Tuesday, 21 May, 2013

8.30 - 11.00pm
£5 on the door

Born in Liverpool in 1950. Tim gave up a career as a barrister in 1976 to give his full commitment to playing and writing music. In the 70s he toured with Ian Carr’s Nucleus and Graham Collier Music and with the groundbreaking big band Loose Tubes in the 80s. 2009 finds him as the first ever musician Artist in Residence at Tate Britain to research and compose music in response to the work of JMW Turner. "Whitehead has a highly personal, always gorgeous sound on tenor and an infinite vocabulary - in a country of fine saxophonists he is one of the finest" - Peter Bacon, Jazz CD of the Week, Birmingham Post. "For my money, the finest tenor player in Britain today'' - Andy Hamilton, Jazz Review.

Tuesday, 14 May, 2013

8.30 - 11.00pm
£5 on the door

"Christian Brewer’s alto sound is light - though he can dig in when needed - and he is a remarkably fluent and craftsmanlike improviser. Though fresh ideas flow inexorably, Brewer is not tempted to waste notes despite his fluency, so that there’s a real sense of purpose about his work." - Peter Martin, Jazz UK (reviewing Cristian's CD 'Seesaw'). “Brewer and his precocious colleagues deliver a joyful brand of British neo-bop that swings with power, fluency and confidence” - Jack Massarick, London Evening Standard.

Tuesday, 7 May, 2013

8.30 - 11.00pm
£6 on the door

A rare opportunity to see one of the club's most popular performers - multi-award winning sax man Alan Barnes together with celebrated singer Tina May.
Born in Gloucester and spending her student days in Paris, award winning jazz vocalist Tina has recorded numerous CDs both as a leader and a guest. In 2004 Tina completed recording with legendry pianist Ray Bryant and a host of New York jazz players. These sessions at the Rudy Van Gelder studio's were released on 'Tina May sings the Ray Bryant Song Book'. "For musical taste, delicacy of interpretation and presentational flair Tina May has always been a hard act to follow. She is also completely at home in jazz, which isn't as common among high-profile singers as you might think" - Dave Gelly, Observer.
The raconteur and ever affable Alan Barnes has enjoyed a prolific career, playing and recording for many bands as well as dominating the British Jazz Awards over the years. "Alan Barnes is the most reliably entertaining, multi-skilled reed virtuoso on the UK scene" - John Fordham, Guardian.

Tuesday, 30 April, 2013

8.30 - 11.00pm
£5 on the door

Steve Waterman began his career while studying at Trinity College of Music. He is professor of jazz trumpet at The Royal Academy of Music and Trinity College. Steve has his own quintet and in 2003 formed an 18-piece jazz orchestra playing his original compositions. As well as eight notable albums under his own leadership, he has recorded with the likes of Carla Bley, Mike Garrick, Graham Collier and Alan Barnes. On bass tonight British Jazz Awards winner Alec Dankworth, who has worked with artists such as Stephanne Grappelli, Abdullah Ibrahim, Van Morrison and The Dave Brubeck Quartet. Steve’s recent album 'Buddy Bolden Blew It', is described as a history of jazz through tunes written by trumpet players. Inspired by the legendary Buddy Bolden, acknowledged as the first major figure of this music form in New Orleans at the start of the 20th century.

Tuesday, 23 April, 2013

8.30 - 11.00pm
£5 on the door

Born Birmingham 1964, Dave learnt trumpet, drums and piano at school but was self taught on the sax. Dave’s playing credits include Ray Charles, Frank Sinatra, Cleo Laine & John Dankworth, Martin Taylor, Jim Mullen, Matt Bianco, Jason Rebello, Clark Tracey Sextet, Peter Gabriel and Jamie Cullum. Winner of the 1995 BT British Jazz Awards in the tenor sax and rising star categories. Dave’s most seen and heard career moment (and arguably moment of least artistic merit!)...as the busker in 'The Return of Mr Bean'. “O’Higgins, well - does he know just how good he is? When it comes to bop of any kind, on either soprano or tenor saxophones, he is, live, one of our few world-class players, capable of holding his own with the Americans” - Sholto Byrnes, The Independent.

Tuesday, 16 April, 2013

8.30 - 11.00pm
£5 on the door

“More than any other British jazz trumpeter, Pearce probably deserves the mantle of heir to Jimmy Deuchar, offering a style that contains a fractured lyricism reminiscent of his forebear...He has a sophisticated command of harmonic improvising, although, as with his self-confessed (and disparate) trumpet heroes - Chet Baker, Art Farmer and Don Cherry - his playing comes across as anything but contrived. Pearce had a lengthy association with Ronnie Scott which lasted from the 1970s until Scott's health forced him to abandon performing in the mid-1990s, and some of his best recorded work can be found on the CD Never Pat A Burning Dog (Jazz House, 1990), where his solos contrast admirably with Scott's more forthright contributions, and contain a heat and urgency never far beneath the cool surface" - Simon Spillett.

Tuesday, 9 April, 2013

8.30 - 11.00pm
£6 on the door

Alto giant Bob Martin hails from Atlantic City, USA and studied at Berklee College before spending four years on the road as one of the featured saxophonists in the Buddy Rich Big Band. He went on to perform with many of the greats: Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald, Billy Ekstine, Tony Bennett, Frank Sinatra, Aretha Franklin and Sammy Davis Jnr. Bob is a wonderfully fluent and inventive alto sax player in the classic hard bop style with superb technique and control of the instrument. Resident in the UK since 1997, he has worked with many of our top names including a lengthy spell with the Frank Griffith Nonet. Tonight he teams with fellow Nonet player, the ever popular Steve Fishwick on trumpet. "Martin's solos had a pure, vital sound. We were swept along by the urgency of his phrases - fierce, fast notes in fragile delicate patterns, lasting for only seconds, smooth as silk on glass. Bebop phrases tend to start and end in unexpected places in the bar - Martin would pause with eyes closed and wait for the notes to come to him like a visitation." - Sebastian Scotney, London Jazz Blog

Our new home

Wednesday 20 March, 2013


Our new home is confirmed as The Crown, 692 High Road Leytonstone, E11 3AA
Just a few minutes walk from Leytonstone tube.

Our first gig will be on Tuesday 9 April and more information will be available soon.

Please accept our thanks for your patience and to the many of you that have sent messages of support and encouragement.


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John Altman's Big Band at the Heathcote Arms

Tuesday, 26 February, 2013


The Big Band gig that we were due to stage on 26 February is now to be promoted on that date by John Altman at the Heathcote Arms, 344 Grove Green Road, London, E11 4EA
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8.30 - 11.00pm
£8 on the door


  • soprano sax, baritone sax & arrangements: John Altman
  • trumpets: Quentin Collins, Mike Lovatt, Enrico Tomasso & Steve Waterman
  • trombones: Trevor Mires, Sarah Williams, Andy Wood & Ray Wordsworth
  • saxes: Alan Barnes, Rob Fowler, Jimmy Hastings, Sam Mayne & Roy Willox
  • tuba: Graham Read
  • guitar: Mitch Dalton
  • piano: Barry Green
  • bass: Andy Cleyndert
  • drums: Ian Thomas
  • plus Special Guest
Emmy and BAFTA winning composer John Altman formed his big band in 1985. Dubbed "the best big band in the UK" by the Daily Telegraph, it is certainly the only big band to have performed on a number 1 worldwide hit single (Bjork's "It's Oh So Quiet") and in 2 top 5 hit movies (Little Voice and Shall We Dance). With all material written and/or arranged by John and showcasing the star studded line up of great jazz soloists this promises to be a memorable evening. John's long playing career has seen him perform with jazz giants like Al Cohn, Jimmy Heath, Chet Baker, Bud Freeman and Joe Newman.

The Lord Rookwood pub has closed

Monday 28 January, 2013

 

The Lord Rookwood pub, our venue and home for over 10 years, has closed without any forewarning. At this time the future of the pub is unknown.

 

To minimize inconvenience and uncertainty for all our supporters and for the musicians, and to give us time and opportunity to secure the best possible future for the club, we have decided, with immediate effect, to cancel the existing programme which was due to finish March 26. Please tell any of your friends who may not have computer access.

 

We very much regret having to make this decision and we are sorry for any inconvenience and disappointment that it may cause you. We will be relaunching the club as soon as we can and making it better than ever. We would like to thank all our fantastic supporters and all the great musicians for the past 10 years and we look forward to a bright new future.

 

Best wishes and see you soon,

Clive and all the team

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Tuesday, 22 January, 2013

8.30 - 11.00pm
£5 on the door

Trudy moved to London in 1990 from her native Australia and, whilst continuing to gig regularly, worked during the day as secretary for popular clarinettist Acker Bilk. She took time out to study jazz at the Guildhall School of Music and in 1995 got her musical career break when Ronnie Scott offered her a week at his club. "Australian expatriate Trudy Kerr is another artist who understands the importance of seducing the public. A combination of artful programming and assured arrangements has made her one of the country's most polished singers" - Clive Davis, The Times. "..Trudy Kerr is outstanding, imaginative but respectful to the original song, with excellent phrasing and diction and a smile in her voice"- Dave Gelly, The Observer.

Tuesday, 15 January, 2013


8.30 - 11.00pm
£6 on the door

Trumpeter Henry Lowther has had a varied career since the 60’s working with both the Gil Evans and George Russell Orchestras, John Dankworth, Peter King, Kenny Wheeler, Charlie Watts, Loose Tubes and John Surman on the jazz scene, to Manfred Mann, Buzzcocks, John Mayall and Keef Hartley at the legendary Woodstock Festival. On the classical side, Henry is an accomplished composer, as well as being a featured member of the London Brass Virtuosi. Frank Griffith hails from Oregon and then New York. As a composer and arranger he has worked with Jon Hendricks, Lionel Hampton and Ron Carter. Glasgow born Jim Mullen is possibly best known for his long association with the legendary sax player Dick Morrisey. Their popular group Morrisey Mullen was at the forefront of the jazz-funk movement in the UK, producing seven albums.

Tuesday, 8 January, 2013

8.30 - 11.00pm
£5 on the door

As a saxophonist and composer, Mark Lockheart's work often defies categorisation and crosses the boundaries of the jazz, new music and folk worlds. Mark came to prominence in the mid 1980s with the influential and radical big band Loose Tubes, which he toured with throughout the USA and Europe and recorded with until its demise in 1989. In the mid-nineties Mark toured extensively with Django Bates' Delightful Precipice. Subsequent projects include Mark Lockheart's In Deep, Seb Rochford's Polar Bear, Perfect Houseplants, Disassembler and Robert Wyatt’s Soup Songs. Voted ‘Parliamentary Jazz Musician of the Year’  for 2010, Mark's CD 'Days Like These' features seven original compositions played by Mark with the NDR Big Band. "..this set certainly suggests Lockheart's first big-band album won't be his last" - John Fordham, The Guardian. "Lockheart's own soprano saxophone playing is a joy throughout" - Dave Gelly, The Observer.

Tuesday, 11 December, 2012

8.30 - 11.00pm
£6 on the door

A vibrant and charismatic performer on all 4 sax's from soprano to baritone, Derek Nash is of course best known as leader and arranger, since its inception almost 30 years ago, of the award winning ensemble ‘Sax Appeal’. His playing credits include David Sanborn, Mavis Staples, Eric Clapton, Tom Jones and the late Spike Robinson with whom he recorded an award winning CD 'Young Lions Old Tigers'.
“If John Etheridge weren’t so brilliant he might be more famous. His versatility is confusing. What other guitarist could have begun his career as a member of Soft Machine and the Stephan Grappelli Quintet?” - Dave Gelly, Observer. John left Grappelli’s group in the early 80s. For the last twenty years he has pursued a career involving associations with many of the great players - he has appeared with: Barney Kessel, Herb Ellis, Dizzy Gillespie, Tony Williams, Yehudi Menuhin, Pat Metheny and Nigel Kennedy. “I never wanted to be a star, just a highly respected musician like John Etheridge” - Sting, The Guardian. “One of the best guitarists in the world” - Pat Metheny.

Tuesday, 4 December, 2012

8.30 - 11.00pm
£5 on the door

  • Roger Beaujolais (vibes)
  • Robin Aspland (piano)
  • Simon Thorpe (bass)
  • Clive Fenner (drums)
"I bought my first vibraphone at the age of 24 (after a wasted youth being a very bad - not to mention unemployed - rock drummer) and played my first gig at the age of 28. I am completely self taught".  “..in full flight with two mallets in each hand, he gives the world's best vibes players a run for their money" - James Griffiths, Guardian. "Beaujolais' mix of firm emphasis and mellow tone, coupled with a shapely sense of improvised melody, gives much of it an unexpected richness and bounce; even a well-travelled standard such as You Don't Know What Love Is reveals haunting new turns, with a good deal of spin provided by the excellent pianist Robin Aspland" - John Fordham, The Guardian (reviewing Roger’s quintet CD ‘Sentimental').

Tuesday, 27 November, 2012

8.30 - 11.00pm
£5 on the door

A big welcome back for tenor ace Benn, grandson of the famous theatre and revue artist, Gertrude Lawrence. Raised in London he has been a resident of Los Angeles since 1980. As a teenager Benn took sax lessons from Ronnie Scott who recommended him to Berklee College, Boston. His work credits include such notables as Cedar Walton, Lionel Hampton and Jimmy Cleveland. Benn is a member of the Fransisco Aguabella Latin Jazz Septet, Tony Insalaco Quintet and Pete Christlieb's Band.

Tuesday, 20 November, 2012

8.30 - 11.00pm
£5 on the door

Tony Coe began his performing career with Humphrey Lyttelton’s band and in 1965 Count Basie offered him a place in the Basie Band sax section. His credits since then include the John Dankworth Orchestra, Kenny Clarke-Francy Boland Band, Stan Tracey, Mike Gibbs, Stan Getz, Dizzy Gilespie and Bob Brookmeyer. Coe’s extensive experience in recording is heard on such films as Superman II, Victor Victoria and he is the featured tenor sax soloist in Henry Mancini’s music for the Pink Panther films. “Tony Coe is one of the most remarkable and brilliant musicians in the world” - Humphrey Lyttelton. “If my life depended on a jazz ballad, I think I’d ask Tony Coe to play it” - Richard Williams, The Independent.

Tuesday, 13 November, 2012

8.30 - 11.00pm
£5 on the door

Byron began playing jazz around Brighton, then came to London at the beginning of the 1990s to play with Jazz Warriors singer Cleveland Watkiss and to work in the quartet of jazz drummer John Stevens. Later he joined Gary Crosby’s band Nu-Troop and in 1995 formed his own band, Sound Advice. Byron won the 2003 BBC prize for "Innovation in Jazz". He's played trumpet in a huge variety of musical settings including The Style Council, Charles Earland, Courtney Pine and Jean Toussaint. He has also worked with Andrew Hill, Lonnie Liston Smith, Ronnie Laws and Chaka Khan. “..one of the most innovative, exciting and original trumpet players alive” - Jazzwise Magazine.
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