Gigs
Fleur Stevenson, Hugh Turner Jazz Duo | Didcot
Fri 15 Dec | Fleur Stevenson, Hugh Turner Jazz Duo | Cornerstone Arts, Didcot | Jazz vocals and guitar accompaniment | 5-7pm | Free entry
Rebecca Poole | Five Horseshoes Maidensgrove
Fri 15 Dec | Rebecca Poole ace singer with Hugh Turner guitar Raph Mizraki acoustic bass, and special guest Stu Henderson trumpet, vocals and percussion | Five Horseshoes Maidensgrove nr Henley-on-Thames RG9 6EX | 8pm start | £20 music cover | Reservations 01491 64128. Diners only, you must book. Christmas special , book early !
Continuing the Five Horseshoes monthly jazz evenings. Fab food, full menu and bar, superb atmosphere, great jazz artists. Usually every last Friday of the month
Guildford Jazz at St John’s Church | Claire Martin’s Christmas Cracker
Fri 15 Dec | Guildford Jazz at St John’s Church | Claire Martin’s Christmas Cracker | St John’s Church, Farncombe, Godalming GU7 3EJ | Doors Open 7.15 pm, Jazz from 8.00 pm | Tickets £22.50 (Discounts for Members and Students) from here
An evening with multi-award winning vocalist Claire Martin OBE and her quartet. Expect some stylish reworkings of much loved standards from the Great American Songbook, plus some Christmas classics to enjoy and sing along with! Claire is hailed as ranking among ‘the four of five best jazz vocalists on the planet’ by Jazz Times USA. With Rob Barron – piano. Jeremy Brown – bass and Mark Taylor – drums.