What's On
Concerts are held at Crowmarsh Village Hall, Benson Lane, Crowmarsh Gifford, OX10 8ED. Plenty of free parking is available.
There is a bar available, provided by local pub The Queens Head. We adhere to all current COVID Government guidelines.
£15 standard ticket price. Tickets are reduced to £5 for anyone living or working in adult social care and anyone in receipt of benefits from DWP - please get in touch for details: email ([email protected]) or phone (07795974223).
Crowmarsh Jazz pays all musicians properly and supports the campaign for fair pay for musicians.
We look forward to welcoming you soon, and together helping to KEEP MUSIC aLIVE!
Saturday 11 June 2022: Liane Carroll
Saturday 11 June 2022: Liane Carroll
Multi award winning Liane Carroll with her impeccable jazz trio
SOLD OUT
This concert is now sold out. For ticket waiting list please contact Fleur: 07795974223 [email protected]
Sorry for any inconvenience.
Hastings based Liane Carroll has been a pillar of the British jazz and soul scene for over thirty-five years, and has dedicated her career to creating a deep and abiding connection with audiences all over the world through her exceptional talent, versatility and ability to truly interpret a song.
Liane is an award-winning jazz singer/pianist described by Jamie Cullum as "one of the greatest singers we have in this country". Awards include 'Best British Vocalist' (BBC Jazz Awards), 'Best Female Jazz Vocalist' (Ronnie Scott's Awards) and 'Best Jazz Album of the Year' (Parliamentary Jazz Awards).
As a recording artist Liane has gained much critical acclaim. Her four most recent albums (Slow Down, Up and Down, Ballads, Seaside) all earned a four star review in The Guardian newspaper. Her latest release Seaside (Linn Records), homage to her life by the coast, is her third with Grammy nominated producer James McMillan of QuietMoney Studios and holds a coveted British Jazz Award for Best New CD (2015).
Liane will be joined on the bandstand by her incredible trio. We are very excited to bring this huge star to Crowmarsh Jazz; this will certainly be an evening to remember!
"One of the most stylistically flexible pianists around, with a marvellous, slightly husky singing voice" The Observer
"A powerful, soul-inflected performer with an Ella Fitzgerald-like improv athleticism and an emotional frankness on ballads" The Guardian
"Deeply soulful, wonderfully honest” The Times
"Utterly brilliant." Time Out
Doors: 6.45pm, show 7.30pm. Tickets £15
Saturday 24 September 2022: Brandon Allen and Hugh Turner Quartet
Saturday 24 September 2022: Brandon Allen and Hugh Turner Quartet
Hard swinging jazz, blues and funk
A terrific meeting of two great friends and musical colleagues; Hugh Turner and Brandon Allen have been playing together for the last 20 years. The pair will present a varied programme of jazz, blues and funk with soulful saxophone playing, explosive guitar work accompanied by a hard swinging and funky rhythm section comprising the excellent Raph Mizraki on acoustic bass and virtuosic drummer Steve Wyndam.
Brandon Allen has established himself as one of the UK’s most in demand saxophonists and bandleaders. He has performed extensively throughout the UK, Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Australia, both as a leader and sideman.
"His four-octave range and flawless command of the altissimo register was nicely offset by his full-bodied yet raucous tonal quality offering something for fans of the entire history of the instrument- from Hawkins to Brecker- he's got em covered." London Jazz News
Hugh Turner is a superbly exiting guitarist. His playing style is steeped in the blues and combined with the funkier side of jazz, creates a sonically exciting soundscape that fizzes with power, groove and stunning musicality. Hugh’s music appeals to a wide range of audiences from jazz aficionados to lovers of raw, musical energy and his performances have been a huge success at jazz clubs and music venues throughout the UK for over two decades.
Doors: 6.45pm, show 7.30pm. Tickets £15
Saturday 29 October 2022: Moscow Drug Club
Saturday 29 October 2022: Moscow Drug Club
Transcendent Troubadours of Gypsy Latin & Swing
Moscow Drug Club is a curious musical place where certain elements of 1930’s Berlin Cabaret, Hot Club de France, Nuevo Tango and Gypsy Campfire meet, have a few to drink and stagger arm in arm into the darkness of some eastern European cobbled street on a mission to find the bar where Django Reinhardt and Tom Waits are having an after hours jam with the local Tziganes. Combining their original material with songs by the likes of Jaques Brel, Leornard Cohen, Tom Waits and Eartha Kitt. Moscow Drug Club provide an intoxicating and intimate musical experience.
Moscow Drug Club have played some great venues and festivals of note including WOMAD, National Theatre London, International Gypsy Guitar Festival, Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival, Marlborough Jazz Festival, Royal Albert Hall to name a few, and we can't wait to welcome them to Crowmarsh!
Doors: 6.45pm, show 7.30pm. Tickets £15
Saturday 10 December 2022: Remix Jazz Orchestra
Saturday 10 December 2022: Remix Jazz Orchestra
17 PIECE BIG BAND SEASONAL SPECTACULAR
The Remix Jazz Orchestra is a hard swinging and exciting 17-piece big band that was formed in September 2010 and it is one of the South’s premier big bands. The band contains some of the regions finest musicians and is directed by professional jazz trumpeter Stuart Henderson. Tonight the band will feature jazz vocalist Fleur Stevenson.
Since it’s inception the band has gone from strength to strength playing to packed out audiences of loyal fans and big band aficionados at it’s monthly concerts. All the band members are experienced musicians who enjoy working on a diverse range of big band music and the repertoire is more varied and challenging than many other big bands.
The Remix Jazz Orchestra often features nationally acclaimed jazz stars as special guests and in recent years these have included Derek Nash, Pete Long, Mark Nightingale, Tina May, Enrico Tomaso, Gordon Campbell and Simon Spillett.
The ethos is to never stand still and to always strive to keep the musicians (and the audience) on their toes! Concert programs include selections from the golden age of Swing through to more contemporary arrangers and composers.
A sample of just some composers and arrangers that the band features are: Basie, Ellington, Kenton, Herman, Goodman, Nestico, Hefti, Heath, Dankworth, Francy Boland, Thad Jones, Dave Wolpe, Mark Taylor, Gordon Goodwin along with contemporary arrangements from Jonathan Lewis and Alex Brown.
Doors: 6.45pm, show 7.30pm. Tickets £15
Tickets on sale soon
Past concerts
Sat 7 May: Ben Cummings/Amy Roberts - A tribute to the Gerry Mulligan & Chet Baker Quartet - SOLD OUT
Sat 9 April 2022: Jazz for Ukraine SOLD OUT
Saturday 9 April 2022: Jazz for Ukraine SOLD OUT
An all star line up of UK Jazz musicians in aid of DEC Ukraine Appeal
Crowmarsh Jazz and the Corn Exchange Wallingford present an All-Star line up of UK jazz musicians in aid of DEC Emergency Appeal for Ukraine. Musicians include Art Themen, Clark Tracey, Dave Newton, as well as Ukraine jazz harpist Alina Bzhezhinska, vocals from Vimala Rowe and Fleur Stevenson, plus Ben Cummings (trumpet), Maff Potts (piano), Jez Cook(guitar), and Curtis Ruiz/Steve Kershaw (double bass).
They will be performing at 7:30pm on Saturday 9 April. Tickets, available through the Corn Exchange Box Office, are £15 each although you can supplement that figure if you wish.
The Corn Exchange is putting this event on free of charge; all ticket revenue will go straight to DEC (Disasters Emergency Committee) which is the portal for the Ukraine Humanitarian appeal and represents fifteen leading charities who are all involved in supplying goods and services to those affected.
Crowmarsh Jazz hopes to be living streaming the concert to reach some jazzfans in Kyiv, so if you cannot attend in person please do watch online and donate if you can.
Please come along, listen to some great music and lend your support. We can't do much but we can show some solidarity and raise some funds for Ukraine.
Tickets: £15
Venue: Wallingford Corn Exchange OX10 0EG | Location
sat 2 April 2022: music in Wallingford town square
Music in Wallingford Town Square - 11am-3.30pm
In aid of DEC Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal
Crowmarsh Jazz presents the following line up for this FREE open air gig next Saturday:
11am - Rory Evans: local Guitar Virtuoso (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EOx0HJXVaQ)
12noon - Band of Hope: local band of beautiful songs (https://www.bandofhope.co.uk/)
1pm-3.30pm - A free for all of local jazz friends from the local area including...Fleur Stevenson, Stanley Moon Trio, Nick Hill/Tim Dawes trio, Nick Blake, Tim Richardson and Ben Cummings who will be also be performing on 9th April at JAZZ FOR UKRAINE at the Corn Exchange Wallingford
All these musicians are giving their time for FREE to support a street collection for the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC)
Saturday 12 March 2022: Ben Holder Band SOLD OUT
Saturday 12 March: Ben Holder Band SOLD OUT
Virtuosic Gypsy Jazz Violinist
SOLD OUT. This show is now sold out. For ticket waiting list, please email [email protected] or call 07795974223. We apologise for any inconvenience.
Ben Holder is the most acclaimed and exciting jazz violinist in the UK. His classical studies began at the age of six and were complemented by training at the Birmingham Conservatoire. An introduction to jazz came in his early teens – classic masters such as Benny Goodman, Oscar Peterson and Stephane Grappelli – and lead Ben to truly find his place as a musician.
Ben possesses an innate sense of swing rhythm (something which often eludes classical players), breathtaking technical ability and true showmanship on stage. He offers flawless musicianship, heaps of energy and personality and a visible passion for his craft.
Ben's various awards bear testimony to these abilities. Often playing across the UK, Europe and further afield, he is a first-call jazz violinist for many of the country's top venues, line-ups and studios.
Ben will be joined on the bandstand by tremendous musicians Jez Cook (guitar), Paul Jefferies (double bass) and Mal Garret (drums)
Listen here: https://www.benholdermusic.co.uk/media-1