Welcome to Wakefield Jazz

Today is Thursday 17 January 2019
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Doors open at 7:00 pm; music starts at 8:30 pm (See gigs for additional support band start times).
Concessions: We offer a reduction of £1 for people who are of “bus pass” age, or those in receipt of state benefits, and a student or under 25’s discount of 50% of the full entry fee. Children under the age of 15 are admitted free except for “all ticket” gigs. Facilities for the disabled, wheelchair access by arrangement. If you would be willing to complete our feedback survey, please click here.
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Buy tickets online, or on the door (except all ticket gigs, when indicated). Support bands, when listed, play from 7:30-8:15 pm. Changes to band members, from those originally listed in paper programme, are coloured orange.
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Winter 2018

(Christmas break until January 2019)

Sam Braysher and Michael Kanan

Friday 18 January 2019 . A cool, modernist twist on almost-forgotten treasures . Sam Braysher’s debut album Golden Earrings (Fresh

Julian Siegel Quartet

Friday 25 January 2018 . European Jazz of the highest order . The BBC Jazz Award winning saxophonist and composer

Nicola Farnon Trio

Friday 1 February 2019 . A small band that packs a mighty punch . Nicola has a remarkable musical pedigree,

Clark Tracey’s Ruby Anniversary Quintet

Friday 8 February 2019 . Bebop and beyond, played with great assurance and technique . . Clark has been leading

Ivo Neame Quartet

Friday 15 February 2019 . This music is complex yet accessible, considered yet spontaneous, traditional yet forward-thinking . Ivo Neame

Snake Davis Trio

Friday 22 February 2019 . Superstar session sax-man Snake Davis teams up with long time cohort and best buddy Johnny

Tommy Smith and Brian Kellock

Friday 1 March 2019 . Two of Scotland’s greatest jazz artists, saxophonist Tommy Smith and pianist Brian Kellock, team up

Pete Oxley-Nicolas Meier Quartet

Friday 8 March 2019 . A dazzling display of spontaneity and intuitive interplay – from Turkish panache through Latin America

Huw Warren Trio plus Iain Ballamy

Friday 15 March 2019 . Welsh pianist and composer Huw Warren has achieved an international reputation for lyrical, innovative and

Steve Fishwick / Alex Garnett Quartet

Friday 22 March 2019 . Manchester-born identical twins Steve and Matt are joined by our old friend Alex Garnett and

Flying Machines

Friday 29 March 2019 . This is a launch tour for their album New Life – a fusion of jazz

Mike Walker and Tria Lingvo

Friday 5 April 2019 . Manchester meets Germany in a spellbinding international collaboration. The band’s name Tria Lingvo is Esperanto

The Tony Woods Project

Friday 3 May 2019 . The Project has toured the UK many times with the support of Jazz Services. Tony’s

Jam Experiment

Friday 10 May 2019 . A homecoming gig for the Ingham brothers, Wakefield’s latest rising jazz stars, in a band

Wakefield Big Band + local jazz showcase

Friday 17 May 2019 . Classic and contemporary big band sounds. Rehearsing here at the Sports Club, they went down

Henry Lowther Still Waters Quintet

Friday 24 May 2019 . A British jazz supergroup, celebrating Henry’s 50 years of quietly passionate music-making. Distinguished in both

Chris Ingham Quartet (Getz: a Musical Portrait)

Friday 31 May 2019 (with Support – Adel Joel) . Chris brought his exploration of the music of Dudley Moore

7 June – No Jazz

Ronnie Bottomley’s All-Star Jazz Orchestra

Friday 14 June 2019 . Legendary bandleader’s 90th birthday celebrations, with 18 of the north’s finest jazz musicians. Ronnie, who

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