Live music

We're pleased to welcome back veteran pianist Ray D’Inverno who last visited just over a year ago. 2023 is a milestone year for Ray as he reaches 80 years of age, and in fact this Bristol gig is a warm-up performance for a major concert at Southampton's Turner Sims concert hall to celebrate Ray's enormous contribution...

Martin Kern grew up in Bülach near Zürich in Switzerland and first started to play classical cello, then later at age 17 picked up the saxophone. He studied in Paris at the Cèntre d´'Information Musicale and at the Swiss Jazz School in Bern before spending some time in New York. He then moved to Berlin...

Greg Sterland - tenor sax, Tim Funnell - piano, Pasquale Votino - bass, Paolo Adamo - drums Saxophonist Greg Sterland is a graduate of the Royal Welsh College and has played at the club several times before both as a band leader and as part of the Jonny Bruce Organ Quartet. He cites a wide range of...

John Donegan - piano, Andy Hague - trumpet, Luke Annesley - alto sax,  Ben Waghorn - tenor Sax, Chris Jones - bass, Ryan Thrupp - drums. Originally from Cork in Ireland, John Donegan lived in Bristol during the 90s and was a mainstay of the jazz scene here before work took him to London. Now...

Saxophonist Duncan Eagles has previously appeared at the club with Estraven and Jack Yardley's Wayne Shorter project, but tonight we're pleased to welcome him back with his own group Partikel. Partikel take unique and fresh look at the saxophone trio format, their exciting live performances lead them to being dubbed as "One of the hottest...