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Jazz at the Hunter Club
First-class jazz in Bury St Edmunds
6 St Andrews Street, Bury St Edmunds, IP33 3PH
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7.30pm Fri 22 Dec 2023 £20
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
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
Fri 25 Oct 2024 (19.30) TBC
Fri 22 Nov 2024 (19.30) ALAN BARNES
Fri 20 Dec 2024 (19.30) REBOP
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