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Hot Biscuits Jazz Broadcast

Season’s greetings to my Hot Biscuits listeners and jazz friends! This year, our Xmas jazz special comes from the Smooth Jazz Universe, featuring the talented David Margam. This is the first of many joint initiatives where we’re swapping Xmas jazz broadcasts. To learn more about David, tune into Funkmania, Smooth Jazz Radio.David sends his greetings: ‘Hey there! Dive into a world of good vibes and cool sounds with the best artists from Funkmania. Welcome to our traditional Christmas special, all in the smooth jazz style. We’ve got the latest tracks and some old favourites, all with a festive twist. Let’s get started! This is Funkmania’s smooth jazz special.’ If this piques your interest, feel free to share and join us at www.mixcloud.com/stevebewick/ 24/7. Happy listening!”

Live Jazz at The Relais | Henley-on-Thames

Phil Craddock

Dinner Jazz at The Angel | Sarah-Jane Eveleigh/Hugh Turner Duo

Live Jazz at The Relais | Henley-on-Thames

Sheena Caprice

Live Jazz at The Relais | Henley-on-Thames

Phil Craddock

Live Jazz at The Relais | Henley-on-Thames

Robert Otwinowski

The Annie Parker Trio | Jazz Club | The Green Room, Henley

Photo by Anna Lambert

Tues 17 Dec | Jazz Club at The Green Room | The Annie Parker Trio | Annie Parker concert, alto and bass flutes, Simon Cook keys, Marianne Windham double bass | The Green Room, 48 Market Place, Henley on Thames RG9 2AG | 7.30 – 10.30pm | tickets from £8 available from The Green Room on their website : thegreenroomhenley.com or phone : 07784 854366 Jazz Club menu available

Get Christmas off to a cracking start – or simply come and chill – with this fresh and innovative trio playing some great tunes form Herbie Mann, Roland Kirk. Miles Davis and more…

Remix Jazz Orchestra with Rebecca Poole | Marlow

Live Jazz at The Relais | Henley-on-Thames

Lawrie Wright

Crowmarsh Jazz | All Star Christmas Cracker!

Sat 14 Dec | All Star Christmas Cracker! | Crowmarsh Jazz, Crowmarsh Village Hall, Benson Lane, Crowmarsh Gifford, OX10 8ED | Bar and pizza available | £18 standard ticket price. £5 for anyone living or working in adult social care and anyone in receipt of benefits. www.crowmarshjazz.co.uk

Mandolinquents Christmas Special | Simon Mayor and Friends | Goring Village Hall

Sat 14 Dec | Mandolinquents Christmas Special | Simon Mayor and Friends | A Riot of Music and Humour | Simon Mayor mandolin, fiddle, Richard Collins banjo, mandola, Hilary James vocals, mandobass, Florence Petit violoncello, mandocello, Elias Sibley, guitar, mandola, ukulele, Gerald Garcia special guest on classical guitar | Goring Village Hall, High Street, Goring-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, RG8 9AG. | 7:30-10.00pm | Tickets £20 : Booking: mayorandjames.com/gigs or from Acoustics T. 0118 9268615 or Inspirations, The High Street, Goring or cash on the door | Bar + tea, coffee & cakes

“Wicked and wonderful” BBC Radio 3 “Deliciously uncool” Daily Telegraph
“Folk, jazz, swing, Grieg, Rimsky-Korsakov, John Clare, Smetana – plus funny intros, wit and sparkle in this live set from the eclectic, virtuosic quartet.” – BBC Radio 2 website
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Live Jazz at The Relais | Henley-on-Thames

Cafe Zazous @ The Butler Reading | Swing gypsy jazz

Jazz at Progress | Soultime! Play the Music of Bobby Timmons

Fri 13 Dec | Soultime! Play the Music of Bobby Timmons | Steve Fishwick trumpet, Leon Greening piano, Matyas Hofecker bass, Matt Home drums | Progress Theatre, The Mount, Christchurch Road, Reading, RG1 5HL | Doors 7pm, Music 7:30pm | £19.00 (£17.00 concessions, £10 under 16) | Information and tickets

Jazz at The Fisherman’s Cottage | Annie Parker

Normally every fourth Tuesday but, exceptionally, the next date will be 28 January.

Live music. Free entry. Excellent food and drink. And a lot more space than the late-lamented Global Cafe. Who could ask for more? Parking at The Fisherman’s Cottage, on surrounding streets or take an easy stroll along the Kennet from the Queen’s Road car park – park for just £3.60 for the evening. More parking information here

Pete Allen Jazz Band | Newbury

A Soulful Christmas with Jordan Jackson | Dorchester-on-Thames

Sun 8 Dec | A Soulful Christmas with Jordan Jackson | Jordan Jackson – piano and vocals, Claudio Suriano – guitar, Santi Viale – bass, Juan Jacinto – drums, plus a four-piece brass section | Bishop’s Court Farm 91 High Street Dorchester-on-Thames OX10 7HP | 7pm | £25.19 incl fee | Tickets

Live Jazz at The Relais | Henley-on-Thames

Phil Craddock

Will McCrea Trio | Reading

Live Jazz at The Relais | Henley-on-Thames

Annie Parker

Graeme Hewitt’s High Society Jazz Band Christmas Party | Theale

Our last session for 2024 is going to be a well-attended occasion. Having led the High Society Jazz Band for over 50 years, and now at the age of 85, Graeme Hewitt is sure his Christmas Party will be a real swinger! With Guests BEN CUMMINGS and his wife and singer LIZZIE NEWBERRY making a return visit, their last visit in September having hit all the right notes, December 3^rd is going to be a ‘sell out.’ To make an even bigger hit with the loyal supporters, Graeme is also reforming his Marching Band which won ‘BEST BAND’ at a jazz festival in Holland, voted the best of bands from all over the world. Our audience is encouraged to bring their parasols to form the ‘SECOND LINE,’ a New Orleans term, following the musicians round the hall, and weather being kind, even out into the car park putting on a show for Theale never to forget.

Fleet Jazz Club | A Swinging Christmas – Chris Ingham Quintet featuring Joanna Eden

Tues 3 Dec | A Swinging Christmas – Chris Ingham Quintet featuring Joanna Eden | Chris Ingham – Piano, Joanna Eden – vocals, Mark Crooks – sax, George Double – drums, Marianne Windham – bass | Fleet Jazz Club, The Harlington GU51 4BY | Doors and bar open 7:15 pm, performance 8 pm to 10 pm | Tickets £25 online here the Box Office on 01252 811009 or on the door (cash or card)

Jazz at The Four Horseshoes | Sherfield-on-Loddon

Tues 3 Dec | Equinox Quintet with Debby Bracknell | Debbie Bracknell vocals, Peter Bingham tenor sax, John Clarke guitar, Derek Alford bass, and Paul Kaluza drums | Four Horseshoes pub, Sherfield-on-Loddon RG27 0EX | 8pm to 10.30pm | Four Horseshoes | No charge for admission (donations are welcomed)

Live Jazz at The Relais | Henley-on-Thames

Jazz@PJC – Pangbourne Jazz Club

Sun 1 Dec | Special Guest Simon Spillett, Sax with the Terry Hutchins Qrt featuring: Terry Hutchins guitar, Jim Pollard, piano, Stuart Barker, double bass and Brian Greene drums | Pangbourne WMC, 1 Whitchurch Rd, Pangbourne, Reading RG8 7BS | 7:30 – 10pm | £12.50 card/cash on the door, or online in advance. Https://pangbournejazzclub.com

Dinner Jazz at The Angel | Annie Parker Quartet

Photo by Steve Foster @jazzshots (Instagram & FB)

Fronted by the exuberant Annie Parker on flute and bass flute, this joyful quartet of musicians simply enjoy playing jazz together  in sometimes slightly unexpected and spontaneous ways. With a repertoire that  spans Miles Davis to the Beatles, expect an evening of great music in good company!

Live Jazz at The Relais | Henley-on-Thames

Annie Parker

Christmas jazz | Wallingford

Thurs 28 Nov | Christmas fair preview evening with Rocky playing live jazz (on a piano found in Camden Jazz Club) | The Coaching Barn Manor Farm Wallingford OX10 6AX | 10am – 4 pm | Tickets

Live Jazz at The Relais | Henley-on-Thames

Rory McInroy

Jim Wynn Swingtet @ Balboa Beckons, Oxford

Sun 24 Nov | Jim Wynn Swingtet playing at an afternoon dance, preceded by a balboa workshop (for those with some balboa experience) with Andrew and Emiliya run by Oxford Balboa | Old Headington Village Hall, Dunstan Road, Oxford, OX3 9BY| Workshop 12 – 2.15 pm, dance 2.30 – 6.15pm | Workshop + Balboa Beckons: £35 on DanceCloud (£25 for unwaged), Workshop only: £25 on DanceCloud (£18 for unwaged), Balboa Beckons only: £15 pay on the door on or DanceCloud (£10 unwaged)| Join us for a fabulous afternoon of social dancing to music from a great band – whether you are a dancer or just want to come and enjoy listening to an amazing band and watching lovely dancing.

Will Todd’s Mass in Blue and A Little Jazz Mass by Bob Chilcott | Wesley Church, Reading

Sat 23 Nov | Featuring members of Resolution 88 – Tom O’Grady piano and Ric Elsworth percussion, with Eric Guy on bass, Lisa Swayne soprano, and the Reading Festival Chorus, directed by Greg Hallam | Wesley Church, Queens Road, Reading RG1 4BW | 6pm | £18, under-18s free. Tickets available on the door and from TicketSource

Two upbeat jazz settings of the latin mass, performed by a local choir together with a professional jazz band and an outstanding soloist. A dynamic blend of jazz, blues and choral writing.

Stan Tracey’s A Child’s Christmas Jazz Suite | Woodley

Tom Neill

Sat 23 Nov | Stan Tracey’s A Child’s Christmas Jazz Suite | Mike Wilkins saxes, Martin Pickett piano, Steve Kershaw double bass, Mike Goff drums, Tom Neill narration | Alan Cornish Theatre at The Oakwood Centre Woodley | Doors 7pm Band 7:45pm | Early Bird £12:50/£14:50 Full Price – Tickets

Live Jazz at The Relais | Henley-on-Thames

Fronted by the exuberant Annie Parker on flute and bass flute, P’Jam is a joyful quartet of musicians who simply enjoy playing jazz together  in sometimes slightly unexpected and spontaneous ways. With a repertoire that  spans Miles Davis to the Beatles, expect an evening of great music in good company! Photo by Steve Foster – @jazzshot on Instagram

Guildford Jazz at the Cricket Pavilion | Moscow Drug Club

Thu 21 Nov| Guildford Jazz at the Cricket Pavilion | Moscow Drug Club | Food and drinks from 19.00 Jazz from 20:00 to 22:15 | Tickets £20 (Discounts for Members and Students) from here

We’re delighted to welcome back the hugely popular MOSCOW DRUG CLUB – a heady and waggish mix of Jazz French musette Latin Grooves and New Orleans Swing, combining their original material with songs by the likes of Jaques Brel, Tom Waits, Leonard Cohen & Eartha Kitt. Moscow Drug Club deliver an intoxicating and intimate musical experience you won’t soon forget!

Acantha Lang | Dorchester-on-Thames

Sun 17 Nov | Snug Sessions at Bishop’s Court Farm, in conjunction with Hampstead Jazz Club: Acantha Lang vocals and her drum-tight band | Bishop’s Court Farm, 91 High St, Dorchester-on-Thames OX10 7HP | Doors: 6pm. Show: 7-9pm | £23 (+ booking fee) | Tickets

Live Jazz at The Relais | Henley-on-Thames

Robert Otwinowski

The Supertonics Big Band, plus guest vocalist Mr Jeremy Lassen | Bracknell

Sat 16 Nov | The Supertonics Big Band, plus guest vocalist Mr Jeremy Lassen | Popular 17-piece Swing Band | Carnation Hall, Winkfield Row, Bracknell RG42 7PA | 7.30pm | Tickets £15, reserve in advance via davidbennett470@gmail.com or 07739-314261 or www.thesupertonics.co.uk

The Annie Parker Trio plays Magoos, Henley

Photo by Anna Lambert

Fri 15 Nov | The Annie Parker Trio | Annie Parker concert, alto and bass flutes, Simon Cook keys, Marianne Windham double bass | 22 Hart St Henley on Thames RG9 2AU | 7.30-9.30pm | £10 cash on the door (cashpoint at Sainsbury’s along the road if you forget!)

Back from a successful appearance at Devizes Arts Festival this summer, this new trio blows fresh air into some well-known and lesser known jazz standards. With their unusual combination of musical backgrounds you can be sure of a creative, grooving and toe-tapping night! (Don’t be late : jazz set has to finish at 9.30 to make way for the regular DJ!)

Guildford Jazz at the Boiler Room | Redtenbacher’s Funkestra – Brothers In Funk

Stefan Redtenbacher’s Funkestra continues the successful BEAT series with an exciting mix of fresh, high energy jazz funk, inspired by the legendary Funk Brothers, Average White Band and Brecker Brothers. “A pure slice of unalloyed, joyful Funk.” – Steve Rubie (606 Club London).

Evening Jazz | The Relais, Henley-on-Thames

Nigel Price Quartet | Marlow

Fleet Jazz Club | Pete Oxley & Nicolas Meier Guitar Project

Tues 12 Nov | Pete Oxley & Nicolas Meier Guitar Project | Pete Oxley & Nicolas Meier – Guitars, Marianne Windham – bass, TBC – drums | Fleet Jazz Club, The Harlington GU51 4BY | Doors and bar open 7:15 pm, performance 8 pm to 10 pm | Tickets £20 online here from the Box Office on 01252 811009 or on the door (cash or card)

Live Jazz at The Relais | Henley-on-Thames

Phil Craddock

Jazz Lab @ The Reading Biscuit Factory

Live Jazz at The Relais | Henley-on-Thames

Rat Pack: A Swingin’ Christmas at the Sands | The Anvil, Basingstoke

Fri 8 Nov | Rat Pack: A Swingin’ Christmas at the Sands | Tom Russell Fox as Frank Sinatra, Jim Whitley as Sammy Davis Jr., and Glenn Macnamara as Dean Martin | The Anvil, Churchill Way, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 7QR | 8.15pm | Tickets £39, £36.50, £33.50, £29 (includes £4 booking fee) | More info and booking via: anvilarts.org.uk | 01256 844244

The stars of The Rat Pack – Swingin’ at the Sands bring the ultimate Christmas party this festive season. The show will offer audiences all the usual most-loved Rat Pack staples as well as, sing-alongs to a range of festive favourites.

Fleet Jazz Club | Mark Nightingale

Thurs 7 Nov | Mark Nightingale – trombone, John Cervantes – piano, Marianne Windham – bass | Fleet Jazz Club, The Harlington Function Room GU51 4BY | Doors and bar open 11:15 am, performance 12 pm to 1 pm | Tickets £10 on the door (cash or card)

Guildford Jazz: SOULTIME!

Wed 6 Nov | SOULTIME!| An exciting jazz quartet co-led by renowned pianist Leon Greening and trumpeter Steve Fishwick. Dedicated to the repertoire of the pianist Bobby Timmons, SoulTime! pays homage to a figure whose influence during the late 1950s and early 60s on Hard-Bop and Soul-Jazz often goes unacknowledged. Bobby Timmons’ compositions, such as ‘This Here’, ‘Dat Dere’, and ‘Moanin’, were pivotal for iconic groups like Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers and The Cannonball Adderley Quintet and SoulTime! is revitalizing these classics | With Steve Fishwick – trumpet, Leon Greening – piano, Matt Home – drums and Marianne WIndham – bass | Guildford Pavilion, Woodbridge Road, GU1 4RP | From 19.15. Jazz from 20:00 to 22:15 |Tickets £20 (Discounts for Members and Students) here

Jazz at The Fisherman’s Cottage | Katrina Likhtman

Photo by Steve Foster – @jazzshot on Instagram

Next date 10 December, not 3 December.

Jazz at The Four Horseshoes | Sherfield-on-Loddon

Tues 5 Nov | Equinox Quintet with Annie Parker and Ken Henderson | Annie Parker flutes, Ken Henderson piano, Peter Bingham tenor sax, John Clarke guitar, Derek Alford bass, and Paul Kaluza drums | Four Horseshoes pub, Sherfield-on-Loddon RG27 0EX | 8pm to 10.30pm | Four Horseshoes | No charge for admission (donations are welcomed)

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