Jazz at the Hunter Club

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Fri 19 April 2024 (19.30) £18 /£9 U25

JOHN ETHERIDGE Blue Spirits

"Wonderfully personal and mind-bogglingly varied" THE SCOTSMAN

"A musician who can play everything from acid rock to gypsy swing - sometimes in the space of one solo" GUARDIAN

 

Infectious, blues-soaked grooves and sizzling solos from a superb band led by the extraordinary, internationally acclaimed guitarist and Soft Machine legend John Etheridge (“one of the world’s best guitarists” Pat Metheny) whose collaborators include violin legends Stephane Grappelli, Nigel Kennedy and classical guitar maestro John Williams.
 

JOHN ETHERIDGE guitar

PETE WHITTAKER organ

GEORGE DOUBLE drums

Fri 17 May 2024 (19.30) £18 /£9 U25

FREDDIE GAVITA QUARTET Freddie Plays Freddie

"Fluent authority, his tone ranging from the warmly conversational to the eloquently strident" DAILY TELEGRAPH

 

Best Trumpet winner of the 2017 UK Jazz Awards, Freddie has cemented his place as a stalwart of the British Jazz scene as a member of the Ronnie Scott’s Club Quintet and jazz-rock outfit Fletch’s Brew as well as being a band leader in his own right. Tonight he salutes one of his trumpet heroes, the legendary Freddie Hubbard.
 

FREDDIE GAVITA trumpet

CHRIS INGHAM piano

OWEN MORGAN bass

GEORGE DOUBLE drums

Fri 21 June 2024 (19.30) £19 /£10 U25

CROOKS/FOWLER QUINTET: Salute to Al & Zoot

"Crooks’s tenor raises the hairs on the neck" LONDON JAZZ NEWS

"Fowler’s tone is broad, warm and juicy, a perfect fit for his calm, measured phrasing" OBSERVER

 

Witty, tuneful and unfailingly swinging, the legendary 28-year Al Cohn/Zoot Sims tenor saxophone partnership specialised in good-natured, cultured, straight-ahead jazz. The magnificent Mark Crooks (John Wilson Orchestra, Jazz at the Movies) and Robert Fowler (Pasadena Roof Orchestra, Humphrey Lyttelton) revisit Al and Zoot’s uniquely appealing music with heart, warmth and consummate artistry.
 

MARK CROOKS tenor sax
ROBERT FOWLER tenor sax

CHRIS INGHAM piano

MALCOLM CREESE bass

GEORGE DOUBLE drums

Fri 26 July 2024 (19.30) £18 /£9 U25

THE DJANGOLIERS

Taking their cue from Django Reinhardt’s war-years line-up, where Hubert Rostaing’s clarinet replaced Stephane Grapelli’s violin, the Djangoliers specialize in performing music both written and inspired by the late, great Belgian guitarist. As well as performing many of Django’s classic arrangements and compositions such as ‘Nuages’, ‘Swing 42’ and ‘Manoir Des Mes Rêves’, they also perform tunes from the more contemporary canon of the style now known as ‘Gypsy Jazz’.
 

SIMON HURLEY guitar

ZAK BARRETT clarinet
ROBERT FORD guitar
ANDY STAPLES bass

Fri 23 Aug 2024 (19.30) £20 /£10 U25

CHRIS INGHAM'S STEELY JAZZ

"One of Britain's best singer-pianists" EVENING STANDARD

"Over and above his impish arpeggios, droll introductions and left-handed singing the thing that fascinates me about Mr. Ingham is his erudition" JAZZ JOURNAL

 

The songs of Walter Becker and Donald Fagen, AKA Steely Dan, stood alone in 1970s rock; musically sophisticated, lyrically cryptic and deeply influenced by, in their own words, “the best jazz players of the ‘50s and ‘60s”. Steely Jazz re-examines the Dan canon, illuminating the singular melodies, lush harmonies and exploring the small jazz group possibilities of an incomparably rich songbook. Featuring well-known pieces (“Rikki Don’t Lose That Number”, “Josie”), alongside classic tracks and deep cuts from the masterpiece albums Aja, Gaucho, Countdown To Ecstasy, et al, Steely Jazz is a fresh, exciting celebration of two giants of 20th Century popular music.
 

CHRIS INGHAM piano/guitar/vocal
HARRY GREENE guitar/sax

PAUL HIGGS trumpet/piano

GEOFF GASCOYNE bass

GEORGE DOUBLE drums

Fri 27 Sep 2024 (19.30) £18 /£9 U25

ART THEMEN plays Sonny Rollins

"One of the tiny handful of undeniably perfect jazz musicians" OBSERVER
“Jazz individualism at its joyous best…" GUARDIAN

 

The exciting, playful and inventive saxophonist and beloved character of the British jazz scene for over 50 years, Art is a living legend. Whether with Alexis Korner and Stan Tracey in the 1960s and 1970s, purveying his own vibrant projects or as tonight, saluting a musical hero, he remains as brilliant and inimitable as ever. 
 

ART THEMEN saxophone

CHRIS INGHAM piano

MALCOLM CREESE bass

GEORGE DOUBLE drums

 

Fri 25 Oct 2024 (19.30) £18 /£9 U25

ALLISON NEALE QUARTET

"Allison Neale plays the alto saxophone with a tone so light and airy it positively melts at the edges" OBSERVER

 

US-born, London-based saxophonist Allison Neale is widely regarded as one of the finest exponents of the melodic, West Coast style on today’s scene. Her acclaimed 2020 album Quietly There saluted the exquisite 1960s collaborations between martini-cool altoist Paul Desmond and profoundly creative guitarist Jim Hall while her current quartet features some of the most experienced, expressive and empathetic musicians in the UK.
 

ALLISON NEALE alto sax
COLIN OXLEY guitar

JEREMY BROWN bass

MATT FISHWICK drums

 

Fri 22 Nov 2024 (19.30) £18 /£9 U25

ALAN BARNES

"A master saxophonist…faultless virtuosity" GUARDIAN

"There’s not a single phrase that doesn’t sparkle with invention and swing" MOJO

 

A major instrumentalist, a droll raconteur and perilously close to becoming a Jazz Knight, Alan has won numerous UK Jazz Awards for Best Clarinettist, Best Alto and Best Baritone Saxophonist and is one of the UK’s most treasured and entertaining jazzmen. 
 

ALAN BARNES saxophone/clarinet

CHRIS INGHAM piano

MALCOLM CREESE bass

GEORGE DOUBLE drums

 

Fri 20 Dec 2024 (19.30) £20 /£10 U25

REBOP plays Horace Silver
"A group of outstanding musicians" LONDON JAZZ NEWS

In the wake of their sold-out appearances at the Pizza Jazz Club, Dean Street, mighty quintet Rebop returns to the Hunter Club to celebrate the life-affirming grooves and melodies of the late, great jazz composer-pianist Horace Silver. Featuring ‘Song For My Father’, ‘Sister Sadie’, ‘Filthy McNasty’ and other fingerpoppin’ classics.
 

PAUL HIGGS trumpet
HARRY GREENE tenor sax
CHRIS INGHAM piano

OWEN MORGAN bass

GEORGE DOUBLE drums