappelli | John Etheridge guitar, Christian Garrick violin, Dave Kelbie guitar, Andy Crowdy bass | Oaken Grove Vineyard, Benhams Lane, Fawley, Henley-on-Thames RG9 6JG | Gates midday, jazz from 3pm | Tables for 2-6 people, £66 to £199 per table | Information and tickets