Sunday 25 February 7.30pm Jazz on the Plaza Café Yukari, Kew, TW9 4HJ – Chris Hodgkins – Trumpet Terence Collie – Piano Esther Ng – Double Bass

Press Release Trumpeter Chris Hodgkins releases three albums The “Salute To Humphrey Lyttelton” album was recorded after last November’s 17 date UK tour, the Chris Hodgkins International Quartet album “Festooned with Trumpets”, was recorded after their tour in 2019 and the Vic Parker, Chris Hodgkins, Jed Williams album was recorded live at the Quebec Hotel, Cardiff…

Press Release Voting is now open for the 2021 Parliamentary Jazz Awards, which this year will take place online. Entries are open to anyone with the final deadline set for midnight on Tuesday 14th May 2021. The Parliamentary Awards celebrate and recognise the vibrancy, diversity, talent and breadth of the jazz scene throughout the United…

Charlotte Higgins in her article, “After the war the arts came back stronger” had a self-prophesying ring about it (Please see article here). Ms Higgins erroneously says that the war was the last time cultural organisations ground to a halt. The Arts Council developed from the Council for the Encouragement of Music and the Arts (CEMA)…

APPJAG is submitting evidence to the inquiry to ensure that UK music festivals and jazz festivals in particular are given the support and resources to enable them to survive and thrive up to and when normality is resumed. Summary Reference 1 – UK Music festivals generate and contribute £6 billion to the economy. Of crucial…

Hope to see you over the course of the month! August 🎶 Sunday 6th August – 2.30pm to 5pm (afternoon) The Bacon Arms, Newbury 10 Oxford Street, Newbury RG10 1JD Guesting with The Pete Allen Band Expect a fun afternoon of swinging jazz.  Pete Allen clarinet/sax, Roger Marks trombone, Chris Hodgkins trumpet James Clemas piano, Dave Hanratty bass Jim Newton drums 2.30 pm Finishes 5pm £15 on…

Pete Allen Newsletter February 2024 Welcome to the Pete Allen Newsletter.  Pete Allen’s gigs Special guests Thomas ‘Spats’ Langham and Trevor Whiting are appearing with the Pete Allen Band in Newbury and in Sidmouth. Sunday 4th February – The Bacon Arms, Oxford Street, Newbury, RG14 1JB. 2.30 pm to 5 pm.  Admission is £17.50 at the…