Live Jazz in a relaxing venue! Tickets are available on the door or in advance the The Stage Door website: £20, £15 members, £10 for students. Membership is optional and costs £30 per year or £45 for joint membership. Doors open 7.15pm, performances start at 8 pm and finish around 10.30 pm.
September 17th – Nicola Farnon trio
A classy Jazz and Swing singer and bassist – Nicola’s 30 year career includes performing with Coutney Pine, Elaine Elias, Georgie Fame, John Dankworth and Cleo Laine. A regular on Radio 3’s Jazz Requests and has toured festivals (incl. Glastonbury) and Ukraine. The trio plays an eclectic mixture of popular standards (and a few of Nicola’s own very catchy originals); classy arrangements with a mixture of swing and latin. Humphrey Lyttleton said “she is a class act who should be on every jazz festival in the land”
Dave Newton (Piano genius) and Phil Johnson (Drums) complete the trio.
October 15th – Zoe Francis and Jim Mullen
see Zoe’s website
and this Jazzviews interview
with Ros Stanley and Steve Brown!
November 12th – Greg Abate – With David Newton and Ted Carrasco
see Greg’s Website
December 3rd – Alan Barnes and friends
needs no introduction! band details to follow