Lol Coxhill playing next Sat at Rising Sun

The Rising Sun now has a fully maintained and tuned
baby grand piano. In fact, they have Lol Coxhill playing next Sat. (21st
June). He’s going to be playing Jazz standards with Alex Hawkins on Piano
and Dom Lash on Bass.

http://www.risingsun-artscentre.co.uk/

New Jam Session in Windsor

The first new jam session will be going ahead:

Wednesday 28th May 8pm
The Old Ticket Hall, Windsor (map)

Thankyou to everyone for their support, and I hope to see you there.  Could any drummers that intend to come email me direct (not via the mailing list) so we can organise the drumkit.

James Shaw  js102@zepler.net

Jazz Jam in North West London

Messgae from Tracey O’Connor:

this is just a quick email to invite you and your friends to a Jazz Jam that’s starting this Thursday 24th April, then every other Thursday at the Breakspear Arms pub – see:- www.myspace.com/thebreakspeararms for address etc. (ignore dodgy music!!)

1st gig at Pau Brasil

Message from Steve Pierce:-

Just to let you know about the 1st gig at Pau Brasil on Fri 11th April. The  first of many, 

Ife has worked with  a wide variety of people in Brasil -  some you may know include João Donato, Paulo Moura, Toninho Horta and Sivuca.  In the UK  he has worked in Monica Vasconcelos’ Nois  – which has done several CDs and the festival circuits etc  (Nois includes Steve Lodder and Paul Jayasina)  The small band project  he co led was called As Meninas, which later became Nois 4 ,  features Ingrid Laubrock, ( who I’m hoping to book later this year) .

The Red Lion Jam

Message from Peter Surridge:

Please refer to the Blog at http://redlionjazzjam.blogspot.com/ for dates, news and comment about the Jam at the Red Lion, Brightwell-cum-Sotwell. Feel free to post information and links of interest to local jazz players and fans.

Jazz workshops and jam session at Jagz, Ascot

Message from Neil Hodgson:

Jazz workshops for all instruments and levels of ability take place on Monday nights from 7:30 onwards at Jagz, Ascot <http://www.jagz.co.uk> (just next to Ascot station). The workshop is led by saxophonist Tony Woods <http://www.tonywoods.org>. It is followed by a friendly jam session from 9:00 onwards which is open to all (not just workshop attendees). The workshop costs £8 (including the jam). It’s £2 for folks coming for the jam only.

The next workshop and jam is on Monday 31st March.

www.myspace.com/jagzjam

Newbury Jazz Platform tomorrow

Message from Peter Kingslake: 

Don’t forget it’s the Newbury Jazz Platform on Friday, at the Northcroft centre as usual, starting about 8pm.

Details at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/newburyjazzplatform

Garth College Jazz Evening

My friend, who is the head of music at Garth College in Bracknell, is holding their first Jazz evening next Wednesday (19th) from 7pm.  There will be performances from the school’s jazz orchestra, Rob Lester (see links) and a trio featuring Carl Engelmarc, Fabio Iacono and myself.  Any support for the event will be greatly appreciated.