Jazz at the Hunter Club

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7.30pm Fri 22 Dec 2023 £20

REBOP plays BLUE NOTE

Mighty sextet REBOP plays modern jazz classics originally heard on the legendary Blue Note record label, with music from Miles Davis, Kenny Dorham, Art Blakey, Joe Henderson, Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, many more.

"A group of outstanding musicians" LONDON JAZZ NEWS
PAUL HIGGS trumpet

HARRY GREENE tenor sax

TOM SMITH alto sax   
CHRIS INGHAM piano

OWEN MORGAN bass

GEORGE DOUBLE drums

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Fri 19 Jan 2024 (19.30)

ROGER BEAUJOLAIS Bags Of Vibes £18

“Consummate skill and delicacy” OBSERVER

Master of the Mallets Roger Beaujolais celebrates the 100th birthday of the vibraphone with lively anecdotes about the instrument and music from the brilliant jazz vibes maestros, including Lionel Hampton, Milt Jackson, the Modern Jazz Quartet, Cal Tjader, Gary Burton & Bobby Hutcherson.

ROGER BEAUJOLAIS vibraphone
CHRIS INGHAM piano

OWEN MORGAN bass

GEORGE DOUBLE drums
 

Sun 4 Feb 2024 (14.00)

SUNDAY LOUNGE: IMMY CHURCHILL £16

"Impressive, emotional, memorable" LONDON JAZZ NEWS

Daughter of Pete Churchill (Professor of Jazz Composition at the Royal Academy of Music) and Nikki Iles (internationally renowned pianist/composer), Immy is a leading light in her father’s celebrated London Vocal Project and a rising star on the vocal jazz scene.

IMMY CHURCHILL voice

CHRIS INGHAM piano

MALCOLM CREESE bass

Sat 24 Feb 2024 (19.30) OSCAR LYONS £18

 “Hugely talented” LONDON JAZZ NEWS

 Eighteen year-old jazz pianist/composer from Bury St Edmunds Oscar Lyons makes his first headline Jazz at the Hunter Club appearance. For the opening set, in another Hunter Club first, Lyons will team up with Chris Ingham in a set of piano duets before presenting a set of electrifying original compositions with his own quartet of magnificent young musicians.

OSCAR LYONS piano

CHRIS INGHAM piano  
GEORGE JOHNSON tenor sax

CHRIS DIAMOND bass  

LUKE McCARTHY drums

Sun 10 March 2024 (14.00) LIZ FLETCHER £16

"Heart, sensitivity and subtle control – she’s the real deal" GUARDIAN

Singing star of Simon Thorpe’s Jivin’ Miss Daisy, Liz is also a songwriter and producer. Influenced by Peggy Lee, Julie London, Ella Fitzgerald and Chet Baker, Liz has collaborated with many luminaries of the UK jazz scene including Alan Barnes, Andy Panayi, Geoff Gascoyne and Richard Pite’s Jazz Repertory Company.

LIZ FLETCHER voice

CHRIS INGHAM piano

SIMON THORPE bass

Sat 23 March 2024 (19.30) SHARP LITTLE BONES featuring TONY KOFI £18

“Passionate… superb… heartfelt” GUARDIAN

“Excellent, imaginative and absorbing work” JAZZ JOURNAL

“Engaging, hugely varied, well-presented, characterised by élan and enthusiasm” JAZZWISE

An acclaimed quartet of virtuosi with a fresh and contemporary sound blending jazz, funk, blues, bop and electronica. Sharp Little Bones purvey catchy post-bop, beautiful sax and bass melodies, spacious ballads with spiritual energy and expansive atmospheres, and groove-led pieces full of vibe.

TONY KOFI saxophones

SIMON PATERSON bass/composer   
PAUL DEATS piano

ANDREW WOOD drums
 

Sun 7 April 2024 (14.00) JOANNA EDEN Joni & Me £16

 “Sophisticated, stylish vocals” JAZZ JOURNAL

 “Great diction and innate jazz timing, clear as a bell”  MARLBANK

Celebrated singer-songwriter Joanna Eden examines the rich and poignant 1960s and 1970s songbook of the legendary Canadian songwriter Joni Mitchell. With five albums of her own songs to her name, Joanna is also the vocalist of Jazz At The Movies and the former teacher and mentor of international pop sensation Sam Smith.

JOANNA EDEN voice/piano
ANDRES LAFONE bass/guitar

CHRIS INGHAM piano/guitar  

Fri 19 April 2024 (19.30) JOHN ETHERIDGE Blue Spirits £18

"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) FREDDIA GAVITA

Fri 21 June 2024 (19.30) MARK CROOKS/ROBERT FOWLER: From A to Z - The Music of Al Cohn and Zoot Sims

Fri 26 July 2024 (19.30) THE DJANGOLIERS

Fri 23 Aug 2024 (19.30) STEELY JAZZ

Fri 27 Sep 2024 (19.30) ART THEMEN plays Sonny Rollins

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Fri 25 Oct 2024 (19.30) TBC

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Fri 22 Nov 2024 (19.30) ALAN BARNES

 

Fri 20 Dec 2024 (19.30) REBOP