Enjoy a Jazz Brunch in The Guildford Townhouse with some cool West Coast jazz from the Stacey Dawson Trio!

Coppa Club sits on the cobbled streets of Guildford’s buzzy High Street and prides itself on its ethos of effortless hospitality, relaxation and conviviality!.

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The Guildford Townhouse

58-62 HIGHSTREET, GUILDFORD GU1 3ES

Live music from 11am to 1pm

There is no charge for the music, please book a table for brunch from the link above

Stacey Dawson - Alto sax

Paul Stead - guitar

Marianne Windham - bass

The Guildford Townhouse

58-62 HIGHSTREET, GUILDFORD GU1 3ES

Town centre car parks nearby

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Motet brings its rich horn arrangements and high energy rhythms to well known soul and jazz fusion songs, from artists such as Steps Ahead, Bob Berg, Yellowjackets, Al Jarreau and Stevie Wonder. The band delivers a modern, danceable groove that is both fresh and uplifting. 

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7.30pm at The Backroom, The Star Inn, Guildford GU13TY

General Admission £15 (+1.26 booking fee)

Concessions (students/seniors): £12 (+ 1.01booking fee)

Dave Kirby - piano

Andy Jackson - guitar

Seb Guard - drums

Robin Clayton - bass

Sam Parker - saxes

Tom Parsons - Tumpet

Stuart Goodburne - Trombone

Ella Clayton-Bell - Vocals.

The Backroom, The Star Inn, Guildford GU13TY

Steve Waterman is one of the top British jazz trumpet players both at home and on the international scene. The winner of numerous British Jazz awards, he has worked with John Surman, Carla Bley, Andy Sheppard, Tony Coe, Don Weller and many others and has recorded many critically acclaimed CDs under his own name as well as under the ECM label with John Surman’s Brass Project and Carla Bley.

As a session musician Steve has worked and recorded with George Michael, Van Morrison, Tom Jones, and Bjork plus many studio sessions for TV, radio, and film. Formerly professor of Jazz Trumpet at Trinity College of Music in London and visiting Jazz Trumpet specialist at The Royal Northern College Of Music, he is also currently professor of Jazz Trumpet at The Royal Welsh College Of Music And Drama.

Also featuring ALEX HUTTON on piano, MATT FISHWICK on drums and Marianne WIndham on bass

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8pm at Growler & Cans Craft Beer Bar, 24 Chertsey Street Guildford GU1 4HD

Tickets £12.50

Steve Waterman - trumpet & Fluget

Alex Hutton - piano

Matt Fishwick - drums

Marianne Windham - bass

Growler & Cans Craft Beer Bar, 24 Chertsey Street Guildford GU1 4HD

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Loosely connected to the jazz world but realistically inhabiting her own realm, Alice Zawadzki is a vocalist, violinist, songwriter and composer based in London, with considerable repute as “a genuine original” (The Guardian), and a distinctive and individual presence on the creative European music scene. Alice’s rich musical background and “whimsical hyper-creativity” (MOJO Magazine) create a sound which draws upon her early exposure to New Orleans jazz and gospel with the legendary Lillian Boutté who took Alice under her wing and on tour as a teenager, an extensive classical training as a violinist, and a continuous exploration of improvisation, poetry, and folk music from diverse traditions, “all propelled in a voice of velvet suppleness and gutsy emotional power” (The Arts Desk).

Rob Luft is an award-winning 29-year-old jazz guitarist from London whose virtuosity has been compared to that of six-string legends John McLaughlin, Al Di Meola & Paco De Lucia. He was the recipient of the 2016 Kenny Wheeler Prize from the Royal Academy of Music, and he also received the 2nd Prize in the 2016 Montreux Jazz Guitar Competition at Montreux Jazz Festival. His debut album, “Riser”, was released on Edition Records in 2017 to widespread acclaim from the European jazz media. John Fordham wrote in The Guardian that it’s a “very sophisticated debut, but given Luft’s old-soul achievements since his early teens, we should have heard it coming”..

Please note this event is being promoted by HHH Concerts

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1pm at St Christopher's Church, Church Green, Haslemere, GU27 1DD.

Please visit https://www.hhhconcerts.org.uk/#/alicezawadzkiandrobluft/

St Christopher's Church, Church Green, Haslemere, GU27 1DD.

Jazz concert in aid of Ukraine featuring the astonishing jazz accordionist virtuoso, Volodomyr Vasylenko

Accompanied by David Kirby- piano, Alex Forsyth -sax/flute, Cameron Barnett - bass.

All profits going to the Ukrainian charities: Mission Ukraine and Archangel Michael Foundation. www.ukrainemission.co.uk and www.archangelmichael.uk

Doors open 7.30pm, concert starts 8pm
There will be a bar

Tickets :£20 (£12 Seniors/Students/Children)

Jazz accordionist Volodomyr Vasylenko with David Kirby- piano, Alex Forsyth -sax/flute, Cameron Barnett - bass.

St Mary’s Church Shalford, Guildford, GU4 8BP

Jazz evening in aid of hte Army Benevolent Fund

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Sarah Jane Eveleigh Quintet at Colets Jazz

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Sarah Jane Eveleigh - Vocals

Jazz vocalist & songwriter Sarah Jane Eveleigh was born and raised in Manchester before moving to the south of England to study a diploma in performing arts.

Drawing from a wealth of professional and personal experience, Sarah Jane is a passionate and gifted storyteller, and has been described as, "a great architect of song", who, "brings a level of style, accuracy and class to her performances".

Working alongside a host of talented musicians she continues to build a strong reputation as one of the most sought after vocalists on the circuit.

Terence Collie - Piano

Terence Collie is now a critically acclaimed jazz pianist on the London Jazz scene, regularly performing at all the top jazz clubs and a host of jazz festivals including the Brecon Jazz Festival 2023. Along with being a performer he is the director of Mood Indigo Events a jazz promotion company hosting and playing with the best front-line and rhythm-section players in the UK. In 2023 he released the commended by critics solo piano album “Reminiscent” and in late 2023 a new quartet album “384,400” featuring top Italian saxophonist Roberto Manzin.

He has also played as a sideman with artists including Kyle Eastwood, Steve Waterman, Aisling Iris and Esther Bennett.

“Stunning…Terence Collie is an artist whose work deserves to be celebrated” - Jazz In Europe

Marianne Windham - Double Bass

The founder and driving force behind Guildford Jazz, and co-founder of Fleet Jazz, Marianne started her musical life playing cello, and took to playing both bass and jazz later in life. She has since become a well established player on the UK jazz scene, performing with many of the country's leading musicians.

“A valuable player… Brown-like musicality and drive” - Peter Vacher, Jazzwise

Lester Brown - Trumpet

Having learnt piano and trumpet from the age of 6 and 8 respectively, and with stints in the Surrey Youth Jazz and Surrey Youth Wind Orchestras, Lester Brown continued his music studies at Liverpool University.

Since moving to London, he has been a regular leading member and arranger of The ‘Phil Brown Swingtet', as well as 9 years performing and writing with Hip Hop band ‘Lazy Habits’, touring the festival circuit, performing at Glastonbury, Electric Picnic and Bestival, and Shepherd’s Bush Empire, and supporting the likes of Mos Def and Charli 2na among others.

Pre Covid saw Lester running a regular Tuesday night session at the George and Dragon, Thames Ditton, leading the house band and welcoming a great array of guests including Alan Barnes, Simon Spillet, Sarah Jane Eveleigh, Nils Solberg, Nigel Price, Mark Aston, Al Nichols, Lucy Randell and Art Themen to name just a few.

Andrew Eveleigh - Drums

Andrew’s discovery of drums in his teenage years quickly developed into a lifelong passion for the instrument and now sees him teaching and gigging extensively throughout the UK. A 2004 Diploma graduate of London’s Drumtech (earning himself the top student award) he has remained a dedicated player for three decades. Experienced in a wide range of genres, Andrew is fast establishing himself on the home counties jazz scene, recommended by his peers for his supportive and tasteful approach to serving the songs, both musically and dynamically. He remains in high demand, playing with a broad range of artists.

An evening of music and relaxed wine tasting at the Cathedral’s Seasons Café in aid of Oakleaf Enterprise

Following a sparkling drinks reception accompanied by some cool West Coast jazz from our resident Jazz Trio (featuring the fine alto saxophonist Stacey Dawson, David Kirby on piano and Guildford Jazz anchor Marianne Windham on double bass), you will be invited to take part in a wine tasting quiz hosted by Wine & Something, a local merchant who partners with some of the world’s best family-owned, independent, producers. In teams, you will have the chance to compete in the blind wine tasting challenge accompanied by paired antipasti sharing platters. There will be a prize for the winning team at the end of the night.

You will also get the chance to take part in our fantastic raffle and silent auction and be informed how your support makes a difference to the lives of people managing their mental health locally.

Following the quiz, you are invited to enjoy further live music and the bar.

Ticket Price: £35 including a sparkling welcome drink on arrival, four wine tastings paired with anti-pasti sharing boards and live entertainment. Tickets can be bought as a table of 8 or individually.

Tickets £35

Quinto

Stacy Dawson - alto sax, David Kirby - piano., Marianne WIndham - bass

Season’s Cafe, Guildford Cathedral

Trish Clowes & her band MY IRIS present music from Clowes's critically acclaimed album 'A View with a Room' (Greenleaf Music 2022), plus new material for a forthcoming music video project.

“a rich mix of cinematic landscape evocation, funky guitar grooves, dreamy reveries spun off minimalist patterns and fluently uncliched improv” - Album of the Month & 4 STARS for ‘A View with a Room’ from John Fordham, The Guardian

“brilliant” - Gilles Peterson, BBC Radio 6 Music

Please note this is not a Guildford Jazz event - more gig details are avalable on the booking page

15th August

St Mary’s Church ,Quarry Street Guildford GU1 3TY8pm

Please note this is not a Guildford Jazz event - more gig details are avalable on the booking page

Tickets £15

Trish Clowes - saxophone & compositions

Chris Montague - guitar

Ross Stanley - Hammond organ

Joel Barford - drums

“a rich mix of cinematic landscape evocation, funky guitar grooves, dreamy reveries spun off minimalist patterns and fluently uncliched improv” - Album of the Month & 4 STARS for ‘A View with a Room’ from John Fordham, The Guardian

“brilliant” - Gilles Peterson, BBC Radio 6 Music

“A high intensity, mercurial workout” - Downbeat Magazine on ‘Ninety Degrees Gravity’

My Iris is an intense and thrilling band that represents the front rank of the contemporary UK jazz scene. Lauded for her imaginative approach to improv and adroit writing, saxophonist Trish Clowes provides her bandmates with a unique platform for individual expression and group interplay, delivering driving grooves and lingering melodic lines, seamlessly morphing between earthy restlessness and futuristic dreamscapes.

Clowes released her fourth album with My Iris, ‘A View with a Room’, on US trumpeter Dave Douglas’s Greenleaf Music in April 2022, receiving wide critical acclaim. The album features ‘The Ness’, a track inspired by footage captured along a Scottish coastline by filmmaker Rose Hendry. Clowes first worked with Hendry in 2019 when she created a music video for ‘Abbott & Costello’, a track from an earlier album ‘Ninety Degrees Gravity’ (Basho Records, 2019), inspired by characters in Denis Villeneuve’s science fiction film ‘Arrival’. ‘Abbott & Costello’ went on to be screened at the Cannes Lions Festival and shortlisted for The Voice Of A Woman Awards 2019.

My Iris has toured internationally and made broadcasts for BBC Radio 3 and Radio Bremen. Notable recent performances include Wigmore Hall (where Clowes is an Associate Artist), Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club, Rochester International Jazz Festival (Made In The UK showcase), Toronto International Jazz Festival, Galway Jazz Festival, and the Barbican (London Jazz Festival). In May 2023, MY IRIS were joined by Dave Douglas for a special gig at the 606 Club in London, playing a mixture of Douglas and Clowes’s compositions.

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