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.
June 16th 2026
Dan Mar-Molinero Jazz Orchestra presents Aqueous Territories.
Dan Mar-Molinero returns to the club with his 17-piece jazz orchestra, crammed full of top jazz musicians from in and around Southampton.
The programme features music composed for and funded by the Aqueous Territory Research Network project; inspired by concepts and themes around the extremes of water and how communities live and respond to it, with a focus on estuarine communities including New Orleans, Exeter and Southampton.
Expect expansive chordal textures, powerful melodies, and deep grooves alongside some great swing, and even some second-line, NOLA-style!
With thanks to, the Arts & Humanities Research Council, the Aqueous Territories Conference Participants in New Orleans and Exeter – especially Camille Mathieu.
Dan Mar-Molinero Jazz Orchestra LINEUP
Director: Dan Mar-Molinero
Saxes: Simon Allen / Alex Western-King / Toby Evans / Caitlin Jeffrey / TBC
Trumpet: Neil Doherty / Dave Smith / Paul Jordanous / Jo Downs
Trombones: Joe Evans / Dave Desmond / Matt Rumble / TBC
Rhythm Section: Rob Johnston (Guitar) / Ben Oliver (Piano) / George Balmont (Bass) / James Ashdown (Drums)
Listen to Dan’s Jazz Orchestra here
Follow Dan on social media [Facebook / Instagram] – @danmarmolinero
With support from Marsupial, an exciting new group hailing from the University of Southampton’s Music degree.
Marsupial play jazz in the vein of 60s legends like Freddie Hubbard and McCoy Tyner. Definitely ‘one to watch’!
Marsupial LINEUP:
Sax: Mohamed Barrie
Guitar: Mia Hart
Piano: James Tye
Bass: Nat Flowers
Drums: Peter Richards
July 21st 2026
Jon Lloyd Quartet
The quartet plays original ECM-style European contemporary jazz. The music is both sensitive and exuberant , melodic yet harmonically exciting!
Jon has been part of the UK jazz and free music scene for several decades, recording albums as a leader on HatOlogy, Leo, FMR, 33 and Ubuntu. The highly experienced virtuoso John Law (Congregation, Re-Creations, Art of Sound Trio with Yuri Golubev, Asaf Sirkis) ison piano, the superbly versatile Nick Pini (Laura Marling, Seth Lakeman, Izzie Yardley, Iain Ballamy Quartet) is on double bass and young, gifted Alex Goodyear (Yetii, Simon Spillett, Re-Creations, Jake McMurchie) is on drums.
Aug 18th 2026
Isla Croll
Isla is an emerging Jazz, R&B and Pop singer / songwriter whose attention-grabbing fusion of genres offers the audience her special brand of music.
Her music has been regularly featured on Radio and she has had the honour of performing on a BBC Introducing Stage. She has also sung alongside top British vocalists such as Claire Martin, David McAlmont, Zara McFarlane and Renato Paris and venues she has previously appeared at include The Concorde Club, Turner Sims Concert Hall and Soho’s Pizza Express.
J Fashole-Luke is a multi instrumentalist who is in high demand particularly for live piano performances. He has played all over Europe at Jazz Festivals (including Montreaux, Vienne, North Sea, Swanage and Vienna Jazz Festivals), performed with top British jazz artists including Gary Crosby, Jay Phelps, and Tony Kofi and has even jammed with American jazz legends Marcus Miller, Isaiah Sharkey and Roy Hargrove. He has also had multiple appearances at Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club, performed live on BBC2’s Later…with Jools Holland and has worked with global chart toppers such as Dolly Parton and Usher.
J Fashole-Luke – Piano
Lewis Treasure – Bass
Richard Carter – Drums
Sept 15th 2026
Brandon Allen & Alex Garnett
celebrating the tough tenors.
In this project, they celebrate one of jazz’s great traditions: the ‘Two Tenors’ — or, as they like to call it, the ‘Tough Tenors’. Drawing on both classic and contemporary recordings, Allen and Garnett explore the rich history of saxophone partnerships, reimagining the music through their own distinct voices.
The two tenor players will be celebrating one of the great traditions in jazz, the Tenor Battle.
For this particular project, a wide range of saxophone pairings will be celebrated and reimagined. See this youtube video!
Some of the more commonly known collaborations will include: -Dexter Gordon & Wardell Gray, -Johnny Griffin & ‘Lockjaw’ Davis, -Sonny Stitt & Gene Ammons, -Al Cohn & Zoot Sims. -John Coltrane & Stan Getz-Scott Hamilton & Flip Phillips
Brandon Allen (tenor sax) Alex Garnett (tenor sax) Liam Dunachie (organ) Dave Ingamells (drums)
Oct 20th 2026
Martin Pyne trio
Small Blue is a new band using the classic jazz piano trio line up. It features David Beebee on piano, Marianne Windham on bass, and Martin on drums. A debut album by the trio released in February 2024, quickly receiving radio play on JazzFM and other stations, as well as garnering some glowing reviews. The repertoire features many of Martin’s compositions, and the sound is intimate and atmospheric.
Reviews have drawn comparisons with Bill Evans groups and suggested that many of the tunes have “an air of Ellingtonia”. (Jazz Views ). “Subtle and elegant tunes crisply delivered” (Marlbank)
Nov 10th 2026
Monkin’ Around Quartet feat. Martin Shaw
Monkin’ Around is, at its heart, a trio of drums, bass and sax from all around the globe. Luke Fowler (from Australia) on bass, Billy Pod (from Greece) on drums, and Dave O’Higgins (of English-Irish-Mexican extraction) on sax and Martin Shaw – Trumpet.
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