For our first visiting band of 2022, we welcome Estraven as part of a tour taking in The Lescar, Sheffield, The Hive, Shrewsbury and The Vortex in London. Their debut album ‘Ignored Advice’ to be released in February 2022 features all original compositions that stem from bassist-composer Chris Hyde-Harrison’s love of jazz, post-rock and various world...
James Chadwick - guitar, Nick Malcolm - trumpet, Henrik Jensen - bass, Andy Hague - drums
Ray D'Inverno - piano, Andy Hague - trumpet, Terry Quinney - tenor sax, Luke Belcher - bass, Andy Tween - drums
Saxophonist Alex Merritt has circulated in the upper echelons of London jazz society for a number of years, appearing at Ronnie Scott's, Pizza Express and so on, but fairly recently moved to Bristol, from which base he travels to teach at the Royal Welsh College. He's already had quite an impact on the Bristol scene, popping up...
Our special guest soloist tonight is Simon Spillett, who over the past twenty years or so has established himself as one of the UK's pre-eminent saxophonists. Simon is a firm advocate of straight-ahead hard-swinging modern jazz, and his lack of pretention has made him a huge hit with the UK jazz audience, although he sometimes...
Tonight we head over to the funky side of jazz with the irrepressible and slightly mystical Jingu Bang, who cite as their main influences Herbie Hancock and Weather Report alongside covering tunes from the likes of UK band Brotherly. Check out their website here Jingubang.co.uk The band is the brainchild of drummer Scott Hammond, who formed the...
Jonny Bruce is a superb trumpeter, based in Bristol but with a national reputation. He is fluent in the whole history of jazz trumpet as he demonstrated some years back in his Trumpet Kings project, in which he covered pieces from Louis Armstrong through to Freddie Hubbard. You may have seen him playing around Bristol...
Welcome to our monthly Open Mic Night (2nd Monday of every month) in our custom-built music room 'The Chicken Shed' Hosted by James Slater, Elliot Hall and Sarah Larkham, we welcome musicians and music lovers alike. We can get very busy, so if you wish to play, you can book your slot in advance. Simply message...
Super excited about this one - we put on a fair few national touring bands, but it's only once in a while that the planets come into alignment and we're able to present an international tour such as this fantastic band from the USA. Charged Particles are a trio from the San Francisco Bay area, and have...
Sam Outlaw is a singer-songwriter living in Nashville, TN. Born Samuel Morgan in South Dakota, his stage name comes from his late mother’s maiden name. On November 12, 2021 Sam will release a new full length album, titled “Popular Mechanics”. Working as an advertising executive in his twenties, he performed small bar gigs near his...
We're thrilled that Martin Kern & Andy Hague Quintet are able to reunite this strong line-up which produced a memorable gig back in July 2021. The band will be playing hard-driving modern jazz in the Blue Note vein, and maybe a few originals. Martin Kern Martin Kern grew up in Bülach near Zürich in Switzerland...
Tens of thousands of concert visitors per year, standing ovations, and a fan cult on the level of a rock star’s – welcome to Café del Mundo, Germany’s hottest Flamenco guitarists. Yes, you’ve read correctly: Germany’s hottest Flamenco guitarists. This is unusual, this is unique, this is the pure essence of guitar, and a long-awaited...
