October
8th RWCMD Student Showcase - Set 1 - Lizzie Beasley Trio Lizzie Beasley - Guitar, Cameron Saint - bass, Bailey Love Drums. Lizzie Beasley Presents a selection of their favourite tunes to get your Tuesday night started Set 2 - Phil Thompson Trio Will Pearce - piano, Cameron Saint - bass, Phil Thomson - drums Phil and his new trio will be playing some fine tunes for you
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9th Tom Orllendorf Trio - Tom - Guitar, Dave Ingamells - Drums and Viktor Nyberg - Bass. Celebrating his critically acclaimed album 'Open House' Embarking on his European Tour. The album and live performance described by Jazzwise as a 'combination of fearsome musical chops, sophisticated compositional sensibility and unashamedly tuneful and upbeat musical personality which is very hard to resist.' Great that he is coming back to the Flute. come and check this one out!
15th Joe Northwood Jam Session - Joe and his band start the gig off with a few numbers and then the stage is open to players who want to join in. Bring along your instruments and also some tunes that you want to Play!
16th Smiodair - Smiodair is an international trio which is comprised of Dave Smith (UK) - Drums, Robin Fincker (FR) - tenor Saxophone/ clarinet and Simon Jermyn (IRL) - electric bass. Playing original music composed by each member of the group. This trio constantly weaves in and out of improvisation. The word Smiodair is from the Irish Language and refers to fragments or small broken pieces, analogous to the band's treatment of musical materials. Expect melodic fragments, micro improvs, deconstructed grooves and more!
22nd Rod Oughton’s Tomorrow’s New quartet - George Crowley, Saxophone Deschanel Gordon, Piano Flo Moore, Bass Rod Oughton, Drums, a London-based band playing Oughton's original compositions
23rd Set 1 Majik Quintet - Matthew Barclay - drums, Katie Martin - trumpet Joshua Burland - keys, Ioan Grommnicki - guitar, Aileen Cleary -bass Playing their favourite arrangements of funk tunes and standards.
Set 2 Calathea Quartet - Evan Extence - saxophone, Newman Tai - keys, Benedict Stephens - bass, Matthew Barclay - drums An eclectic mix of tunes with the bands own arrangements
29th RWCMD showcase details to follow.
30th Mark Lockett quartet - a smok’n quartet featuring Kiwi legend saxophonist Roger Manins, phenomenal UK based trumpeter Hugh Passcall, incredible bassist James Owston, and Lion-heart Lockett on drums. So, “Lockett in” for any of these shows, they promise it will be a night to remember!
November
5th Alex Merritt/John Stowell Quartet - Alex Merritt - saxophone, John Stowell - guitar, Eric Ford - drms and Mark Hodgson -bass