Wednesday 20th July

£17.00 (in advance only, no tickets on door)

8.00pm start (doors open 7.30pm)

Mr B.D. Lenz is an award winning guitarist and composer from New Jersey, America and he’s as dextrous as a musical Octopus! Imagine Mike Stern, Pat Metheney and Stevie Ray Vaughan re-packaged in one great player and you’ve got some idea how this amazing musician sounds. His regular trio of musicians will be accompanying him for our very special concert (bass guitar and drums) - so you’ll be listening and watching B.D. as he sounds on all his recordings. The press says:

"...Part of the reason for his accessibility is that he not only fuses jazz and rock, he complements it with warm chords of funk, soul, and rhythm and blues..." – New York Times

"Contemporary jazz guitarist B.D. Lenz’s quartet lays down a funky, jamming vibe...integrating catchy good time grooves with moodier, blues-inflicted pieces" – JazzTimes

Wednesday 17th August

£17.00 (in advance only, no tickets on door)

8.00pm start (doors open 7.30pm)

The caption above says it all - not our words but those of a much respected critic. Matt, following studies in USA at Berklee College, has recorded eleven albums with his own band and appeared live or on recordings with a host of jazz greats such as Bucky Pizzarelli, Humphrey Lyttleton, Ian Shaw, Sax Appeal, the Michael Garrick Big Band and Norma Winstone (to name but a few). He’ll be performing his favourite jazz pieces with a great rhythm section - details TBA.

Wednesday 21st September

£17.00 (in advance only, no tickets on door)

8.00pm start (doors open 7.30pm)

Ben Holder’s high-octane performances are becoming the stuff of legend - this is a musician with a unique take on jazz and entertainment. You might imagine this is how Paganini may have played jazz with a ‘combustion’ of notes covering the fingerboard in a blaze of melody, all frenetic energy and virtuosity. This violin toting jazz lover also sings remarkably well and has been known to tell a humorous story or two. But what shines through every performance of Ben’s, is his sheer love of performing and at this show he will return to his original style of Gypsy Swing accompanied by two great acoustic jazz guitarists and double bass. So if you like your jazz ‘up’ and foot-tapping this is the concert for you. Ben (violin/vocals), Jez Cook (guitar), Caley Groves (guitar) & Paul Jefferies (bass).