August

Tuesday 1st August 2017

Andy Panayi Quartet with All Star Line-Up

Andy Panayi recently played here in the January this year and is a top class sax and flute player. He is also a highly respected composer and arranger. He is joined tonight by John Donaldson on piano who is regarded as a gifted soloist having spent 11 years in California before returning to the UK in 1993. Andrew Cleyndert on bass was a long-time member of Stan Tracey’s bands. He is one of the busiest bass players in the UK and when not playing he runs his own recording studio: Trio Records. Dave Mattacks started playing drums in the UK with big bands before joining the influential folk-rock group “Fairport Convention”.

Tuesday 8th August 2017

Dave O’Higgins Quartet

Dave O’Higgins was born in Birmingham but brought up in Derbyshire. He started learning the saxophone aged 15 and moved to London in the early 1980’s when he first formed the O’Higgins Quartet/Quintets. He then joined NYJO for 3 years and also played for 8 years with Cleo Lane and the Johnny Dankworth Quintet. He has been part of several well-known bands including Roadside Picnic and Itchy Fingers. He has recorded and toured with amongst many others Ray Charles, Frank Sinatra and Jim Mullen. He has also spent a lot of time as a jazz educator for many colleges and for the last 12 years has been teaching saxophone, harmony and improvisation at the London College of Creative Media. Tonight he is accompanied by Wayne McConnell on piano Marianne Windham on bass and Alex Eberhard on drums.

Tuesday 15th August 2017

Julian Nicholas Quintet with Imogen Ryall on Vocals

Julian Nicholas is a highly renowned musician, composer and educator. He was a student and admirer of the great Bobby Wellins. Julian first came to recognition in the iconic ‘Loose Tubes’ in the 1990’s. Since then he has founded, alongside Claire Martin, the highly successful South Coast Jazz Festival at the Shoreham Ropetackle. Imogen Ryall has often worked with Julian and like him is a composer and educator. They are accompanied tonight by Simon Robinson on piano Nigel Thomas on bass and Bobby Worth on drums.

Tuesday 22nd August 2017

Nat Steele/Leon Greening/Steve Brown - Extra Special Quartet

Nat Steele This is the second visit to the Hare by this young vibes player who is also equally at home behind a drum kit. He comes from a musical family and he originally became interested in jazz by rifling through his father’s record collection as a child. Leon Greening on piano was here just 6 weeks ago. Southampton born Leon makes no apologies for his admiration of the great bebop pianists like Wynton Kelly, Bobby Timmonds and Bud Powell. Steve Brown started playing drums in the Manchester area in 1983 and then studied in New York for 3 years in the early 1990’s, with Carl Allen & John Riley, before moving to London in 1996. Since then he has become one of the mainstays of the UK jazz scene. The trio will be ably supported by our own Godfrey Sheppard on bass.

Tuesday 29th August 2017

Jason Henson Quintet

Jason Henson has been playing the guitar for over 25 years and turned professional over 15 years ago. He has played in many UK jazz clubs and at many of the top UK jazz festivals. He has also played with The Charlotte Glasson Band as well as forming a very successful gypsy jazz trio with Jonny Hepbir and Dan Sheppard. His main guitar heroes and influences are George Benson and Wes Montgomery. Sam Carelse is also joining him on vocals tonight. They are accompanied by Roy Hilton on piano, Godfrey Sheppard on bass and Malcolm Mortimore on drums.